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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
6
A jumble of matrimonial notices seeks a refined man to marry an educated American woman with property and income, plus several ads offering repairs, maternity care, rentals, and real estate. Listings include employment offers, furniture buyers, and personal ads from various addresses and organizations, reflecting a bustling classifieds page.
A. J. Hemp hill, treasurer of the Belgium relief commission, tells Judge Burke that hunger and poverty persist in Belgium and relief work remains a major task. The communication notes the current conditions and the scale of assistance required.
Pert Townernd-Pert Angelie arrive as listed in local transit or travel note with fragmented OCR text. No clear event or outcome is established beyond arrival names.
London reports Abyssinia may decide the European and Asian fronts of the war by aiding the Allies. Persia pledges help to the Kaiser while Abyssinia resists German agents and keeps treaties with Britain Italy and France. Japanese forces may transfer to Egypt aiding the defense of the Suez Canal as 160,000 British troops evacuate the Dardanelles.
A bright list of stall numbers and daily specials outlines Friday markets with diverse goods. Entries include meats, dairy, canned goods, fresh produce, bread, and specialty items from Stalls 100 through 185, noting prices like 15 cents for anc pork and 40 cents for milk, with various delivery options and bulk items.
Greenlake competes today with the Arena on about ten acres of ice. Park authorities withhold safety assurances for the tree as the weather forecaster predicts warmer temperatures and possible snow or rain Friday. Temperatures yesterday were slightly higher with 30 degrees at 5 am and a prior low of 28.
A clock over 200 years old from the Baron and Baroness Van Boetzelaer of Utrecht Holland was among wedding gifts for Vyvyan P. Letcher and Elsie Judd at St Luke's Episcopal Church Roselle New Jersey.
A mixed local record shows multiple marriage licenses with listed names and ages including Christopher Cadley 27 and Taabella Michie 23 along with Beattie James Morgan 21 and Viva Magee 18, Everett Earl Himberger 22 and Tina Briggs 19, and others. Birth notices mention several families with addresses on Taylor avenue, 19th Ave NE, and 23rd Ave, plus hospitals including Providence and Minor hospital with dates in December.
County Auditor Phelps becomes the sole legalized bartender after midnight Friday under new liquor permit rules issued by Prosecutor Lundin. Permits to import beer or other liquors cost 25 cents each and restricts combined beer and liquor in a 20 day period. Joe Goldie of Goldie-Klewert Co. offers a $25 prize to the first permit holder after January 1. order No 1 is free.
Cumberland Maryland December 31 John W Kavanaugh was robbed of his watch and 200 dollars on his way to marry Katherine Brill. He was also shot in the left arm delaying the ceremony as the bride waited for two hours in the church. Kavanaugh continues to explain the incident and its impact on the planned wedding.
Firemen rushed to Old Town Maine after an alarm from a citizen who thought a blaze appeared toward the University of Maine. They found no fire, the glow being the rising sun.
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