Lex Anteinternet: January 12, 1921. War orphans, grapes, shoes and Seattle.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

January 12, 1921. War orphans, grapes, shoes and Seattle.

Cartoon from the Evening Star, by way of Reddit's 100 Years Ago Subreddit.

The story about Admiral Newton A. McCully adopting seven Russian children was apparently a big enough story to be the subject of a comedic lead in for the Evening Star the following day, January 12, with the cartoonist comparing the tragic fortunes of the Russian children, victims of war, with those of the Democratic Party in the recent election.

France's government fell on this day due to its failure to enforce German war reparations.

At the Department of Agriculture, they were looking at grapes.

Women were photographed shining shoes, which was apparently unusual at the time.

And a residential street in Seattle was photographed.

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