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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1917

Page

7

Courtesan Services and Furnishings Advertised in Seattle

Classified notices show massage and bath services at Elliott, Green, Vernon, and Berkeshire hotels with massager Kennedys and Grace Powers. Also furniture bargains at Waldron’s with carpet and rug deals, plus wanted and used furniture offers and auctions listed by Seattle firms.

Isa Curti Elliott Hotel First Pike Wiss Warrington Green Isa Kennedy Vernon Hotel Tel Union Grace Powerls Berkeshire Hotel Mise Jewell Tildy

Clairvoyant ads and lawyers listed in a 1910s issue

An ad page offers Madame Sonia Clairvoyant and others for palmistry fortune readings at 618 University near Slath plus weekly horoscopes and love and business guidance. It also lists attorneys Teola Way Hlinne and Teodoras Dali with free consultations and general practice services at nearby offices, including collections and mortgages.

Awen Ander Witlheman Wille Lyon Hide Jamen Ebilcott Teola Way Hlinn de Oriental Huilding Main RT Macho Mike DALI Batanlisn Parke Midg

World’s Greatest Egyptian Phrenologist and Medium Adverts

A string of ads touts Madame Jenette, Madam Melile, Madame Angeline, and other spiritual readers. They claim to reveal future spouses, success in business and love, and removal of bad luck with readings, palmistry, and clairvoyance. Offers include special readings for 50 to 60 cents, locations in Beattie and New York area inns, with guarantees and hours from morning to evening.

Mme Nona Clairvoyant Fense Aen E Wonan Fife Sonia Clairvoyant University Mear Clifeton Sixth Ave Union Elliott Esos Eee Ife Vlert Abbott Tate Owl Dive Jenette Dore Beattie Pike Bhetelia Meattie Norris Madam Melile Hotel Elk Second Ave Corner Pine Madam Angeline Neada Buenness Hotel Burnside Heskitta Nelianle Midiam Firat Ave Liberty Theatre

Ships to open Seine for direct Paris trade

Aug 18 The prefect of the Seine issues circulars to authorities outlining a plan to render the Seine navigable for ocean going ships from Rouen to Paris and to construct a port at Gennevillers for easy access to the capital.

Ty United Preas Paris Seine Rouen Gennevillers

New Turbines Arrive for Jeanette Skinner Trial Trip

The steamship Jeanette Skinner, built for Skinner & Eddy by a Norwegian company and launched in July, will attempt a test voyage on Sunday. Turbines arrived from New York last Monday and installation has begun. The report also notes other maritime movements including the Koto Hira Maru wreck and upcoming launches at Pacific American Fisheries yard.

Jeanette Skinner Skinner & Eddy Corporation New York

End Stall 42 Food Items List From Market Station

A fragmented catalog lists items and package counts including hamburger steak 186 Th, whale meat 100 Ib tall 48, best Jer sey butter 460 Ib, full cream cheese 2 Ibe Soc. Anderson's, cocoa and chocolate 36e tb, Cream of Wheat 23 pke, Argo starch 10 pkg, tomatoes 130 can, Dutch Cleanser 14 ke can, puffed rice, Reparageua 140 can, Del Donte etring Deans 1% can, Jelly reila Ibe each.

Eastern artist Hubert A. Graf sets roots in Seattle

Hubert A. Graf, a noted eastern artist and new Seattle resident, will join M. Guterson's Russian orchestra at the Clemmer. Graf studied with Henry J. Williams and Emilco Framanthe and has appeared with Wark's New York Sum orchestra and major cities. He will debut with the augmented Russian troupe Saturday and perform a harp solo "Am Springer" next week.

Hubert A. Graf Seattle Graf Henry J. Williams Emilco Framanthe John Thomas Orchestra Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Mr. Graf York Wark New York Clemmer M. Guterson Son Am Springer Zabel

Berlin envoy to Constantinople as ambassador

BERLIN. Bernstorff to be sent to Constantinople as ambassador. PEKING. China gives Germans and Austrians five days to leave the country. Seattle luncheon honors Fred Jones, president interstate association, at Arctic club. Young Men's Hebrew picnic at Fortuna park. EAST ST. LOUIS. Thirty-nine men arrested on riot charges. Italian colony picnic at Wildwood park Sunday. WINNIPEG. Wheat price fixed at 2.40 until August 31. First Christian church picnic on Mount Rainier Sunday. D. S. Hammond, 47, dies after short illness. Charles Hebbard new Washington food commissioner. Artists of Seattle midnight picnic. J W Balmer to train in navy in San Francisco. Sheriff arrests J Payne for dynamite. Company D auxiliary to meet Tuesday. Judge Gordon fines Dudley brothers 100 for 50 quarts whisky. Thieves steal half-ton watermelons from Crenshaw Bloxom.

Berlin Bernstorff Constantinople Peking China Seattle Realty Association Fred Jones Interstate Association Arctic Club Young Men's Hebrew Association Fortuna Park East ST. Louis Wildwood Park Winnipeg Board of Grain Supervisors Mount Rainier D. S. Hammond Port Fownsend Charles Hebbard Washington Seattle J. W. Balmer A. Balmer Belmont Pl Navy San Francisco J. Payne Coal Creek Company D Chamber of Commerce Gordon Dudley Brothers Crenshaw & Bloxom Western Ave

Berlin reports false battle claims across Flanders

London dispatch says Berlin issued false statements on West front fighting. British staff in Langemarck while Germans claimed recapture. Berlin tried to widen the attack narrative. French forces hold a key stretch near Lizerne Steenbeck and Langemarck as Poilus play a growing role.

London England Berlin West Front Langemarck Flanders Schoote Lizerne Steenbeck Bixschoote Langemarck Libe Belgium

U S Troops Soon to Join in Battle

United Press reports that American troops will soon be in action abroad and that the war element will begin a casualty column in the August official bulletin on August 27. The note clarifies this is not a precise date for American participation.

United Press Bellingham Rosewood Pacific-Amrican Fisheries Mner Anne Burlingame Hollywood Washington

National Defense Men Offer to Quit

Committees of the Council of National Defense have tendered their resignations. The moves were officially learned today and resignations have not been accepted yet. Advisers may be asked to continue in an advisory capacity as resignations stem from the War Industries Board appointment.

National Medical Institute Occidental Ave United Preas Washington Council of National Defense War Industries Board

Hoover and Navy Authorities Promote Prompt Car Loading

Herbert Hoover and Navy Department authorities cooperate with the American Railway Association to load and unload cars promptly and use full carrying capacity of all lines. Vice President H Earling of the Milwaukee Road notes the initiative.

Herbert Hoover Navy Department American Railway Association H. Earling Milwaukee Road

49000 English Rail Men May Strike

London Aug 18 a strike of about 40000 railway engineers and workers on English roads was declared certain after a meeting of union leaders. The announcement came from a Board of Trade president in the afternoon.

London Board of Trade

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