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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
6
A cluttered page lists collateral lenders and loan brokers with varied terms from furniture and jewelry to livestock and planes. Several job training ads seek barber, auto truck driving, and sewing instruction alongside personal ads and Matrimony notices.
Northern Hand and Mortgage Co central mid region advertises loans on both vacant and improved real estate. Offers low rates with no delays and emergency payments options. List includes allocations near Columbia and Marton with amounts up to several hundred dollars and various properties as security.
Paris reports a German Zeppelin dropped bombs on Nancy near the French frontier. Two civilians were killed and about 20 wounded in the Friday attack.
The Buffalonians society announces an opening meeting at the Railway Exchange building at Second and Cherry on Saturday night January 6. Former residents of Niagara frontier cities and villages near Buffalo are eligible for membership.
San Francisco December 26 V W Fowler, suspected of killing Wm Passett on December 18, remained silent at the city jail today as the investigation continued.
A dense catalog of grocery prices and items from a public market, listing weights and costs for flour milk coffee sugar cheese beans potatoes and various meats and canned goods. Items include bulk coffee cane milk pork steak pork roast ham lard canned corn pineapple olives tuna sardines and seafood with assorted pricing.
Offer to purchase 16 acres of Cathcart lands at a low price comparable to a city lot. Train from Union depot at 7:40 am. an agent will assist with selection. Land described as Camanooreland, partially cleared, small new house, price 826. Fare refunded for purchasers.
A fragment listing stall numbers and assorted grocery items with prices and weights. Items include salmon, veal, lamb, pork, lard, potatoes, and various preserved foods. Reads like a market display with per unit or per weight prices and special offers.
A Los Angeles clerk fed up with poverty painted a $0.05 fare on his car and started regular jitney runs from the city center to Boyle Heights. Soon 400 cars joined, creating a popular, low cost alternative challenging streetcar and interurban lines. The Auto Bus Association of Southern California formed to unite drivers against the trolley trust. universal transfers are hoped for.
Paris reports great enthusiasm as French forces bombard Metz and advance beyond Arnaville into La Prietre forest, marking the most spectacular allied gain into German territory since the war began.
In a day of blurred combat, Allied forces report repulsed German counterattacks in northern areas. French bombardment of Metz outer defenses continues with progress claimed in Upper Alsace. Warsaw defenses hold amid renewed German pressure, with Russian offensives underway along the Pilica river. Austrian reports of Russian invaders repulsed. a French submarine damage noted at Pola. A German air raid prompts heightened British precautions.
Fire destroyed the Pope Cottle Lumber Co plant in Boston as extremely cold weather hampered firefighters efforts. No injuries reported and cause under investigation.
Secretary Bryan spent Christmas hunting rabbits in Virginia. He did not see a single cotton tail. Returning to Washington he learned the Virginian law forbids rabbit hunting while snow is on the ground and it snowed throughout Virginia all day yesterday.
Dr. Matthews plans a Sunday sermon at the First Presbyterian church titled Filling Life's Chuck Holes after his initiation into the Fill Chuck-Hole auto owner club formed by Mayor Woody of Bothell. Auto owners are invited to attend.
The Matin quotes Italian press authority that a French submarine was sunk while attempting a raid on Austria's Pola naval base.
Sergeant Carr leads 30 Seattle police officers in a public brass band concert at city hall on Sunday evening. The officer musicians promise a classy program for attendees.
The piece notes soldiers celebrated Christmas in London restaurants showing war psychology as a scientific problem. It explains leaves of absence aim to counter homesickness, a factor in army vitality. It recalls the South African war study where homesick volunteers grew despondent and reckless near enemy fire.
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