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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1916
Page
6
The Egyptian phrenologist Madam Ruth arrives at Hotel Green at Fourth and Pike to read past lives and futures. She offers guidance on business, family, love, marriage initials, and happiness with promises of satisfaction for life affairs. Charge 62 cents.
Public notices advertise private readings by Madam Ellis and Madam Dealey at Liberty Building corner Third and Union. They offer past, present, and future insights in love luck courtship business and marriage, with confidential, guaranteed guidance and special readings at Norrie Hotel Room 2, 147934 Third between Inion and Mike Nourse from 9 am to 8 90 pm.
Numerous 19th century style ads offer phrenology clairvoyance and card reading services. Madam Lesslie, Madam Victoria, Helen Rock, Madam Zona advertise life readings from cradle to old age, with guarantee of satisfaction or no charge, and claim to reveal marriages, health, business, and love outcomes.
An assortment of clairvoyants and spiritual readings fill a local notice page with addresses and rooms listed for readers such as Madam Pauline Clairvoyant Madam Velva scientific reader and Anna Marks Batha. Manicurists massage therapists and home rental listings accompany the ads.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Mavings and Trust Company of Seattle Washington will be held at the company office northwest corner Hecondave and Cherry wt on Wednesday January 17 1917 at 3 pm to elect directors and transact other business. N 8 Holner secretary Beattie Washington December 8 1916. Notice to whom it may concern The undersigned husband of Kila Greyverbieh will not be responsible for any bills she may contract Dated Beatrice Washington December 18 1916 Charles I Greyer
A bustling public market listing shows prices for flour corn meal soap butter and meat cuts along with fruits and vegetables. Items include flour at 1.56 per unit and No 10 pack corn meal, round steak, soap, butter, codfish, grapes, oranges, apples, potatoes, and various roasts and breakfast meats with several ills and weights noted.
The Northwestern Fishery Co purchased two canneries at Roe Point and Seldovia boosting annual salmon production to 130000 cases. E. Morris, lessee of the wrecked American Bar, jailed after failing to pay a $100 fine for selling liquor. The 10th Ave Bridge project faces a possible lawsuit for default if bids are not invited by next Friday. Ant arctic expedition films shown to Queen Anne High School students. Fifty road delegates from Washington Idaho and Montana meet in Walla Walla to plan improved highways. Two Goldfinch crew members overcome by gas at Everett and recover at home. Young Men's Republican Club honors C C Alien with engraved resolution.
David Tobias, recently arriving from Portland, hints at quitting work after inheriting $50,000 while continuing as chief clerk to the potato superintendent at Hazen Titus's dining operation. He jokes about buying time with $40,000 and pursuing an “interesting” new role, possibly related to presenting cakes to visiting celebrities in Seattle.
Captain Weber and 61 crew members from the Sumner aboard the WU 8S transport abandoned ship off Barnegat New Jersey as heavy seas buffet the vessel. Part of the crew took passage to the revenue cutter Beneca and others were landed by the coast guard at Harnegat. The ship is expected to go to pieces soon.
A Seattle club for women appointed a committee on Friday to draft a bill creating a state welfare board for children. The move signals organized civic action and potential legislative advocacy.
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