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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1919
Page
14
The Washington state committee reports villages and small towns show stronger sales for devas tated France bonds than Seattle and larger communities. Maple Valley and Yakima schools lead in student performance, per the committee.
Whitesburg Kentucky May 26 A P Burt deputy US internal revenue collector was killed and two posse members wounded in a gun battle with 12 draft evaders near the Virginia border. The slackers have not been captured.
Russian born model Manya Rudina tells of posing for a New York sculptor under the watchful jealousy of his wife Martha. The pair clash during sessions as the artist doubts the model's place, while the wife intrudes via glances and a tense dinner, leaving Rudina torn between continuing work and avoiding conflict.
A 1940s Atlantic dispatch recounts Montenegrin life with sharp gender contrasts. It portrays Montenegrin men as fighters who rarely work and wear ornate dress while Montenegrin women handle labor and bearing heavy loads such as a 240 pound wine barrel carried by an elderly woman. The piece notes Montenegro’s historic barrier role against the Turks and mentions a push to merge into Yugoslavia.
Memorial day exercises include a May 30 parade in the morning, cemetery services for fallen soldiers, and a memorial program at the Bell attack. The Grand Army of the Republic Spanish War Veterans and other groups lead the planning. Three hundred automobiles are needed by the Elks club to convey G A R and other veterans, with auto owners urged to respond.
In Providence on May 26 the notice reports Charles Wallace, who vowed never to marry when Nancy Butler broke their engagement, left his fortune of $10,000 and his auto to her in New Hampshire. Nancy Butler, now Mrs. Nancy Irving, was later informed of the bequest after Wallace died a wealthy bachelor in Manchester.
Paris May 26. France plans to place ex soldiers on farms in Loire department granting 20 to 25 acres per man who stay in farming for 10 years. Each receives up to 586 dollars for implements and equipment, repayable within 15 years. refunds partial if children are born after taking the farm.
Uptown at 1414 3rd Ave and downtown at 913 2nd Ave, Boldt's French Pastry continues serving customers with pastries and baked goods.
Sonia a.k.a. the cigaret girl of Greenwich Village runs a small shop and roams the neighborhood each evening at six supplying homemade cigarettes to artists writers and dancers the piece portrays her as a colorful symbol of artistic temper and defiance of moralist views while noting tensions over women smoking in nearby institutions in the city with portrayals of her fashion and travels
A quote extols independence and diverse ethics, praising vagabond life and nonconformity. It rejects Wall Street influence and women with unusual minds, calling for outsiders to avoid their village and its Native terms and wild squaws.
Casualties from Stromboli eruption total three killed with a few injured. Initial reports warned of heavy loss and damage, but later information indicated minor material destruction and hospital ships and destroyers were recalled.
Miss Lillian G Bey 2S of 30 W Cremona street died Sunday night after six months of recurring influenza attacks. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
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