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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
10
Classified style notices crowd this excerpt: positions, services, and solicitations. Includes a practical nurse, piano lessons, matrimonial ads, friendly clubs, maternity home, psychics, clairvoyants, readers, and spiritual circle announcements reflecting a busy Seattle era classified page.
An advertisement touts a spiritual medium offering true guidance in business, family, courtship, marriage, and luck. It promises to reveal future spouses, test love, reunite separated couples, and guarantee honest advice. Special readings priced 50 cents, two weeks only, at Hotel Green Seattle Fourth and Pike room 14.
An advertisement from a clairvoyant and medium at Hotel Ik 1531 Becond Ave corner of Second and Pine rooms 4 promises truthful guidance on business success family affairs courtship marriage and locating a future spouse. Special readings cost 60 cents with satisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
An advertisement touts Cliffton the Great as an unmatched clairvoyant with years of praise from notable figures. It claims definitive, exact procedures and guarantees results, with consultation hours and locations listed across multiple addresses and contact numbers.
Madam Lesslie, a spiritual medium and Egyptian phrenologist, offers guidance on business, family, courtship, and luck with claims of true answers and speedy marriage. The Scientific Phrenologist reads entire life from the head, predicting marriages, health, legal matters, and investments, with guaranteed satisfaction. Special readings priced 60 cents for one week, room 4 Hotel Norris and Room 47 Antlers Hotel, Fourth and Union.
An 1917 newspaper fragment lists several psychics offering readings and spiritualist services at multiple Seattle area locations, with lower price specials and schedules. It also contains a District Court bankruptcy notice for M Nakamura, announcing a hearing on Sept 10, 1917, and details for creditors to appear and state causes.
Mme Nona, a renowned clairvoyant and palmist, promises true readings on marriage, partners, business success, health, and personal influence. Special reading 60c. Location Hotel Barrington, 1618 Beyond Ave. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily.
A palmist clairvoyant named Royal Egyptian Queen offers life readings including business health marriage divorce and speculation advice at 623 University corner Sixth Ave readings priced at 60 cents this week.
Court notices a petition for full discharge from debts under bankruptcy law. Hearing set for September 10, 1917 in the District Court at Beattle, with creditors invited to attend and show cause why discharge should not be granted. Dated July 16, 1917 in Heart.
The Shipping Board in Washington is casting about for capable individuals to run government owned merchant marine vessels. Top shipping experts are under consideration for key positions as the fleet expands. Capt. C W Jacobs takes command of the Ruby on her Arctic voyage carrying supplies for northern camps. Capt L Curtis opens Seattle offices as marine surveyor and salvage expert after leaving Marine Underwriters. The Japanese freighter Calcutta Maru of Nippon Y Keisha, built at Nagasaki shipyards and docked in Mitsui, arrived in Seattle on its maiden voyage with a full Orient cargo.
A list of sale items across stalls 24 to 106 detailing prices for flour 2.60 per sack sugar 6 rolled oats 30¢ per 1b corned beef 16¢ per pound and assorted groceries including corn flakes duck steak pot roast jelly, cheese and butter prices. The note records product variety and unit prices with stalls named for easy shopper reference.
Readable stalls list various items and prices including milk root beer extract canned goods coffee clams tea Ceylon tea cider and vinegar cottage cheese steak veal pork with prices in cents per unit and portions. The excerpt reads as a fragmented market inventory from Pike Place with multiple stalls and product mentions.
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