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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
3
May 1 release notes confusion around a Goodyear tablet honoring a fallen soldier. William Wirt is claimed to be buried in France, though he says he was not killed. The War Department presses the burial claim while Wirt defends his memory.
London May 1 report says Steetan villagers mournfully cast their war memorial, a German field gun, into the village stream. Ninety five percent of Steetan’s population served in the war, and locals say they want a Big Bertha as a stronger symbol of sacrifice.
Brooklyn man Gaspare Cannone fights the Department of Justice deportation on charges of being an alien anarchist. His attorney alleges custody since March 30, daily interrogation, confinement, denied contact, and abuse by DOJ agents to pressure him to testify against unnamed people in the Washington bomb outrages.
A New Jersey town considers using the almshouse to house evicted tenants if housing worsens. The plan would shelter several families temporarily, charging a nominal rent. Two residents now in the house would be boarded out if needed.
Edinburgh reports growing interest as pipe smoking contests aim to curb tobacco costs. Prizes reward the smoker who can smoke a pipeful of one eighth of an ounce without relighting, seeking a record duration. In Dallas a 64 year old man was judged mentally unsound after claiming numerous poorhouse stints.
Chicago May Prohibition leaders debate a presidential ticket as the 50 year dream of riding the water wagon resurfaces. Virgil G Hinshaw says convention decision on July 21 will shape prospects with names like Clinton A Howard Francis Baldwin and David Colvin surfacing as potential nominees.
A short, fragmentary report from Racine Wisconsin notes a cub mascot placed in a county facility. It mentions Sheriff Lutter and Rev Charles M Boanlon of Pittsburgh as Prohibition Party figures, with references to Horket MH Patton and Congressman Handall of California, all unclear in role.
An elderly Englishwoman reportedly living a long life by hibernating spends winters in bed and reaches 102. Separately in Newark New Jersey a merchant advertises delta and solid gold buckles with sterling silver and French enamel from $40 and up, plus plain buckles from $2.26.
Washington May 17 The backyard war gardens of 1917 and 1918 should be duplicated this year by every family with vacant ground for vegetables and extended in number and scope according to BE. T. Meredith secretary of agriculture.
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