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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
10
Surge of personal services and sale notices fills column with phrenologists palm readers and clairvoyants offering life readings in hotels. Auction listings advertise furniture and housewares with dates and locations across Second and Pike avenues.
An advertisement offers an Egyptian phrenologist from Arnat who can answer questions without asking. She promises true advice on business, family matters, courtship, marriages, and locating optimal regions. Services include marriage matching, avoiding trouble, and offering swift readings at hotel venue in Seattle with fixed two week charges.
The page lists multiple local ads for loans from Sanders and Provident Loan Society with quick confidential cash and collateral on jewelry. It also notes mentions of medical practitioners Dr Kathryn Harrington and Traders Brook obstetrics, plus assorted services from junk dealers, storage, and roofing firms.
The Patterson McDonald Ship building plant on the Duwermleah waterway nears completion and will relocate this week from the Henry building. Three 4100 ton wooden vessel frames are laid with a fourth keel to follow once the plant is complete. The firm buys Briand & Marcus Iron Works boiler works and machinery from Balem Oregon for the new plant. The George Loomis oil tanker recently arrived from California will serve between this port and Alaskan waters to help ease oil shortages. The Dolphin will run its final Alaska excursion from Bitka and Taku Glacier, leaving Thursday at six PM.
A bustling market listing numerous produce and groceries with prices for items such as home grown tomatoes, sweet potatoes, free from roaster coffee, Lipton's tea, sugar, milk, cod, halibut, salmon, butter, eggs, and canned goods. Includes assorted meats, cheeses, pickles, and pantry staples with varied prices. The noisy inventory highlights weekly specials and goods from multiple stalls.
Kennedy asks governor to press federal action as Seattle district board notes many aliens claim exemption. He cites hundreds of non citizens and says there is no law to compel service or deportation. Officials report exemptions granted to about 26 claimants while one Dutch immigrant is certified for the army.
J B Mingo of 939 22nd Ave South reports two men with a white dog stole two turkeys from her back yard Wednesday night.
A watch stolen from G Simma at 214 let vee Wednesday night bears the name Simmighjelm on its back.
C J Bassett and D Geddes paid fines of 165 dollars each while John Kiger was fined 2 dollars for traffic ordinances violations. Judge Gordon Thursday morning presided.
In police court Judge Gordon ruled A. J. Nugent did leave his horse untied on a city street, fining him five dollars.
Sam Prickson portrayed himself as crippled to solicit funds for a wife and two children. In police court on Thursday he failed to prove his disability or recall his family’s address. He received a $100 fine and 20 days in jail for begging.
T G Hipp reported two clarinets left in the lobby of the Haight building on Wednesday were missing when he returned.
Shallow testified his wife is ailing and offered affidavits from five physicians. The board ordered the documents, and if they support his claim he will be exempted. Conrad Thompson, a colored registrant, showed a natural born card but produced letters proving Venezuelan origin. He claimed alien status and was granted exemption.
A 47 year old logger A Schoultz reportedly set a long distance crawling record beneath a 2200 foot municipal bathing beach sidewalk at Alki. Police dragged him from between loose boards after he resisted and gave multiple names. He faced a pending court date and police suspected a string of similar incidents targeting women.
The program opens with Mario a Spanish bare dancer in The Life Rose Nada Ballet and Pores From Ancient Beypt. George Ford and the sham Bilters perform imitations of popular stars. Lewitt and Ashmore deliver comedy. The Org Players present As Ye Bow. The Baileys give patter in full dress. Jeska Suratt stars in She. Tom Brown’s Blackface Revue headlines with music and dance. Merket and Bonhill offer The Wishing. Hobson and Beatty present Two Great Girls and a Piano. Maest ro and company showcase contortion with comedy. Poshay and White mimic birds and domestic masses. The Two Edwards display marksmanship in a city act.
An 18 year old girl at the county poor farm died from typhoid fever contracted after drinking contaminated water from seepage where sewer leaks reached the supply. County health officials investigate the outbreak and source.
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