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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1917
Page
3
The Star Want Ad Rates effective May 1 1917 detail cash advertising prices per line for transient and classified ads. It lists per insertion monthly options with discounts for longer terms and special packages, with rates varying by line count and duration.
Classified notice highlights two room and S room apartments near the shipyard with rents around 12 to 16 dollars, mentioning features like steam and hot water, and location options at Bay View and Heath. Includes contact for Mr. Denehue and notes about available units.
The Union Savings & Trust Company of Beattie holds an annual stockholders meeting at the company office to elect directors, set director count, and conduct oil business matters. Also notes a Puget Bound Spar Co trustees meeting and a personal liability disclaimer, plus a rummage sale at two Beattie addresses.
A listing of grocery prices and items from various stalls including meat such as steer rib steak and corned beef, produce like tomatoes and potatoes, dairy goods like butter and milk, and pantry staples like sugar and flour. Prices are given per sack, per can, or per item with wide ranges and annotations for brands and origins.
Joseph Conrad a Tacoma shoe maker sues Alexander Leggar in Superior Court for five thousand dollars claiming alienation of his wife's affections. He testifies Leggar began visiting last June and by September undermined the wife leading her to leave for Seattle aided by letters advocating free love. Attorney Latchem of Tacoma represents the plaintiff.
The United Press dispatch reports government wireless deals broken aboard the interned German cruiser Greier. German agents in the U S allegedly planned landing Japanese forces in Mexico and Canada with figures like Count von Bernstorff and Capt. von Papen named. Additional orders to destroy interned ships are cited.
Petrograd dispatch reports Dolacheviki leaders denying any arrest of C. Smith of St. Louis a member of the American railway commission to Russia. They say if Smith was arrested it was a mistake and he would be released.
A damaged OCR fragment lists items including pimentos canned peaches and margarine. The readable words mention fresh ground peanut butter and oleo margarine with brief labels and quantities.
A compact listing shows prices for canned goods and pantry staples including Creamettes pasta plum pudding and Del Monte ketchup. It notes shrinkage in items like Not-a-feed raisins and Not-a Seed raisins, alongside butter cheese and beef cuts with marked prices.
McIntyre and Heath headline the Moore week with the Orpheum vaudeville show. Acts include Rae Hall on violin, Meadowbrook Lane, Sylvester and Vance, Three Mimes Stewart, The Ho Gray with Onions, and Pearl Brothers & Burns burlesque. Huge Sunday crowd despite rain. performances span vaudeville, song, dance, and gymnastic stunts across multiple acts.
Inundation from a heavy rainstorm hits Grays Harbor area and nearby regions. Coweeman river dike near Kelso faces breach risk threatening winter wheat. Kent street floodwater receded but Kent Des Moines road closed for repairs. Rock slides on the Great Northern at Skykomish delay mail. trains rerouted via Northern Pacific to Seattle.
United Press reports New York City saw the only bright rebel advertising sign on Broadway during a dim evening. The city plans to suppress the sign as authorities move to curb such displays.
The second six percent of draft questionnaires were mailed from local board headquarters Monday with six percent more daily except Sundays and holidays, ensuring all mailed by January 9. Registered men must return within seven days of mailing, even if address changes or delivery fails. Attorneys offer free advice at local boards and will meet at the Y M C A auditorium at 8 p m Tuesday to discuss work.
War bulletins report Bolshevik defeat by Ukranian forces at Odessa with first official word of Finnish troops in action on the Italian front. In Iowa Camp Dodge soldiers prepare to travel home for Christmas furloughs by chartering motor buses at ten dollars per seat.
Federal officers seized crude maps photographs and German papers in a raid on Kent and seized Albert Johnson narratives. Gruner and Gust two German aliens employed by Carnation Milk Products are under surveillance after arriving from Germany 12 years ago. They registered as aliens and await further action. Also seized were Seattle German Press Seattle Daily Call and a German letter to a Tacoma contact. Waterloo Indiana reporting Johnson plans ten simple narratives of western front travel if vote on suffrage amend is not set in January.
County commissioners postpone award for the King County ferry slip at the foot of Madison Street on Lake Washington until next Monday to establish a right of way. The project is estimated at 15000 dollars with bids of 15000 from P E Church and 15522 from Washington Construction Co.
Ny United Press Leased Wire reports Anna Conners, fishing from a high rock at Moss Beach near Alameda, was grabbed by a shark while angling. She was dragged into the sea, rendered unconscious, and drowned before rescue could reach her.
In Oregon City three youths aged 11 to 16 described a hunting incident where 14 year old Leslie Le Doux was killed after a fusillade while his companions hid behind stumps. The boys said Le Doux, armed with a repeating rifle, hid to fend off two others then was wounded. they returned home without reporting the event.
The Supreme Court today restrained the Columbia River Packers' Association from placing nets and obstructions in the Columbia River near Sand Island, affirming a lower court ruling.
John T. Heffernan Jr son of Heffernan Engine Works president arrived in Washington DC on Friday to report for duty in the L and engineer corps.
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