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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
6
A string of personal ads from Everett and nearby areas shows men aged 19 to 26 seeking arranged marriages or companionship. Notes mention country life, neighborhood cafes, and contact details for responses. Mop up lists include offers to exchange photos, set meetings, and arrange correspondence through post or phone.
Madam Neomia, an Egyptian phrenologist, has just arrived in Reattle for business and fortune readings. She offers guidance on love, marriage, finances, health, and happiness, charging 60 cents. She operates at 116 Union between Second and Third Avenues, Vernon Hotel.
A sensational visit by the so called Great Egyptian Phrenologist offers to reveal past present and future life advice in business family courtship and marriage. He claims power to name your future spouse enemies and their tactics and to foretell fortune. Readings advertised for this week at Hotel Norrie room 8 1428 Third Ave between Pike and Union.
The page lists many clairvoyants and card readers operating in Seattle area hotels and rooms near Pike Pine and Third Avenue. It includes Madam Ellis offering private readings at Liberty Building corner Third and Union Room 167, with other readers such as Madam Honor Madam Paulis and Madam Brennen, claiming to reveal past present and future and provide business love health and life advice. A financial notice from Broadway State Bank reports November 11 1916 figures.
Local shop advertises Danish coffee cakes and homemade layer cakes including mincemeat and fresh hominy. Prices shown 16 cents and assorted teat items.
A dense OCR list items meats, canned goods, produce and staples with prices. Items include leg of lamb, pork loin, bacon, corned beef, shrimp, coffee, butter, rice, yellow split peas, ground cheese, and toilet paper. Prices shown in cents per unit appear sporadically.
A fragment lists groceries and prices including butter, beef, herring, oysters, and jam, followed by a crime report: Cook Cook struck up an acquaintance on a street Friday night and took his companion to a hotel room for protection against rain. He awoke to find the man and $21.50 missing. Police are investigating.
The French feminist author argues that after victory men will reclaim traditional roles and women will return to homes, though many will continue to work. She notes women have proven capable in munitions and industry, saving for France despite low allowances, and pledges resolve until victory.
Edith Colby testified in her murder trial at Thompson Falls explaining the shooting of A. C. Thomas, Republican county chairman, last September. She described being called a red light woman and humanity’s underworld figure as a motive while defense urged insanity.
Negotiations by Councilman Dale on linking Seattle and Tacoma light plants face council opposition. The utilities committee backs a report urging against passage of Dale's resolution, noting the plan began under a prior resolution more than a year ago.
Mayor Gill announced he will veto a special ordinance granting raises to five city employees. He called the move a violation of the law and criticized unequal raises, noting some workers earning 175 dollars and others 125 and 150 dollars were overlooked. He said he does not oppose readjustments in the corporation counsel’s office as it did not raise that department’s budget.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual election Saturday in its new ninth floor club rooms at the Arctic building. The space covers 7,000 square feet with office quarters auditorium exhibit spaces and dining rooms on the second floor.
The world’s largest duck farm sits on Long Island producing more than 124000 ducks each year for market. Ducks are gathered at a rate of about 1800 daily.
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