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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
9
The ad promotes Saturday bargains at Georgetown Market and Queen City Market with items including whole salmon and other seafood by the pound, live hens, fruit baskets, citrus and grapes, beans and cucumbers, cabbage, and staple meats and fats priced per pound or per dozen. Prices feature cents values typical of the era.
The 16th annual Western Washington fair will be in Puyallup from September 28 to October 3. A 200 car booster tour will start September 22 from Puyallup, traveling to Seattle and Tacoma with two bands and large banners. Valley farm products worth about 1.5 million dollars are produced annually, with Seattle serving as the main market.
Anchorage, terminus of the Matanuska branch of the Alaska government railroad, is praised as a model town akin to Utopia by Jack K. Roberts who has just returned and bought a lot for 1400 dollars.
San Francisco report denounces American merchant lines Pacific Mail and Dollar Steamship for replacing Chinese crews with white sailors amid the La Follette-Furuseth act. Lines plan British registry or sale, arguing for equal competition while seeking to preserve Anglo-American crews. Col Schwerin and Capt Dollar urge non subsidies and equal grounds in foreign trade debates.
Pacific Mail exits the Orient trade, boosting Seattle as a major hub. Nippon Yusen Kaisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha and Blue Funnel Line expand fleets while Great Northern plans Russia to UK cargo run. Seamen's law sparks a Seattle Merchants' Exchange protest meeting led by Kenneth C. Kerr at Hotel Rainier Grand.
Frank Olmstead remains top of the list of eligibles for police sergeant in the latest civil service release by Examiner D P Kenyon. T J Clarks is second and B J Margett third. The list includes 47 names.
Andrew Puruseth argues the Seamen's Law will give the United States an edge by attracting the world's best sailors and elevating American mariners. He counters Captain Dollar by noting Dollar Steamship Co ships are English-built and British-crewed, highlighting competition between American and foreign crews in transpacific trade.
Joseph Michaels aged 26 declares a new remedy for felons. He soaks his finger in carbolic acid for a couple of hours, and the felon is said to come off along with the finger.
The article argues government operation of a national merchant fleet as essential to an American flag worthy of the seas. It warns Pacific coast merchants face upheaval as Pacific Mail and Dollar lines withdraw with Chinese crews, leaving only the Minnesota and Japanese liners. The issue sharpens with the November 4 seamen’s act effective date.
August 27 report from Chehalis notes a record turnout for the Southwest Washington fair. Chehalis Centrala day drew a large crowd with free admission for all school children. Delegations from Seattle Portland and Tacoma plus Governor Lister’s day boosted excitement as Lieut. Gov. Hart represented the governor.
A gray haired grandmother, Mrs. S. C. Martin, defies Police Judge MacMahon in Seattle court, arguing she must eat and that begging is a lawful living. She plays violin for coins in the street, refuses aid, and asserts independence, while a policewoman testifies she spurns assistance.
A woman was fined $10 on a begging charge during a church meeting. She reacted angrily, claiming she had no friends or money. The sentence was suspended later after Rev. George Wood of the Columbia Baptist Church promised to help, and she agreed not to perform publicly with her violin.
The Clallam county courts appointing a receiver for Port Angeles Transportation Co. on Peter Grubb's petition is challenged. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland seeks a receiver by petition in King county. Judge Tallman orders the company to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed, set for September 2.
William R. Taylor the first climber to reach Mt McKinley’s summit returns to the city en route to a California expo. He and partner Pete Anderson reached the peak on April 3 1910 planting a flag at 20 500 feet after an 18 hour ascent covering the final 9 000 feet in one day.
Washington dispatch says more than 500 American ships may clear from Tampico Mexico in the year carrying oil and other goods if current rates hold, per the bureau of commerce reports.
A reflection on financial struggle and personal discipline. The text argues that endless debt prevents happiness and safety in life, while a prudent starter can avoid extreme poverty by saving even small amounts.
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