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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1915
Page
6
Prices list for butter beef and seafood at Washington markets. Items include butter at 3 dollars per dozen. corned beef 4.60 a dozen. potatoes sweet and white. tomatoes peas corn and cabbage. salmon trout and tenderloin. Contains varied quantities and household goods with unit prices.
A sanitized OCR fragment lists various grocery items and prices including sugar 24.96, fresh duck, pork loin, lamb, green corn, tomatoes, boneless herring 6 cents, cottage cheese 10 cents, full cream cheese, leaf lard 12 cents, and pork parts with multiple prices, resembling a 1930s market catalog.
A miscellaneous catalog of Mall store goods with prices including beef sirloin steak 7 cents per pound, sweet mixed pickles, prunes, Pearline soap, toilet paper, pancake flour, honey and various groceries. The ad lists several brands and bulk items with small prices typical of a mid century retailer.
Readable items show a roadside market listing canned goods dairy produce and bakery. Items include sugar milk butter cheese lemons tomatoes watermelons pears onions rolls doughnuts and buns with prices noted per unit or weight. The brief inventory reflects a small-town shop offering essentials and fresh produce.
The notice lists items such as butter cream cheese potatoes cauliflower onions green corn peppers radishes grapes grapefruit peaches lemons pears and fruit baskets. Also advertised are beef round steak pork loin chops pure lard and other packaged goods with prices noted in cents and dollars.
A list of marriage licenses includes Richard Sherwood and Kelidina Davis of Beattie Avens Pts and Alegra Hannon. Abe J. Herman and Ida Petrowitsky. Arthur U. Merriott and Myrtle A. Kenning. and other couples in Beattie Seattle and surrounding towns. There are several deaths recorded with locations and dates, including Bertha Elofeon and Joelf Benham. Divorces noted include Alyse Arnold v Richard Arnold for cruelty and a non support action involving First National Bank of Beattie.
A Los Angeles case centers on a so called posing farm run by J T Valpey amid alleged nude posing for motion pictures. Miss Muriel Doria Copping of Vancouver claims she posed unclad and explains the plan to recruit five women models for a potential film company. Valpey denies wrongdoing and says the work was artistic. Federal authorities investigated after Miss Leona Eames alerted officials.
The egg case against J Aronson, liquor dealer, goes to Police Judge MacMahon Monday afternoon after a prior arrest for violating the free lunch ordinance. Harold Preston to defend. the judge notes the unusual challenge of defining an edible egg lunch in beer and egg sales.
Portland Oregon August 16 arrangements are under way to teach swimming in the Portland Schools. The school board passed a resolution providing swimming facilities at two West Side schools and plans similar arrangements at all schools. Miss Millie Schioth has been engaged to instruct both boys and girls in swimming.
Police Judge MacMahon vows wholesale action as Charles Okerstein is charged with operating a leaky swill wagon. He defers ruling and cites dozens of similar cases on the main streets. Marton Malone, with a half Jag, begs to complete his cargo and is fined 26 dollars or banished from town.
W H Wright vice chairman of Savannah city council and D A O Conner Savannah merchant report that Savannah defies prohibition with 400 near beer saloons. They say saloons dispense et cetera including whisky and real beer while near beer sales are limited. Mayor Gill has been briefed as Wright and Mrs Wright travel to San Francisco.
Washington reports 14,000,000 foreigners in the country with 2,500,000 Austrians and 5,600,000 citizens said to have military training. Navy figures are cited to argue for preparedness, claiming vast trained manpower may threaten invasion plans.
Labor Commissioner Olson arrives in Olympia to investigate a strike by Italian and other laborers on the Redmond highway project led by J. J. Horrocks construction. About thirty five workers quit Friday, saying they earned only 36 a day under current pay, and were ordered from the camp as farmers and businesses in the area provide meals.
Mrs. Jones of East Oakland urged Congress to ban men from encircling the waist while dancing at the San Francisco reform congress. She called dancing a recruiting ground for divorce and urged a return to traditional square dances to preserve propriety and family bonds.
The Seattle Central Labor Council and the Bakers and Confectioners Union were cited to appear in court to show cause why their boycott and sidewalk picketing before Levinson and Co. bakery at 1211-13 Second Ave should not be halted. Complaint alleges ongoing pickets obstructing business.
Dr. M. A. Matthews urged the Commercial Club Municipal leagues Rotary Tilikum organizations and civic improvement bodies along with the Chamber of Commerce and manufacturers associations to reunite. He called the present fragmented stance wasteful and criminal.
Representative John Humphrey Small of North Carolina and Mrs Small spent Saturday as guests of the Commercial Club in town The congressman expressed approval of the Washington canal during the visit
U S cavalrymen were fired upon by Mexicans near Mercedes across the Rio Grande, shots were returned but no injuries reported. Border situation remains quiet otherwise.
In San Francisco on August 16, attorneys for Ralph K and co defendants asked Federal Judge Ing to dismiss the indictment for trial. They argued the document failed to show the land in peace with the United States and that King George England is at war with no party.
Federal mission reached Frisco today and will hold hearings tomorrow on trade issues. The arrival coincides with heightened focus on the seamen's law and maritime labor topics. A separate Sacramento note mentions Governor Johnson commuting a prieve until October 22. Weston, a colored man, was ordered hanged next Friday at Quentin for murder in Alameda County.
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