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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
6
A dense page lists physicians and surgeons, storage and industrial spaces, furniture, motorcycles, autos for sale, dating and matrimonial services, massage and spa listings, midwives, and spiritual mediums. Prominent names include Miss Baker, Madam Kir, Madam Elizabeth, and M GIlbert, with addresses across Pike Street, Union Street, and downtown Seattle.
A terse note hints at the quickest cheapest method to rent a vehicle or space, signaling a buying or rental tip. The fragment suggests a bargain approach but lacks concrete details, entities, or dates.
Deep snow disrupts city council as Thursday was the final day to place the Hanna billboard ordinance on the March general election ballot. Only a few councilmembers attended, the meeting was postponed, and a new 4 PM Thursday session risks missing the vote deadline.
Seattle reports a severe supply squeeze as small shops exhaust stock of bread meat butter and eggs with wholesale deliveries stalled until relief from the weather restores service.
Small crowds of men aided stranded drivers downtown on Wednesday night by pushing snowed in cars from curbs along Second Ave. A Dodge car stuck since all day at Second and Marton drew bets as to its release with one man promising a dollar it would come out.
Shortages of food and essential goods grip the district as deliveries falter. Snow shovel supplies are exhausted, jobbers report being cleaned out, and shoppers find practically no stores open. Department stores closed early, with workers sent home amid rising anxiety.
A chaotic OCR listing details stalls and prices for Atall markets. Items include rhubarb potatoes cottage cheese salmon trout cod herring tripe hominy peaches loganberries vinegar sausage halibut and Eastern oysters with assorted prices per pound or unit.
Vital statistics note marriage licenses for Vernon H. Sutcliffe and Marion H. Pirradley in Beattia and Fred Hert Walker with Effie May Crowley in Ruby Alaska. Divorce petitions request for Louis ve Nick Louie. divorce granted for Martha McGiynn and William Moe Giynn.
President Wilson arrived in St. Louis at 8 30 am on the final leg of his readiness tour. A 21 gun salute welcomed the train as he and Mrs Wilson rode to the hotel. He addressed business leaders and noted tariff commission changes as crowds gathered despite bitter cold. High school students sang patriotically and the National Security League handed out prohibition pamphlets.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Maquinna, beached at Menzies Bay after stranding on Maud Island, Seymour Barlows, was floated on Wednesday and expected to reach Vancouver today under its own steam.
Police report Sergeant Thornbury wounded in a $25,000 Oakland diamond heist gone awry at Barney Jacobs store. One bandit in custody, two others fled after breaking a window and grabbing a tray of diamonds before police intervened. The incident halted by bystander attention and a brick window smash.
Washington reports a small South American republic, Counani, declared war on Germany in 1914. President Adolph Bresset Beaufort leads about 300 Counanians who sailed to France to join the fight and participate in the Bois Sabot charge with the French Foreign Legion.
In Chicago on February 3, Ramona Borden declares plans to marry Cola B. Parker while her mother Mrs Helen Walk Borden becomes newly Mrs Gail Borden through marriage to Margaret Courant. The case recalls Ramona’s 1918 taxi disappearance and ensuing family divorces.
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