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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1917
Page
10
The Star lists advertising rates and terms for want ads. Rates include per line charges, insertions, monthly plans, and open space options. Special rates apply to legal ads. inquire with the Want Ad Department for details.
An OCR damaged classifieds page advertises multiple clairvoyants and phrenologists. Madam Lesshe, Mellie, Angeline, and Madame Tonta offer life readings, love and marriage advice, business luck, and future names. Rates range from 60 cents to $18, with rooms listed at Motel Norris and Hotel Nurnside locations.
Spiritual mediums advertise true guidance on business luck marriage and travel fate. The Meattie Matha faction promises accurate, affordable palm and clairvoyant readings at 50 cents for two weeks in Hazel Green at Fourth and Pike room 14 Pike entrance Moore daily and Sunday from 9 to 6.
Directory style listing of lawyers and services including Wille probate matters mortgages notes collections general practice with free consultations and moderate fees. Also includes firms like Beery RCHLORE DPurke Dida Paterson Co's balcony and others. loan and camera supply ads mixed in.
Erickson Engineering Co Incorporated with capital stock of 2 100 000 to build both wooden and steel ships at its East waterway plant. Principal incorporators include C J Erickson C E Erickson and Charles M Barnett.
Survivors of the Koto Hira Maru to be taken aboard Santa Ana for transfer to Cordova and onward to Beattie aboard an Alaska Steamship Co. liner. Coast survey vessels search islands for captain and second mate. Seaborn to France under Thorndyke and Trenholme. Benj F Packard and Indiana depart Bristol Bay with salmon cargoes. Mariposa arrives with 20 000 cases of salmon and 500 tons copper ore along with passengers en route to military units. Ketchikan arrives with 3000 tons copper ore and machinery.
A dense list of stall items from the public market includes condensed milk, beans, corn flakes, fresh vegetables and fruits, baked goods, dairy products, canned goods, and household staples with assorted prices. Indicates a typical market day spread at stalls numbered 111 through 169 and others.
The case of J. R. Boldt charged with serving food unfit for human beings was continued in Judge Gordon's police court until Sept. 13 at the request of Boldt's lawyer Frank Green who cited the need for further investigation.
Three United Press staff correspondents waited on Boulogne quay as Gen Pershing landed in France. Henry Wood W Forrest and William Philip Simse, all veterans and trained reporters, cover the story of America’s great expeditionary army for U P clients.
Four Japanese and two Chinese waived exemptions and were certified for service with the United States select service army from Social Division No. 10. Names, with 110 others, were turned over by Executive Officer Pliny Allen as the list proceeds through district board of appeals action.
A log lists ships arriving August 21 including President from San Diego via San Francisco and Victoria, Admiral Farragut from Anchorage, Elihu Thomson from Nome, Morning Star from Vancouver, and more. It records times and routes such as Saginaw from San Francisco 6 pm and Mariposa from Anchorage via Alaskan ports 12 30 am, alongside other vessels like Fulton and Mariposa with destinations Ban Francisco Tacoma and San Pedro.
Four p. m. Ketchikan to Tacoma and other vessels reported. Hailed and sailed entries list Ala meda, Admiral Evans, Alixt and Northeastern with southbound movements around Aug 19 20. Ambiguities noted in times and destinations.
United Press reports Adjt. Gen. McCain orders a Secretariat System to relay welfare updates for every 687000 draft Sammies in cantonments and militiamen. The Statistical Division will handle letters, prisoners of war inquiries, casualty lists, and civilian accreditations with trained officers and field clerks.
The I W W general strike in Washington fizzled after a week as Eastern Washington authorities began releasing jailed members. Attorney George Vanderveer said most Ellensburg prisoners would be freed within days, and he expected all detainees to be released soon.
Resolutions adopted by over 200 civil and Spanish American War veterans at the Armory condemn Mayor Gill's handling of street meetings and urge authorities to curb seditious outbreaks. Speakers urged action to suspend civil law. Gill defended his approach and warned traitors could face treason charges. Attorney Clay Allen joined critics as plans for a public meeting to discuss sedition were outlined.
Berlin reports from United press say French assaults near Vi failed to breach German lines. The official statement compares the French effort to English assaults in Flanders, noting their recklessness and inability to wear down the German fighting force.
United Press Leased Wire reports in Petrograd that under czarist rule no societies were allowed and private gatherings were forbidden. It notes an underground 10,000 Masons operate lodges behind closed doors, reflecting strict restrictions on social groups.
United Press dispatch from Washington reports Marshal Von Hindenburg is directing Austro German forces against Romanian troops in the Jassy operation in Romania. Cables from the Russian embassy confirm the movement and intensified fighting in the region.
A partial notice invites men aged 18 to 30 to enlist in the aviation flying corps of national naval volunteers. It references contact at 2605 L C Smith, mentions telephoning Elliott and times at 10, 3, or 3 p.m. with address details partially legible.
The Treasury announces a fifty million dollar loan from the United States to Great Britain as part of a larger four hundred million dollar wartime funding package for Allied efforts. The move reflects intensified financial support during wartime and underscores ongoing collaboration with Britain.
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