Tuesday, July 7, 2015

How to lose your job in 1918 (sugar cube edition)



The Multnomah Hotel, at 319 SW Pine, opened in 1912, is now the Embassy Suites Portland. Carl, in his early 20s in 1918, had immigrated with his parents from Germany in 1913. After the war he again found work as a waiter. Personally, I think putting six cubes of sugar in your coffee for any reason deserves at least a short jail sentence.

Article is from the Morning Oregonian, July 17, 1918.

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