Land for sale promises good soil and easy terms
A short real estate notice touts a tract of land about four miles north of a boundary with echoes and neighbors nearby. It highlights good reads and soil, low taxes, running water, and proximity to an auto road with easy payment options including a $90 option and a $470 price with $25 down.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Orr
Three Lakes
Ety Limite
Nerry
L. G. Wells
Snohomish
Kent Co
New York Block
Loggers' employment ad listings in Northwest area
Numerous job notices for laborers carpenters and women for telephone work at Seattle and surrounding areas. Wages range from 2.50 to 4.66 per eight-hour day with bunkhouse provided. many postings request immediate applications at specific addresses and offices. Includes lost items and miscellaneous ads for furniture and services.
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Third Ave
Court Mone Wahire
Northwest
Lanorera
Puccet Sound Haidor & Dredging Cor
Harbor Islant
Pioneer Mitt
POR Right
Ganenity Na
A.W. Quift CO
View Lots in Dunmar's Highland Park Addition Ad
In Dunmar's Highland Park Addition near the municipal car line ten minutes from shipyards city water and free wood. Priced at $225 per lot with easy terms. Take Alki or Fauntleroy car to Riverside transfer to Lake Burien car, get off at Portland 1, ask for Mr. Fitz.
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Dunmar
Highland Park
City Water
City Medta
Alki
Fauntleroy
Riverside
Lake Burien
Portland
Mr. Fitz
W & Wheeler
Colman
Liberty
Mr. Green
F. D
City
Sidney
Port Orchard Commercial Co
Kitano County
Puget Bound
Navy Yard
Port Orchard
Queen Anne
Beautiful View
Car
George Beckman
First Ave
Confectionery Sale Offers Prime City Location
Pike and T confectionery listed for 625 dollars as the best little business in the city. The ad invites viewing to appreciate its value and mentions terms. Also promotes listing property with the Public Realty Bureau at 210 Liberty Building opposite P. O. and a 20 dollar commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. van Arsdale & CO
Third Ave
Por Fall
Public Realty Bureau
Liberty
Lope P. Co
SAAR
Tito
Finn
Meyer-Toner
Tater
Daulia Nitin
Queen Anne
Vavanagium
Mumical Record Exchange
Weetlake
New Times Ride
Errhance
Renaty
Kina Alaska Ftr CO
the Pacific Aurtion Co
Seattle Auction Co
Recond
Hiake Perniture Co
Pike
Louies Dalton
Eitel Rigg
Killorett
Lessona
Smitht Jewelry CO
Y. C. Smith Aldo
Pike &T
Liberty Bld
Fragmented Classifieds and Personal Notes From a 20th Century Page
A jumble of notices and ads mentions a cancer claim, letters to parents, jewel buyers, diamonds watches and credit, goings away addresses, a dancing teacher, a ministerial service offer, a practical nurse contact, and various phone numbers and street corners, reflecting cluttered local classifieds. The items reference Irving Jennings, Clara Citadwick, Krington public offerings, a hotel near court house, and multiple contact points across city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courar
Hippodrome
Ellott
Clara Citadwick
Charley Traste Krington
Reames Pushes Sabotage Bill on War Graft
Clarence L. Reames, an aide to the attorney general, urged passage of a sabotage bill that would impose up to 30 years in prison for hindering the government or its allies. The law targets defective wartime materials and equipment with conviction and possible death under certain statutes. Previously, intent to injure the government was required. now effect suffices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Reames
Burian Named Austrian Foreign Minister After Czernin Resigns
Aaron Burian is reported to succeed Foreign Minister Czernin who resigned. Vienna sources state Burian, a former Austrian Hungarian foreign minister, will take over the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burian
Czernin
Vienna
Wireless control to load 1000 ships a week on Atlantic ports
Washington reports railroads east of Chicago will be run virtually by wireless telegraph to speed Europe bound mobilization. Britain France Italy and America pool all available tonnage with precise pier and ship allocations to avoid seaboard congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
America
Europe
Seaboard
Heritain
France
Italy
Three Germans Sentenced in Hindu Plot Case
In San Francisco on April 30, Franz Bopp former German consul Eric Von Schaack former vice consul and Lieut Wilhelm Von Brincken military attache received two years in federal prison and a 10000 fine for conspiracy in the Hindu revolt plot Judges praised harsher penalties and urged Congress to tighten law. Twenty six others were sentenced to up to 22 months and 5000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Franz Bopp
Eric von Schaack
Wilhelm von Brincken
van Fleet
U. S
Preston
Washington
F C Wascal’s Stall Robbed. Cash and Checks Stolen
F C Wascal of Stall 16 Corner Market found his shop ransacked on Tuesday morning. Police report $80 in cash a $15 check and a postal money order missing from the tills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Wascal
Corner Market
Public Works Board probes Wallace river power site
The board of public works left Tuesday morning to investigate the Wallace river power site. Councilmen Erickson, Lane and Moore are examining conditions at Cedar river. The Minute Men of Precinct No. 189 meet May 1 at 8 PM in Harrison St. school.
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Board of Public Works
Wallace River
Aite
Erickson
Lane
Moore
Cedar River
Minute Men
Precinct No
Harrison St
Britain Spends $700 Million to House War Workers
The British government has expended 700 million dollars on housing for war industry workers since the war began. The United States contemplates two bills for 50 million dollars each to fund housing for shipyard and other war industry workers, with rapid passage expected for the shipping board plan.
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Britain
Milton Bronner
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Local Market Prices and Produce Specials Listed
Public markets feature stalls with prices for sugar milk cream beans tomatoes walnuts corn starch Lima beans washing powder beans shortening Alaska salmon matches coffee peas rhubarb artichokes asparagus strawberries and various seafood. dozens of items show per pound or per unit costs across multiple stalls with daily deals and fresh produce.
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K. C
California
Local Market Items and Prices Listing
A compact catalog of goods and stall prices including sugar 65c, pure natural milk 160 qt, cream 20c pt, pot roast 20c, veal roast 16c per lb, compound 25c per lb, corned beef 15c per lb, dried apricots 3 lb 25c, Booths sardines 20c can, flour substitutes, coffee 24c, pullet eggs 38c dozen, churned butter 48c per 2 lb, Manning's coffee, asparagus 2 lb 25c, cooking apples 1.25 per box delivered.
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Booth
Manning
Local Market Stall Listings With Prices and Specials
Readable ad style list shows stalls 12 80 31 46 and 20 offering fruits vegetables seafood canned goods and household items. Items include seedless grapefruit lemons Winesap apples oysters Crisco Corn Flakes Crisco soap and washing powder with prices per unit or per box. Multiple bargains present across stalls.
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van Camp's
Lennox
Washington Creamery
Local Market Ads Highlight Dairy and seafood Deals
Stalls 102 and 110 feature full cream cheese 23c per lb fancy cream brick 30c lb choice Swiss 30c lb fresh Washington creamery butter 45c lb and eggs 39c dozen. Stalls 18-25 offer macaroni 4 lb 25c and canned vegetables including Flag peas corn spinach pumpkin beets and beans with various prices. Free delivery and own machine noted for Stall 15 offerings of fresh fruits, vegetables, and fish including halibut salmon trout red snapper ling cod and halibut cheeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Creamery
Borden's
Ghirardelli
del Monte
Local Corner Market Ad Sells Groceries At Cut Prices
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page lists numerous pantry items with prices. Pine 8st soap and Bordens milk are advertised along with Sea Foam and Pine Tar soap, Peet's coffee, fresh buttermilk, peanut butter, Red Seal Grocery Annex items, Cream of Barley, Swift's Pride soap, fresh peas, bloaters, homemade mayonnaise, fresh butter, currant jelly, Karo syrup, Hills coffee, salmon, and Hine Ribbon tea with price points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordens
Red Seal Grocery
Annex
Swift
Elliott Mish .O
Blaine’n Delicatessen
South End Grocery Ad Item List
A compact catalog of assorted groceries including seeded raisins fancy 10c per pound white figs pineapple Hills red can coffee washing powder kitchen cleanser laundry soap Jersey butter full cream cheese and pot roast with various prices noted in the ad style listing. The fragment presents product names quantities and prices as a typical newspaper shopper run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
M. J
Jersey
Wilson Wins Real Victory in Power Bill
United Press reports that the Senate passed the Overman empowering bill by 63 to 13, granting the president authority to coordinate war work channels. The House was expected to approve, while Republicans warned they would oppose broader powers in future sessions.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Senate
Wilson
House
Gallinger
Congress
Overman
Brandegee
Cumming
Dilligham
France
Harding
Johnson
Cal
Knox
Poindexter
Sherman
Sterling
Sutherland
Reed
Burglar Theory Gains Ground After Explosion At McLeod Shop
Verification strengthened that the man blown up in the Saturday evening blast at the A. P. McLeod smith shop 3909 Brooklyn avenue may have been a burglar. Detective findings cited a suitcase with a charged acetylene gas tank and a torch for burning steel found by William Waterhouse near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. McLeod
Brooklyn Ave
William Waterhouse
12Th Ave. N. E
Seattle Electric Company Offers to Fund Fifth Ave W Improvements
The Seattle Electric Company informed the city council it will cover three-fifths of Taylor Place Fifth Ave W improvements. Initially tied to a $52,000 cost, the estimate rose to $90,000 and the company refused to fund two-thirds. The latest decision bases support on the $90,000 figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Electric Company
Taylor Place
Fifth Ave. W
Traction Company
Electric Company
Seattle Youth Held by Portland Police
Arnie McDonald, 15, of 83 Battery St Seattle, is in custody in Portland on charges of driving a stolen car. He will be sent to Seattle’s juvenile department at once. His mother died several weeks ago.
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Arnie McDonald
Battery St
Seattle
Portland
Grand Jury Convenes for Final Term Session
The last grand jury session of the term met Tuesday at 10 o'clock and will remain in session for about four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Local Grocery Ads Spur Budget Shopping Anew
Readable ad fragment lists daily specials and item prices including bread 8c loaf cinnamon rolls 15c dog meat round steak coffee tea milk soup soap and canned goods with prices amid a cluttered vintage catalog. Prices and brands like M J B coffee Campbell’s soups Lenox soap and Fela Naptha appear with cents and product notes.
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Central Telp Yourself
Mt. Vernon
Campbell's
Westlake Market Daily Produce and Prices Mixed Bargains
Street stalls list varied groceries including Chinook salmon at 20 cents per pound, American Wonder potatoes in $1.00 sacks, grapefruit six for 26 cents, fresh peas 10 cents per pound, asparagus 2 tops for 25 cents, strawberries and rhubarb, dry onions eight cents per pound, Carnation milk, M J coffee three canotne? packs for nine cents, raisins two for 6 cents, large cans of beans, grape juice priced, and canned peas at 2 cents.
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Westlake
Iloean
M. J. Nun
Oregon shipyards launch 17 ships in April record
April 30 report notes 17 new ships launched by Oregon shipyards in April, the best month since the postwar boom. The Charles, built for the French government, was launched at noon with Miss Frances Drury as sponsor. A late launch of the Barabos ferris type marked another notable event at the Coast plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Mandant Charlies
Frances Drury
W. Drury
Seattle
Charles
Shipbuilding Company
Barabos
400 Ship Students Sail Aboard S S Iris
The Shipping Board trains marine students aboard the Iris for six weeks. About 400 applications are filed daily as men are selected and graduated for placement on American merchant ships. Apply to Capt I N Hibbard Pacific coast San Francisco.
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Shipping Board
Iris
Swoon
Anda
I. N. Hibbard
Ping Board
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Seattle Woman to Launch Tacoma Ship
The Iron Co. shipyard in Tacoma will host a launch in a few days with Mrs. Frank Walker of Ue acting as sponsor. Walker is the wife of the Northwest representative of Bureau Veritas of France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Iron Co
Tacoma
Frank Walker
Walker
Bureau Veritas
France
Shipping Board Returns Five Steamships to Pacific Line
The United States Shipping Board Monday returned five steamships to the Pacific Steamship Company. The ships were used by the Admiral Line for the war effort and will revert to their former owners after the President's cargo is released. The vessels Governor, Umatilla, Queen, Admiral, and Wai will be released as quickly as they dock in Seattle. Umatilla is aground off the southern coast but will be floated soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States
Pacific Ship Co
Admiral Line
Ping Board
Seattle
Governor
Tilla
Queen
Admiral Wai
Umatilla
Bremerton Excludes German-born Residents Under New Order
Assistant Attorney General L. Reames announced Bremerton will bar any alien enemy from the city until orders expire. The move targets residents over 14 of German birth, with ten Bremerton locals affected, including merchants. A first case involved an actor seeking to fulfill a theatre engagement.
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Erton
Navy Yard
L. Reames
Reames
Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Soldier fund collector arrested in Seattle case
Private C. L. Burns of the artillery at Fort Wi Was was arrested in Seattle for allegedly victimizing ten to fifteen people during a canvass that spread from twenty five to thirty houses. He represented himself as a collector for the soldiers fund.
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C. L. Burns
Artillery
Fort Wi
Seattle
Soldier's Fund
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Alexander Shinreman
Wille
Lyon Plusiding
James
Elliott
Laola May Blinn
T. Schopf
Ond Ave
TP Ball
New York
Fred P. Gorin
Stester
Ney
Fenwick
Lawrence
Burke
Sanders & CO
Smith Fide Rit
Provident Loan Society, Inc
Seneca
Marton
IN Jewelry CO
NG Kodak
Jacoba
P.L
Dewald
G. R. Hartwig
Opticians
Fadmonds
Praser-Paterson Co
Physicians
A and
Kathryn Harrison
Central Storage Co
Westlake Ave
Teale Myers
Pnone Main
Junk Alaska Junk Co
Barr Gton
Pine Mt
Kirkland
Emall Poultry House
Madison
Burke & Farrar
T. W. Suckling
Lake Washington
Byice
A. H. Reid & CO
Kiteap County
Silverdale
Joan Belbo
Manette
Kk. F. D
Waved Road
A. J. Reid & CO
Ronald
Beattle- Averett
Tonaldeta
Nainer
Clowerdale Str
Rainier
Netter
Pacific Highway
University
Perenener
West & Wheeler
Nice
Small Ranch
A. TL Reid
A. H. Reid & Coo
TIA Ik Arangain
Sunnyside Ave
News Room Bungalow
Kenwood
Asley
Emervon
Seth W
David BP
Deacon Hill
Dalenn
Mewett
Bach- Absquist
Sterate
Columbia
Medachion D
Washington, dC
Atipyard
Perish
Donohue
the Star
Seventh Ave
Uv. & Reclamation Service
Tieton Dam
Yakima
Beattie
Spokane
Nottingham
Utah
Sifip
Kirkland Okipyarda
Fourth Ave. BE
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Cobb
Girtsa
Hitt
Oswald
Bartlett
North
Trent
PRU
Liberty Midgeppoelle P.O
Twin
Newcon Coal
Alaska
Pet
Ned Monarch
Venture
Liberty Ol & Cae
Wyo
Chitina Kuwkuleama ccc
Delile Bilwer
Heath Tacoma
A. J . Kothina
Weturn
Mtacy Brown
Smith the
Denby
Automoriees
FORD
Reabonadle
Cash
Meyer
Mhroadway
Winton Mator
Mortiard
TD Wiltiama CO
Firet Ave
Ting
Wem Kuenen
S11 University
Homes For Sale
Young & Brorerg
Hallard
Whitman Ave
Green Lake
Fort Orchard
Wallingford
Troom House
Ialnier
Ark
G. Loth
Hartford
Wash
American Can Co
Foot Cedar St
Businesat
12Th Ave
Irving Jennings
Stevens
Walte
4Th Ave
Main
Assn
Greene — Wotel
Hwolland
Fourth
Jefferson
Court House
Willeskeen
N. W
Ballard
U. S. Optical CO
Phird Ave
Skaits
Pine Street
Burian
Frinerr von Buriait
Wallace Site
Hog Island
Spar
Rows Point
Mog Island
Philadelphia
Newport News
J. Rogers Wlannery
Pittsburg
Uncle Bam
Gretna
Eng
England
Pike Place
Portland Police
Waterfront News & Notes
Oregon
S. S. Iris
Albany
Albany Dentists
Les Savings Bank Bldg
Wocges
le Ave. and
Pike St
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