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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1917
Page
5
A historical price roundup lists figures for eggs, poultry, veal, and pork, with various weights and product types. It notes fluctuating egg prices around 38 cents and includes values for butter, cheese, storage products, and meat cuts.
Richard Arundell supports a wife and five children but is out of work. He seeks any type of employment including janitor or night watchman. The First and Sixth Companies of the First Coast Defense Command Washington Coast Artillery held joint celebrations last night.
Metropolitan stages host Geo. M. Cohan's Hit-the-Trail Holliday for three nights and a Saturday matinee, set around Johnsburg New England with Billy Holliday as a temperance-rejuvenated barkeeper.
The Flonzaley Quartet presents a concert Thursday evening February 8 at Moore Theatre under the auspices of the Ladies' Musical Club. The group, praised by critics such as Philip Hale, has earned wide national recognition for its devoted focus on chamber music and its decision to avoid teaching or orchestral work.
Seattle group hosts the 18th annual ball to commemorate the founding of the fraternal order at Eagles Hall on Seventh Avenue and Pine Street Tuesday evening February 6.
An old age health ad extols Cascarets as a gentle natural tonic to keep bowels active. It portrays aging as slowing activity and claims the product costs 10 cents per box and works while you sleep. It urges regular use to prevent constipation and biliousness.
Four killed and fifty injured after Burlington No. 12 eastbound struck a broken rail at Cromwell station six miles east of Creston. The derailment sent three Pullmans and a wooden car down a 40 foot embankment into a ditch. Rescue trains arrived after an hour in subzero cold.
Olympia reports logger John Van Dell of Bordeaux will plead not guilty to first degree murder in the office of Industrial Insurance Commissioner Edward W. Olson. Milroy, his attorney, filed a special insanity plea with the court after the Thursday afternoon killing.
Mrs. Robert Lee Hatcher of 1550 Atlantic led lobbying for Alaska in Washington helping secure passage of the bone dry bill. She represented the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Alaska and traveled to Washington at the start of January to push the measure.
A man named Pete Siivola started a fire at Astoria’s Clatsop Mill Co resulting in about 250000 dollars in damages. Police report indicates the incident involved arson and led to extensive damage at the facility.
A reader correspondence column debates women’s work after marriage and the pursuit of desirable partners. Contributors argue about financial contribution, dress, and virtue, with letters from readers like ONE WHO KNOWS and HERMIT defending women's agency and hinting at societal expectations.
A reader argues about the so called desirable man and cautions women about dancing, public gatherings, and places like billiard halls. The writer defines a desirable man as morally sound, supportive, and respectful, and contemplates addressing film stars Billie Burke and Marg Clark for contact.
A reader asks about virtue in marriage and the role of men in protecting women. The response discusses expectations of companionship and protection from well-mannered suitors, contrasting true gentlemen with animals and noting the fatherly role in rearing offspring.
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