Farm Labor Appeals to United States Allies for Men
The Canadian government seeks workers to farm fields in Canada and the United States under international agreement. A Canadian official is listed with the U S Employment Service at First Ave and Union St, Spokane, to coordinate 1 cent per mile rates and passport assistance. Various job ads follow for carpenters, laborers, salesmen, and other trades with wages and housing details, plus poultry, livestock, and auction listings.
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Canada
United States
Elso
S&s Employment Service
Department of Tabor
J. Grieve
First Ave
Spokane
FARMA
UU 8
UNION
Rhode Island
Pike St Fillott
MD Renton
Public Market Warrants Offered by Beattie City
Beattie Washington City Comptroller announces public sale of sixteen thousand dollars in Public Market Utility Warrants 1918. Warrants issued to fund a public market, at sixty dollars each, bearing six percent interest, dated May 1 1818, mature in five equal annual installments. Subscriptions open April 1 at nine to five, with ten percent due at signing and the remainder by May 1 1818. Also notice of a separate urgent meeting for truck drivers on April 2 at 7 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Beattie
Washington
Iy of Beattie
Heatth
Mareh Dith
Pone
Grocery List Hard to Read From Public Markets Column
Fragmented OCR lists numerous grocery items and prices from a public markets section. It mentions barley tea, corn meal, butter, cheese, bread, potatoes, milk, coffee, jam, peas, walnuts, oleomargarine, soap, flour, tomato ketchup, canned goods, and fruits with scattered prices and brands.
Fragmented Early Price List From Local Market
A damaged OCR fragment shows fragmented grocery items and prices such as sugar, milk, cream, butter, and produce with scattered numbers. unclear vendors or locations are identified, but it resembles a retail price list page from a historical newspaper.
Untitled Tenderloin and Fresh Meats Listing
A fragmentary grocery page lists assorted meats and dairy items such as tenderloin, veal, fresh bones, fresh churned butter, and peanut butter. Prices appear in old-fashioned currency symbols, with multiple line items referencing beef and dairy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenderloin
Ecole
Freeah
Columbia River
Market Items and Prices From Local Stall Listings
A scanned page shows garbled listings of market stalls with various goods and prices including sugar, milk, cream, canned tomatoes, pineapple, peas, dried peaches, sardines, sardines, meat cuts, and bottled ham. The fragmentary notes mention stall numbers and product types with rough price cues like 7 percent sugar and 10 cents items, indicating a crowded marketplace record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift's
Swift
Stalle and Produce Ads Show Varying Prices Across Stalls
OCR text lists items and prices from multiple stalls including rib steak corn beef pork chops jello baking powder apples potatoes butter cream cheese margarine and salad dressing. Entries mention stall numbers such as 105 134 164 109 126 157 and 3240 Ih with items like Jello KC baking powder Olympic pancake flour and Premier cheese.
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Fieston Butte
K. C
Bbc
Central Grocery Ad Lists Cheap Canned Goods and Coffee
An old advertisement lists items including Central Help Yourself coffee at 20 cents, Campbell's soups, M. J. BR. Coffee, Carnation milk, Mount Vernon Federal milk, cream of barley, Snider's ketchup, and other grocery specials with small prices. The OCR shows many garbled words but conveys a sale page highlighting low prices on staples.
Liberty Day Observances Set for Shipyards Nationwide
Shipyards nationwide prepare for Liberty Day celebrations next Saturday marking America entering the war and the Third Liberty Loan drive. Flag raisings, music, and speeches planned at noon with U S emergency fleet corporation chairman Hurley urging participation. Portland yards awarded contracts totaling 56.25 million dollars for 150 motor driven boats of 3 000 tons each to be built for Pacific Coast and China trade at 250 000 to 400 000 dollars each.
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America
Beatle
Hurley
U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation
Portland
HB. M. S Murley
Shipping Board
Pacific Coast
China
Shipyard Workers Urged Priority For Private Autos
Meyer Bloomfield of the U S Shipping Board urged priority use of private cars for shipyard workers. He and Frank McDermott observed crowds at Piret and Yesler noting crowded cars impair efficiency. Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding in Eagle Harbor was leased for two years by ID W Hartnell Inc of Seattle to expand for government contracts.
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Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company
Eagle Harbor
ID. W. Hartnell, Inc
Beattie
Winslow
James Griffiths & Bons
Seattle
Harteel Company
Beattie Welcomes Voyager Alexander McGregor Home
Alexander McGregor, noted coast seaman and former chief engineer of the Skinner and Kiddy ship Indiana, has returned from wartime service and arrived in Beattie where his home is. He says life aboard merchant ships was a constant dream amid mines and submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander McGregor
Skinner & Kiddy
Indiana
Beattie
Mr. McGregor
Emerson Griffith Named Northwest Agent for Sea Service Bureau
Emerson J. Griffith of the general office of the Pacific Steamship Company was appointed Northwest agent of the Sea Service Bureau of the United States Shipping Board. His offices will be at 712 Securities Building.
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Emerson J. Griffith
General Ofice
Pacific Steamship Company
Northwest
Sea Service Bureau
United States Shipping Board
Ships Turned Over To US Emergency Fleet In March
During March ten ships were turned over to the United States emergency fleet. Six vessels came from Seattle and four from Portland, marking a coordinated supply effort by the two monitoring ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Emergency Feet
Seattle
Portland
Wrench Dropped From Height Injures Worker at Ames Yard
Harvey Hender of 2015 West Stevens was injured at the Ames ship yard when a wrench fell from about 20 feet, striking his skull and causing injury. The incident occurred at the yard operated by West Stevens company. Authorities are evaluating safety procedures and potential negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hender
West Stevens Et
Ames
Falls From Scaffold Fatal at Skinner & Eddy Shipyard
G. Hughes died after a 20 foot fall from a scaffold at the Skinner and Eddy shipyard on Saturday. The accident prompted a safety inquiry and workers remained on site to assist authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hn. G. Hughes
Skinner & Eddy
Worker Dies From Fall on Hull Listed at Marine Iron Works
Albert Oleon died instantly Saturday afternoon after a fall from the hull of the Es cort II at Marine Iron Works. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Iron Wocks
Albert Oleon
Shipyard worker John Johnson killed by crane mishap
At the Ames shipyard on Saturday afternoon John Johnson was killed when a traveling crane rigging gave way and a block struck him. The accident occurred as crews worked at the yard.
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Ames
John Johnson
Sailors Die in Fumigation Accident Aboard Regulus
Two sailors are dead and two officers and a sailor are suffering from asphyxiation after fumigation aboard the steamer Regulus at Tacoma Saturday. Seaman Anderson was overcome when opening the hatch and fell 40 feet into the hold. Officers Edwin Veretsen and George Johannesin and another sailor were overcome during the rescue attempt. Separately, a Mercantile Exchange report notes the first quarter of 1918 set records in Oriental trade with 56 vessels totaling 192,870 tons leaving Seattle for the Orient.
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Regulus
Tacoma
Tacoma Samester
Seaman Anderson
Edwin Veretsen
George Johannesin
Anderson
Robert C. Hill
Mercantile Exchange
Seattle
Orient
Rooster Keeps Edge on Clock in April Prank
A rooster next door to Mr and Mrs L Lake at 415 Melrose Ave caused a time mix up by crowing ahead of the clock. The Lakes complained to police on Monday after the prank.
Mackintosh to Assume Duties in Two Weeks
Judge Kenneth Mackintosh will resign from the King County Superior Court on April 15 and move to Olympia to join the State Supreme Court. Governor Sister Saturday appointed Clay Allen to replace him on the King County bench. Both vacancies will be filled at the November general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Mackintosh
King County Superior Court
Olympia
State Supreme Bench
Mackintosh
Clay Allen
U. S.istrict
Western
Washington
Governor Lister Pushes Deferred Select Men Plan
Governor Lister urges forming defense councils to organize all drafted men with deferred status. He endorses King county’s method of using registered men in district councils and aims for statewide adoption to unify effort. A county meeting at the Masonic temple will decide on adopting the patriotic fund system and halting war drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Defense and Patriotic Service
Lister
King County Council
Defense Councils
Harold Preston
Masonic Temple
Harvard Ave
Pine
City issues warrants to fund fish market sale
Sixteen thousand dollars of municipal fish market warrants went on sale in the city comptroller's office. Authorized by the council, they will buy salmon from the state for September and October 1914 and sell in the city market at bedrock prices. Interest is 6 percent. terms run one to five years with one-fifth retired annually. The move preserves the market after a legal challenge to using general funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Comptroller’s Office
Caldwell
General Fund
Poor Cops They Are Goats Today April Fools Prank
Police headquarters faced April Fools pranks as a party of girls called the line for an hour or more, giggling and hanging up when the operator lost patience. The event marked a lighthearted disturbance on April 1.
Citizens Crowd to Pay Income Taxes
Citizens who delayed filing their income tax reports must meet the Monday midnight deadline to avoid a fine. The collector's office in room 226 of the Federal Building stayed open late as crowds gathered to file and escape penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Building
Tacoma
Puget Sound Navigation CO
Colman Deck
Spokane Man Gashed by Huns Over There
Ottawa reports casualty lists naming Americans wounded including F. H Jones of Spokane and others in Detroit Pittsburg Pullman Lawrence Mich and Til as wheat belt labor calls surge for farm workers across Eastern Washington via the U S employment bureau at foot of Union Street.
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Ottawa
A. McComb
Detroit
W. McGinley
E. J. Deemer
Pittsburg
F. H Jones
Spokane
F. J. Bourdon
Pullman
Til
B. BE. Forsythe
Lawrence
Mich
Wheat
Washington
United States Employment Bureau
Union St
Attractions at Theatres Win Approval
The Boston Magneh Grand Opera company opens a five day Seattle run at the Metropolitan with Il Trovatore Martha and Bohemian Girl listed. Leona La Mar headlines at the Moore theatre with multiple acts and a traveling vaudeville circuit, including Puss and The Campus Girls. Burglary at St Clement's church on Easter morning reports a $50 collection stolen from Rev F R Bateman’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Magneh Grand Opera Company
Seattle
Metropolitan
Il Trovatore
Eda Otto
West-O’brien
Orpheum Theatre
Third Ave
Madison St
Louis Ameker
J. C. Corey
Melvin Winstock
le Grand Carter
Pinard and Dudley
O'Keefe
Brown
Hager and Nystrom
Harmony Boys
George Wichn
Violet Mersereau
F. R. Bateman
24Th Ave
St. Clement's Church
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The
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LODGE
Belioty Bay Camp
Jin
Moose Hall
Seaboard Ride
Elliott
Elenander Siinewan
Wille
Lyon Ride
James Fillott
Ray Blinn
Ois
al Freuding
Matra
Horr
Downs
Tna
Morterate
BALL
Sanders & CO
Smith
Hohhkow
American Jewelry CO
Reenna Mousey
Jacobs
P.-L
Dowald
Pitth
O. Fh
Hart-Wie
Opticians
Eamands, Praser-Paterson Go
Kathryn Fiarrison
Central Storage Co
White
Westlake Ave
Imperial Turkien
Pourth
Jude Rheumatiemmy
Louie Myers
Fire Ave
Base Fru
Iait AB i
Standard
Pine St
OS Pea
Ferry
Madison Car County
Office of & Farrar
Kirkland
J. Ll. Breneman
Hargain
Wash
Acker
Pacific Highway
Johnson
Ity
Jetheol
Ida Smith
Nia Ave
Dawson
Arid House
Aleo Modern
Mt. Meker
Grand Walk
Nurd
Sanden
tenmis & BAROBERG TOUNG _Ballard Ave
Fhone Hallard
Wengatow
Hoo Ma
Bath
Fell
D6th
Cloge
Raralana
Rat
34Th NW
Olympic Range
Port Orchard Commmerctat Co
Kite
Chap Young & Hrober
Trallard Ave
Ballard
Wicker
Redro Woolley
Waah
Pring Blankete A. W. Quist CO
Premerton
Cal Oakes
Ine and Shipping Department
Pacific Coast Biocutt Co
WMS Greene
Huilding
Suez
Pamitliar
Preston
Goodrich Drug Company
Omaha
Ned
Young Wowen
Pittnana Ieevesetty
Sotficnt Housekeeping
Witt
Pepe LO
Empire Ride
Moving Picture
Port Orchard
Frank FR. Wicker
Sedro-Woolley
D. Parrish
Ave
TWILL
Alaska Petroleum & Cont
Universal
Pacific Fleetric Welder
BELL
Marine Life Baving & Ret Co
Pacific
Alaska Hormestake
Wyoming Pacific Oil
MAX Winkler Elliott
Rainier
Noad
Ratlard
Weet Fort Lawton
Can
Traynd
Kenwood
Willtamaa
Ladie
Mike
Meyer-Tower
Hillett
New Times
Canvae
Jd. Webb Kitchen & Ca
Bil University
Pike Place Market
Wavanagh
Crawford
Ingtewood
Cami
Alabka Fur CO
Dreaswaker
Postal
Pike
Ant
Busheli
Deak
Parnifure TS the Star
Margerie
Heartis Auction Co
Second Ave
Tiake Furn
Epler Block
Smith Jewelery CO
C. Smith
Louise Dalton
Little Cent
Stevens
4Th Ave
Resn
New York
Courar
Walt
Reeulte
Hippodrome
Mre Willrik- Een
N. W
Ailver
Treth
Diamonda
District Court of the United States
Western District of Washington
Creditore
James Ho Mecul- Loen, Jr
James HH. McCulloch
Cald
Everett
Padgett
W. Carrol
Loweshere
N'A
Western and University
Ssouth Pnd
rIn Sr
Ned Beal Grocery
Tong’s
Old Homestead
Columbia
Waterfront News & Notes
Portland Vars
Griffith
Wrencte
Oriental Trade Record
W. W. Cavanaugh
W. F. Keene
Alaska
Belmont Ave
Washington ST
Right Drug CO
Hetter
Norway
South Sea
Wilkes
Elizabeth Blakemore
Howard Stanton
Mra
Livingston
Grace Huff
Ivan Miller
Howards
EAST
Gene
Wille Howard
Palace Hip
Mediey and Moyne
Edythe Sterling
Packard
Scamp
Billy
Ada White
Ardell Tracy
Toki Murata
Orpheum
A. Jd Undberg CO
Seaboard National Bank of Seattle
Fourth Ave. and
Pike St
Metropolitan Rrankix
Tomorrow
Boston
ENG
Opera CO
Il, Trovatore
Leona Lamar Dugan & Haymond
MIP
Girin
Sterling Venture
Viola Dana
Dreama
Grace George
Berlin
Uncle Sam
Florence
Puget Sound
Colman Dock
Marion Street
Artive Beattie
Victoria, B. C
Sol Duc
Tutpm
Townsend
Angeles Daily
Victoria
Victoria Bundays
Tacoma Direct
Tacomms
Indianapolis
Coma
Steamer
Port Townsend
Str. Sioux
Olympic
Ipentaenia
Anacortes and
Fellingham
Whatcom
Anacortes
Bellingham
Kalshan
Everete
Fan Juan Islands
Rosalie
Juan Taland
Port Angeles
Neah Ray and
Way Ports
Utopia
Townend
Port An
Yireles
Neah Ray
Thure
Satur
Port Anceles
Clallam and
Way
Porta
Waleleale
Port
Williams
Dungeness
Clallam
Port Gamble
Ludlow
Flagler
Puget
Kingston
Gamble
Egton
Haneville
Had
Vnal
Kingeton
Tway
Hood Canal
Itam
City of Angeles
Ranger
Empire Mortgage Loan CO
Estabe
Sanders & Company
L. C. Smith
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