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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
10
An advertisement for a phrenologist and medium at Hotel Green Fourth and Pike room 14 Pike street entrance. It promises truthful business and family guidance, marriage prospects, and separation reunions, with special readings for 5 cents during a two week period daily 9 to 8:30 including Sundays.
Clairvoyant phrenologist offers life guidance on business love health and family affairs. One visit promised to repay disappointments and remove obstacles to success and finding the right partner. Special readings 60 cents daily and Sunday at Room 12 Abbott Motel over Owl Drug Store 105 Pike Street.
An old time notice promotes Cliffton the Great a vaudeville figure offering palmistry and "public motion" insights. It claims to read occupations, business conditions, relationships and love prospects with guidance on moves and promotions. Location listed as 1919 Sixth near Union with hours 10 am to 8 pm.
An OCR plagued page lists multiple clairvoyants offering life readings and predictions. Adverts cite Adaline Lloyd, Cirtean, Helen Rick Hurerigh, Madame Kathryn, Madame Sonia, and others with varied addresses, prices, and days for consultations and seances.
Two cars of a Southern Pacific freight train derailed when a broken flange caused a derailment near Delta station in Redding California. Two cars plunged into the river and two other damaged cars blocked the track. no injuries reported. The Portland express is held at Kennet until tracks clear while three of five circus train sections bound for Chico are stalled on the north side of the wreck.
Mise Jean Hall, 24, of 1302 Yester Day, died in the city hospital after an attempted suicide by poison following a quarrel with her mother, Mrs. Kattle L. Worth.
The magazine formerly known as Boatman rebrands as Pacific Shipping Illustrated under Herbert Hanlon and Teel Williams. Now published in Seattle, it covers marine construction and operation from Nome to San Diego, featuring Seattle as a leading trade and shipbuilding hub with exports and imports near two million dollars daily.
Young men over nineteen may apply to join the emergency fleet through Captain Bion Whitney in Seattle or William A. Fairweather in Tacoma. Six weeks of intensive training will run mornings and evenings to accommodate workers on different shifts. The government operates twenty marine schools nationwide with three in the Northwest including Seattle Tacoma and Astoria.
Coastal steamers run from Victoria to Port Townsend and Port Angeles with daily departures and special connections. The Whatcom, Tecoma, Townend, and other vessels link Victoria, Indianapolis, Anacortes, Bellingham, Everett, and Lopez Island with varying frequencies.
Farre Mink 36 also called Terrel Pope and Marvel Hant was arrested Tuesday night on forgery charges. He admitted passing five checks at Seattle merchants totaling 15 to 25 dollars and favoring 15.50. Authorities say Oregon parole authorities seek him. One victim alerted The Star with a public warning.
Federal troops patrol Aberdeen mills to deter I W W picketing as the strike shows signs of breaking. Workers feared insult return to work while authorities plan a stockade for agitators. The I W W reportedly wired Seattle for reinforcements.
Washington August 29 The American Red Cross launches a drive against pro German propaganda as the war department notes mosquitoes near cantonment camps may influence America s first 687000 draftees next month and seeks to curb their impact.
A dense listing of stalls at Westlake Pike Place and South End markets showing prices for groceries and produce including sugar, olives, milk, coffee, eggs, meats, fruit, and canned goods. Several stalls note bulk or case pricing and daily roasts, with numerous items such as halibut, ling cod, pot roasts, pears, peaches, tomatoes, and eggs highlighted.
A fragmented list shows stall 17 offering granulated sugar Iba at 68c, Crystal White soap, and various items including oats and beans. Stall 61 features pure natural milk and other staples, with references to cocoa, cider vinegar, sunflower items, and multiple meat cuts priced per pound.
Miss Freda V. Morris a county telephone exchange operator filed a claim with the city council through attorney Thomas P. Revelle for 20000 dollars. She says a militia officer visiting the city switchboard intruded and tried to kiss her after midnight June 20 and she fell eight feet from a window sill to the pavement. She was unconscious for weeks and later returned home at 326 Bellevue Ave. N.
Seattle milk dealers anticipate an October first price hike due to higher hay costs and delivery expenses. Milk now at 12 cents may rise to 15 to 17 cents, with three cents per quart delivery cited. If a mild winter lowers hay, milk prices could drop again. Weather, not judges, will determine the swing.
About 1,000 newly commissioned officers are expected to arrive at Camp Lewis American Lake during the day to join the large number already stationed there for training. Most come from the Presidio in San Francisco and must report for duty by today.
Former Army man Ancel Babbe of Medi Lake Spokane filed a double exemption claim with Select Service officials. He asserts conscientious objector status and holds a dishonorable discharge from the army. Officials doubt the discharge grounds exemption but permitted the filing.
Southern Pacific plans 65 new locomotives and thousands of freight cars for service between Portland and El Paso. The total under construction rolling stock value stands at $24,500,000, with the locomotives accounting for $2,500,000.
Pacific coast electrical workers local unions will ratify a strike plan after a San Francisco conference. They recommended a strike of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph employees unless higher wages and a closed shop are granted. W. F. Delaney predicted the plan would be approved. the strike date is October 21.
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