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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
6
The page compiles numerous personal notices seeking acquaintances, friendship clubs, refined partners, and matrimony. Entries target widows, single women, and men with means, listing ages, preferences, and contact addresses, amid other real estate and service ads, all reflecting social hopes and economic signals of the era.
De Frank Rothere a week in jail admits he taught foreign languages at Broadway High School in 1908. He is linked to Dr Otto A Burger who ran The Clinic in the Epler block and used Rothere to collect commissions from cabaret prospects.
William F E McClure of Vashon Island reported his home was ransacked on Thursday. The burglar took various items including a chess set. The sheriff’s office seeks the chess playing suspect in connection with the crime.
Water will be shut off from the high service main in West Seattle California Avenue and south of West Myrtie Street Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The outage affects the high service line and may impact water pressure in surrounding blocks.
Real estate loans and mortgage solicitations appear alongside legal notices from the Western District of Washington. The notice announces William Larson’s bankruptcy and the first creditors meeting at Beattie, with details on attendance, proofs, trustees, and examination scheduled for August 16, 1915. A separate ad seeks sub-contractors for traveling county road work and an outfit of auto trucks and dump wagons.
A Sydney style confidential bureau for girls in Los Angeles to treat cigaret addiction is described. Jail matrons estimate high rates of cigarette dependence among women prisoners, with many seeking help by letters or calls to the clinic. The program reports thousands of patients, and outlines stages from streetcorner chats to cigarette use and beyond.
A former prize fighter named One Round Hogan was stabbed to death near White Rock in Elko County after a quarrel with Willis Nicholson. The killing occurred Tuesday night in Reno.
Aug 12 report states Mrs. A F Bennett attempted suicide by swallowing carbolic acid after alleged husband abuse. Husband summoned help. she is expected to survive. Also appears a brief grocery ad noting prices for butter and bread.
Stall listings show halibut at 18 cents per pound and fresh herring, rock cod, Chinook salmon, perch, and salmon trout priced per pound. Vegetables include matoes, sweet potatoes, good potatoes, and canning peaches. Butter, sugar, and canned goods appear with various per unit prices across stalls.
A compilation lists numerous marriage licenses including Albin Gruberg and Ogda Andersen in Creosote, Charlie Penniorad and Metta Maker in Portland, and many others across Tacoma and Seattle. Birth notices follow for J Tamura’s daughter at 832 Char1es St and multiple newborns at various Seattle addresses. Divorces and petitions are noted, with cases such as Emma Garcia v Yeamvro Garcia and Amy KE v Willie leruelty, plus miscellaneous county hospital births and a clinical note on Tiflis. The excerpt ends with a regional note on Ellis County Texas cotton bale production and linguistic diversity in Tiflis.
The page lists various stalls and items at public markets including freeh salmon at 10c per pound, fancy bacon at 17 per pound, pure lard 2 per pound, potatoes, white beans, olives, lamb tongues 4 for 25c, butter 25c per pound, eggs and cottages products, tomatoes, cantaloupes, sugar 16 pounds for $1.00, plum jelly, salmon 10c each, trout meat 12c per pound, and many other groceries with stall numbers and prices.
Albany Aug. 10. Gilson Gardner argues that the term reactionary describes a NY state convention led by Elihu Root with figures like William Barnes Jr George W Wickersham and Al Smith. He warns of a boss controlled constitutional push to abolish primaries empower the legislature and erode public welfare and forest protections with a new constitution due in six weeks and a September 15 publication deadline.
Roller announces the rink at First and Seneca will open about a month early and operate daily with both afternoon and evening sessions through winter. A masquerade is planned for September with prizes for costumes and characters. The Star will publish further rink events.
In Washington D C Mulhall graft schemes surface with James A Emery a fixer for privilege. In Spokane Senator T E Burton from Ohio visits Seattle aligning with Emery and George Pope of the National Council of Ind Defense. Seattle hosts a banquet honoring them by the Employers association Washington.
Nettie Hickey sues Puget Sound Traction Power Co. claiming a street car lurch threw her, injuring her wrists and causing about 1000 dollars in damages in superior court. The filing on March 4 alleges the accident and seeks redress.
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