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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
4
Notice urges Cooks and kitchen staff to stay away as demands for better conditions are rejected after conferences. Hugo Ernst, secretary of Culinary Crafts in San Francisco, declares the strike on until settlements are reached.
Help wanted notices list male applicants for examiner positions in Seattle Civil Service. Openings include Clerk Public Employment Office salary 90.00, Architect salary 106.00 with five years architectural experience required, Counter Clerk Buildings Department salary 90.60, and Assistant Operating Engineer Third Grade salary 45.00. One vacancy each. residency waived for Architect.
A jumble of job ads and personal notices for barber schools, telegraph operator training, midwives, phrenologists, clairvoyants, matrimonial services, and renting rooms plus sales and real estate listings. Includes school addresses on Occidental Ave and various vendors along Pine and Union streets in Seattle.
One acre in orchard and berries with potatoes and clover, balance pasture on good soil. A nice house with basement, lawn, flowers, chicken house and outbuildings. Faces county road with stream, possible gravity pipe, spring water for household use. Price 01 050, terms possible. Call Anderson ticket office Madison perk. WAI POULTRY tracts near Beattie with delivery routes and service. 5 ACRES 8500 £ 50 CASH 10 PER MONTH. CHIPPORD & VAN ANMSTPALR Inc. 1633 Third Ave, 101 Washington open evenings.
Classified rental and sale ad fragment listing multiple properties and land lots in Seattle area. Notes include 16 cash and $2.56 monthly, a $154 house payment, rent options $600 to $750, and location directions to Empire Way and Fourth Ave. Contact Mr Shearer and David P Eastman for details. Includes rental cottage at Tid Lakeside Ave and a Madrona bungalow with price 1 1,160, 850 down.
Stall by stall list presents family flour at 1.20 per sack and fresh produce including olives, beans, potatoes, corn, and apples. Meats and poultry feature beef roasts, lamb chops, and fresh dressed chickens with pricing near 60 cents to 2 dollars.
Fragmented price list shows groceries such as peanut butter, onions, watermelons, baking powder, and canned goods. Contains numerous misread words and inconsistent quantities, resembling a market or store display page rather than a coherent article.
The notice lists assorted items like milk fresh churned butter full cream cheese Lipton tea and German mustard along with breads peaches apples cantaloupes bananas and celery lettuce and potatoes. It reads like a shopping board with prices per item and quantities.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Meier told the city council there is little prospect of a favorable Supreme Court ruling that would grant the city authority to compel street car extensions. He urged seeking a legislative measure to secure clear power to compel extensions.
Puget Sound Navigation Company outlines local steamship routes from Colman Dock including calls at Townsend Port Angeles Anacortes Bellingham and Everett with two hour service and various midweek and weekend sailings. Passengers must arrange landings themselves and are advised fares exclude landing charges with baggage liability limited to $100 per ticket.
New York August 4 United States faces a severe food crisis if a 400000 railroad workers strike spreads. A 250000 mile rail shutdown could trigger great losses and widespread hunger, especially in dense urban centers. Perishable foods and milk would be first affected with shortages likely. some cities could endure 11 weeks to a month with motor supply efforts underway.
New York August 4 violence marked the first clash between strikers and police as street car workers walkout across Manhattan the Bronx and part of Long Island. A Third Avenue car confronted nonstrikers in a clash that saw strike sympathizers gathering and strikebreakers targeted with glass breaking stones. police reserve units were needed to disperse the crowd after windows were shattered as the workers time limit expired at 3 p m.
The wheat crop across the northern frontier suffered heavy damage from hail and tornadoes. Estimates range from 10 million to 15.6 million dollars as telegraph lines were restored after storms swept about 100 square miles in Saskatchewan and over a million acres in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Fred C. Brown a Republican candidate who ran for prosecutor two years ago announced Friday his withdrawal from the current race in favor of Crawford E. White. Brown who received 27000 votes in 1914 says he withdraws to narrow the field between Prosecutor Lundin and others opposed to him. Frank E. B. Green and A. D. Martin are listed as other candidates for prosecutor.
A Chicago report recounts a Greek newcomer reading Northwestern University motto as The horse full of grace and truth, prompting a bet after a group in the Greek colony doubted the misread. The wager grew to $590 in later testing.
In New York on August 4 a two legged dog named Brownie amazes locals by walking on forelegs, chasing cats and performing ordinary canine tasks after losing use of hind legs in a series of accidents. The piece notes ads for exchanging city property for rural property in Star Want Ads.
A dispatch from McAlen Texas dated August 4 describes why men join the American army. Col Cornelius Vanderbilt and Maj Gen O’Ryan share long histories in military service, while Pvt Jos Hearn, Dr J W Abbott, Maj R L Foster, Sgt A V Parke, Louis Cissell and others recount personal motives from family military traditions to duty during wartime.
A humorous column describes fashioning elaborate cages for canaries and decorative bowls for goldfish. It extols ornate Venetian glass and tall goblet shapes, noting exotic influences from Europe and China in a playful critique of pet adornment.
New York Aug 4 George Burrell a hotel messenger boy who served 18 years at the Hotel Imperial in New York bought the same hotel in Colorado Springs using tips as his capital The story notes his long service and the unusual purchase funded by gratuities.
The Basil Manty income tax fraud hearings before the House Expenditures Committee have been printed as a government pamphlet. It includes Manty’s testimony, his articles exposing the frauds, and the detailed evidence and calculations behind his charges that evasions rob the treasury of millions annually.
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