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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1919
Page
12
Myrtle de Montis of Grey Marbdor will speak Monday night at the Labor Temple annex on 1911 Fifth Ave under the penal department of the Women's Legislative council. She advocates reform of commitment laws for insane hospitals in Washington state.
In Knoxville on October 27 two local battalions of state troops stood ready to deploy to support officials as a second attempt to resume streetcar service operated by nonunion workers was planned. Earlier clashes left four strikebreakers injured and Governor Roberta mobilised troops if unrest worsens. Masonic lodges in London reported seven abstinence-only groups consecrated with bylaws barring alcohol spending.
William Kent, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, argues in a public address that immigration policy should favor selective limits and assimilation. He critiques pro and anti immigration factions and warns that fear of the alien could erode American democratic principles and liberties.
Cleveland, Oct. 27. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, announced plans to form a national cooperative bureau linking inter national labor unions and agricultural groups to cut food costs. The scheme aims to remove middlemen and create direct exchanges between farmers and consumers, with the American Federation of Labor and the National Grange included. Stone said four brotherhoods will lead efforts to unite farmers and urban workers in a cooperative alliance.
The legislative committee of the States Association of County Auditors in session endorsed bills authorizing counties to create revolving funds. The measures would avoid registering county warrants, revise auditors' fees upward, and direct payment of all fines into the general school fund except for game law violations.
A Tuesday display features 150 shirts from regular stock in crepe madras cords and oxford cloth with coats and French cuffs. Sizes range from 14 to 18 with striped patterns available in the men’s section.
A vintage advertisement describes lustrous black seal plush coats with silk lining and trimmed ends in winter shades. Prices range from former $18 to special Tuesday $98 for select pieces, with varieties in Peachbloom Velour Delaine Tricotine Tinseltone Silvertone and Velour.
In London on October 27 a letter was read at the inquest into the death of Sir James Dominoe a retired naval officer. He apologized to the club house committee for the trouble his suicide would cause and had dressed scrupulously for a formal occasion at the United Service club.
A vintage promotion claims Danderine will restore life and color to dull hair. It urges girls and women to buy a 15 cent bottle at drug or toilet counters to refresh the scalp and prevent dandruff and hair loss.
Large assortment of Silk Hose offered Tuesday at 79 cents per pair and 98 cents per pair. Styles include mock seam double sole and risle garter tops in black white brown cordovan and Tete de Negre. Sizes 814 to 10 displayed with small factory defects noted.
Delavan Smith of Lake Forest Illinois publisher of the Indianapolis News was arrested in Ferdi nand Winter’s office by U S Marshal Storen on a federal grand jury indictment. The probe concerns Charles Warren Fairbanks who reportedly owned 75 percent of the stock while postal statements show Smith as sole owner.
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