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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1919
Page
1
The writer observes the Prince of Wales away from formal duties noting a candid golf swing and solitary reflection as signs the young royal seeks personal downtime beyond ceremony. It hints at other leisure pursuits like shooting and fishing and imagines more rustic hunts.
In Pittsburgh United Press reports John Fitzpatrick says a declaration of independence will be issued at today's steel workers session and the strike will go through by 190 per cent with a vote postponement to after the Washington labor conference unlikely. In New York A. H. Gary comments that Bolshevism may strike us after a board meeting amid threatened employee strike.
Governor Olcott faces a difficult task finding a husband for Lizzie Lealle of Pueblo Colorado. The suitor must be a good looking bachelor with a million dollars, making the marriage match a high stakes local intrigue in Salem.
A man casts a dry fly toward a boulder in a quiet stream. The precise foot-square water at the eddy head becomes the test to determine if his outing was reasonably good.
John Bretthauer aged 19, out of work, died at the city hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound to the abdomen Tuesday. He told attendants he quit the shipyard due to difficulty finding work. his mother Mary Bretthauer claims the shooting was accidental. Also in hospital, Robert Geary, 16, injured by a gunshot wound to the left leg while on a farm visit. he said the gun misfired during target practice. Geary's father is T. W. Geary, owner of a soap factory.
Deputy Prosecutor J A Frater opens the case against Pete Perkovich for the July 1 death of Pete Corack during a poker game fight at 710 Dearborn. The jury selection dominates the first day. Krzanarich and his wife injured, Perkovich defended by W E Barnhart with Wallace Mount Jr assisting.
Voting on a general strike in sympathy with striking police continued in Boston. Firemen’s refusal to join the movement may derail the plan. A stray line about milliner bills appears as an odd aside.
A reader asks why unrest grips the state and urges a system reform. He favors public voting on bills, wide newspaper publication of measures, and press-led lobbying to replace lawmakers with citizen legislators, citing the Lamping bill and financial distress among veterans. He signs as FRANK LAPPIN.
A columnist argues the postwar era brings a world shift driven by war, labor inequities, taxes, and rising living costs. He likens the upheaval to a new reformation, saying no single reform will calm the surge and future progress will emerge slowly.
United States Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer said the Chicago meat packers will be convicted under anti trust laws. He warned of a conspiracy to control meat and food markets and urged consumers to ignore buy now slogans amid a planned shortage.
The article analyzes German field doctrine under Ludendorff for the 1918 attack. It discusses concentrating artillery, thin front lines, and mobile infantry groups, stressing principles from the Offensive Battle in Position Warfare and Tactical shifts from defense to offense.
A baby, apparently unharmed, was found in a small wooden box adrift after a storm and rescued by workers as it floated to shore in Corpus Christi. The infant is being cared for locally while officials identify it.
In Ireland on September 16 and 17 troops and police dispersed Sinn Fein gatherings at Kilcrobane and Ballinspittle citing public order concerns. No further details on injuries or arrests were provided.
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