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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1919
Page
11
The Red Cross reports all war money quota paid in cash and pledges every cent from the membership drive to home purposes. A significant Peace Program is about to be launched to fight disease and unhappiness, promising contentment for all mankind. No one will be asked for more than one dollar. Head to Headquarters to help push the campaign over.
Francis Russell urged a musical city by multiplying one Italian girl factory singer to thousands at a War Camp Community Service session in Seattle. He argued for more music in factories streets and homes, alongside other speakers including Dr James B. Rogers and Ray Carter, highlighting a broad civic aim. The note adds a stray fact about Monaco’s area.
Louisville voters and nearby residents swarm the city as two large distillers sell whisky openly under a federal injunction. Stocks of bourbon, 100 proof, move off warehouse floors at 70 dollars per case amid the dry year of 1919 and wartime prohibition repeal controversy.
In a new policy, married couples in Norway may travel on the railways for fare and a half. The measure aims to ease family travel costs and encourage joint railway use.
The article notes local beliefs in Constantinople. Shoes with garlic and blue stones are hung to ward off the evil eye. A March first custom shows plates vases and boots placed outside doors to protect the household.
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston of Olympia, president of the National Educational Association and state superintendent, will address the Transportation Club Monday on "The Emergency in Education."
The American Legion executive committee in Indianapolis rules new honorary members cannot be added unless the constitution is amended. Post specifics allow retaining existing honorary members only. Delegate Stockbridge pushes for a speedy amendment as possible. Dues set at 1 dollar including American Legion Weekly subscription. Weekly to print in Indianapolis if paid circulation exceeds 350000. Also noted is a Norwegian civil engineer's plan for a 47 mile water tunnel from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea for a Palestine power plant.
Mrs Nellie Merah on 22nd Avenue cries for help as a purse is snatched near her home. Neighbor Peter Nelson hears screams and rushes out, witnesses two men, a gunshot stops him, and the purse with its contents is later found on Merah's front porch.
The body of red L. Jenkins, a University of Pennsylvania student, was identified by his father H. L. Jenkins of Vancouver, B C. Postmortem findings show cerebral hemorrhage contributed to his leap to death two weeks earlier.
Dr. George W. Crila, early American wartime surgeon and noted war surgery writer, donates 190000 dollars to Western Reserve University for the endowment of a chair of surgery. Also mentions Texas burning rock near the San Baba and Colorado rivers described as the last great oil reserve of America by geologists.
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