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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
6
Markets in Westlake list various items with prices including Fromage de Brie Camembert sweet potatoes onions olives fresh hominy and butter. Stall notes show multiple vendors with dairy meat and produce, highlighting milk bread cheese and produce such as lettuce tomatoes beans and citrus.
For a nominal cost, The Star will carry a Want Ad to all of its 66,000 and more subscribers. Reach in a few hours more employers than this young man could reach in weeks by his method.
Judge Gordon postponed the Herbert Landor case on Friday as Landor recovers from injuries from an auto crash. The matter was moved from Jestice Aylmore of Mercer Island on a venue change and remains unresolved.
Vital statistics notice lists marriage licenses issued to John V V Kinneder and Blanche Mackelduff in Seattle, Adolph Phillips and Ida Hackett in California, Peter Moe and Alice Term on in Tacoma, Arthur W Wiekand and Grace La Penetiere in Tacoma, and multiple other couples with ages and addresses across Seattle and nearby towns. Additional entries note licenses for Beattie and Julia Mupke, George Hamlin and Alma Anderson, and various pairs in Seattle and surrounding streets.
As Seattle moves to protect the halibut trade from Seattle rivals, the port advances its cold storage warehouse and East waterway improvements. The seven story fruit warehouse and three East waterway units, including the Hanford street warehouse and the large grain elevator, push toward completion with a total budget around 5.75 million dollars. The Seattle elevator will hold 500000 bushels, with southern port work about 75 to 80 percent finished and local industry expanding payrolls.
The notice records multiple divorces granted including Genevieve R. Thayer from Walter R. Thayer and Seabelle F. Morris from Samuel Morris. It also lists separations and requests for divorce such as Lotta Bell and C N Bell and Minnie Steele and Homer Steele, with cruelty or desertion cited as grounds. Additional personal notices include names and addresses with April dates linked to residents.
Comptroller Harry Carroll will ask Corporation Counsel Bradford for an opinion on how the Renick bill affects the city’s authority to transfer two power stations from the municipal railway department to the lighting department. Bradford had ruled the city possessed the right. Carroll questions whether the supreme court decision changes that.
Burglars pried open the front door of the E Williams grocery at 651 Yeslerway and stole eight pounds of boiled ham eight pounds of cheese eggs sardines a sack of potatoes and $2.40 in cash. Dr W D Gentry of Chicago plans lectures at Mount Zion Mission Westlake Ave and Priest with shows at 2 and 8 Sunday.
Three damage suits totaling 6518 dollars were filed in superior court Saturday against the Pacific Northwest Traction Co. The actions arise from a single accident in Everett on April 8 when a truck was struck by an interurban.
Supt Josenhans says no permit will be issued for the Marion and Tenth auditorium unless the plan uses noncombustible materials for safety with large crowds. Promoters of the skating rink project at Jefferson and 14th will seek council approval after proposing changes to the original wood roof board design.
A state auto tax based on horsepower will apply to all motor vehicles from June 10. Motorcycles pay 2.50 dollars, autos under 25 horsepower 3 dollars, 25 to 40 horsepower 5 dollars, and over 40 horsepower 7.50 dollars. The state will provide license tags and applications must be made to the county auditor.
At noon a parade by 43 boys in blue marched through the streets as a brass band played from the music factory. The event advertised the big benefit ball to be held next Friday night at the Hippo drome pavilion.
Kent blacksmith John Bisjerdin who fired two shots at rival Alex Playford shot himself in the head when a constable came to arrest him. He is in the county hospital and not expected to live. The incident occurred Friday and he likely will not stand trial.
Sydney Farrington, a wealthy Huntington club member and rancher, was knocked cold after firing at two high flying ducks in South Bay. One duck fell on his neck and he was out for several seconds but suffered no lasting harm, a crash corroborated by other Huntington club members.
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