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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
6
An old classified section outlines rates for word insertions at six for the price of five, discounts for prepaid ads, and half-rate notices. It references furniture listings and junk sales with brief, terse entries and an address block.
The article promotes a female psychic named Madam Ellis offering private life readings at the Liberty Building corner of Third and Union opposite the post office. She claims to reveal love luck courtships marriages and business matters with special readings this week. It also describes a nearby property for sale at 41 Fronting county road near Lake Wooehingtons new house with price and terms.
Fragmentary OCR text details land and services with garbled numbers and places. It references Beattie and acema with a 19 cent fare and delivery components. Content is incomplete and lacks coherent events or names.
A jumble of item names and prices resembling a store price list including butter flour tea peaches squash oranges beets and produce with scattered cents values and brands. The readable items suggest a grocery ledger snapshot from a past era with vendor phrases and common household goods.
Paris, Dec 27. Gen Joffre, France’s idol, will receive the marshal’s baton. The government announced plans to revive the marshal rank, last used since the Third Republic began. A law from 1873 would be consulted to authorize the elevation of an officer to marshal of France.
Puget Bound Navigation Co announces Puget Sound steamers serving Port Townsend Port Angeles Anacortes Bellingham and other points with daily departures and special connections to Olympia Shelter Bay and Hood Canal. Tickets at Colman Dock open 9:00 am to midnight. fares 60 cents to 1.00 plus passenger and landing covenants.
A bustling list of market stalls shows a wide range of goods from buckwheat flour to fresh milk, butter, eggs, and produce. Items include beef, sausages, potatoes, apples, and canned goods with varied prices and daily specials noted across multiple stalls.
In Minden Louisiana authorities quarantine nine Negro suspects jailed for Christmas night murder of John Heebes his wife and two children. County officials say a white man engineered the crime and no charges have been filed. Mob fear has eased and jail guard reduced.
United Press estimates show Woodrow Wilson with a large popular plurality over Charles Evans Hughes as of Nov. 7 totals of 19 110 777. The two major parties combined gained 4 212 295 votes over 1912, a rise of over 20 percent. Montana led increases while socialist and prohibition totals shifted modestly.
Sheriff-elect Stringer of King County says state sheriffs will push three bills in the coming legislature to lengthen term of office and raise salaries. The proposed scale ranges from 1800 per year for counties under 4000 population to 7500 for counties over 250000.
About 15 000 Scranton school children walked out on a strike Tuesday after authorities refused to grant a full week of vacation.
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