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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1918

Page

10

Auction Sale Promises Furniture and Misc Goods

A chaotic fragment lists multiple auction items and sales notices. It mentions Pacific Auction Co and several addresses, plus furniture, rugs, china, tables, chairs, and household goods to be auctioned. Vague dates and mixed vendor names appear across the text.

Ravanach Pevraw Goore Berry Parcel Post M. Melker Waterman Harel Wah the Pacific Auction Co Saab LL Aol Lpp Ar Weaee Aucron Broond Ave Turkday Queen City Transfer CO John Hashell & Bone

Legal Public Notice Patchwork of Debts and Spouse Names

A damaged notice fragment references debts contracted by a wife Mary Johnson and a person named Hay Johnson. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates other than a February 1 reference. No other concrete actions, deadlines, or authorities are readable.

Mary Johnson Reise Hay Jounbon

Grocery Listing Reflects Daily Market in Atalls

A dense catalog of item names and prices appears, listing staples like corn starch, rolled oats, macaroni, shredded wheat, jam, butter, sugar, coffee, pork and beef cuts, canned goods, and washing powder. Multiple brands and stalls referenced imply a bustling Central Market scene with varied vendors.

Westlake Fitall Bbc

New Draft Exam Rules Due This Week At Olympia

Olympia officials said examinations of drafted men will be paused for at least four days awaiting Washington based regulations. The expected rules may broaden local boards power to certify physical deficiencies for war service. Rail workers will not receive federal employment classification.

Olytm Ma Washington D. C Olympia

London Papers Back Continue War Plan

London newspapers broadly approve the Versailles inter allied war council statement that Teuton peace terms are impossible and the war must go on. The News faults the council for not detailing expanded powers and for not appealing to democracy while The Times supports its aim to clear the peace fog.

London Inter-Allied War Council Versailles Times Council The

Pasha Goes On Trial In Paris Over Debauchery Plot

Molo Pasha stands trial in Paris charged with plotting debauchery of French areas using German money. Attorney Salles blames Count Von Bernatorff and seeks adjournment. A fashionable crowd gathers as 83 witnesses are listed, including Mme. Rolo former Premier Castellaux and Senator Humbert.

Paris Molo Pasha Salles Count von Bernatorff Toe Mme. Rolo Castellaux Humbert Dolo

Milk Rationed to Chicago Children

Chicago today begins rationing milk for children due to a farmers boycott. Only 25 percent of normal supply is available as relief arrives with state food director H A Wheeler returning from Washington to seek dairy producer compliance with federal milk commission findings.

Chicago H. A. Wheeler Washington Federal Milk Commission

Snohomish Twins Wed Brothers in War Brides Tale

Snohomish twin girls Miss Thomassena Reese and Miss Clyde Reese wed brothers Reuben Strand and Glenalden Strand. Reuben Strand serves at Camp Lewin and his brother works in Seattle shipyards, with draft likely forthcoming.

Snohomish Thomassena Reese Clyde Reese Reuben Strand Glenalden Strand Camp Lewin Seattle

Packers Make Money In 1917 Record Earnings

Chicago February 4 Morris and Co packers report the largest earnings in the firm history with net earnings of 40107147 dollars in 1917.

Chicago Morris & Co Packers

City Considers Valuation of Traction Property This Week

Mayor Gill and the city council weigh hiring experts to value the traction company's property to fight a proposed 6 cent fare increase. Corporation Counsel Hugh Caldwell says costs may reach 50 000 to 100 000 dollars. The company barred book access and the public service commission declined to force production of reports.

Gill Traction Company Hugh Caldwell Caldwell Public Service Commission

Doctor Shot by Assassin at Union Iron Works Hospital

In San Francisco on February 4 Dr W J Buell head surgeon of the Union Iron Works hospital was shot by an unknown man who entered the receiving room and killed him. The assailant then shot himself, receiving a likely fatal wound.

San Francisco W. J. Buell Union Iron Works Une Union Iron Works Ebhot

Army Men Defend Salute Tradition as Fitting Honor

A Tacoma field report from Camp Lewi indicates a congressman seeks to abolish the military salute as bondage to autocratic eras. Soldiers, officers, and a commanding officer illustrate the ritual, arguing the salute remains a proper mark of respect to authority and a sign of unity across ranks.

Camp

Nicholas Romanoff in exile: scorn from Siberian townsfolk

United Press dispatch from Vetrogard reports the former czar Nicholas II living in Tobolsk undergoing isolation and public coldness. Neighboring Rasputin connections, limited public appearances, and private life details reveal a bashful, weary figure while his wife prays and plays cards, and he teaches his son history.

Joseph Shaplen United Preas Vetrograd Nicholas Tobolsk Siberia A. l L. Stchanoff Constituent Assembly Tobolek Nicholas K Romanoff Stchanoff Rasputin Romanoff

Alonzo Wardall 73 Dies Six Days After Father

Funeral services for Alonzo Wardall 73 will be held Wednesday at 5 PM in the Sophical hall Arcade building. He died at 2440 Walnut Ave Sunday's morning six days after his father who died at 102 last week. He leaves four children Norman H Wardall Ray M Wardall Max Wardall and Anna Wardall Boott. Born 1845 in Janesville Wisconsin he served in the Union Army and was active in farmers groups and grange societies. He pioneered in Dakota and later on the Pacific coast. He was a Mason Stevens post G A R and Kent grange. Death attributed to neuritis.

Alonzo Wardall Walnut Ave Theosophical Hall Arcade Building Alonso Wardall Beate Norman H. Wardall Ray M. Wardall Max Wardall Anna Wardall Boott Wardall Janesville Wis Army of the Union Fret Grange Dakota Pacific Coast Masonic Lodge Stevens Post Kent Grange

Hikers Stopped for Government Gear in San Francisco

At the Ferry Building, the army provost guard halted returning hikers and seized government equipment. About 189 miscellaneous garments and a similar number of people were affected, with some losing shoes or haversacks and others switching to blue flannel shirts from olive drab.

Fan Francisco Army Provost Guard

Woman Must Tell Why She Kept Baby Girl

In New York on February 4 Mrs Sophie Tere faced questioning over why she kept Lillian Roener a three year old in a Brooklyn rooming house for several days while police searched the state. Authorities found the child after a 20 year old girl heard her say she wanted to go home. Mrs Perg says she took Lillian following a friend's advice to seek revenge against a brother in law by accusing him of kidnapping.

New York Sophie Tere Lillian Roener Frooklyn Lillian Perg Lilian

Two I. W. W. Leaders Arrested in Butte

In Butte on February 4, police arrested Charles Berg and John Webber as part of efforts to reorganize the I. W. W. following last summer's labor troubles. Both were found with I. W. W. credentials and work manuals. Berg allegedly carried instructions from William D. Haywood.

Butte Charles Berg John Webber Berg Wm. Haywood

New Belgian Loan Announced by Treasury

Washington announces a new loan of 3,600,000 dollars to Belgium. The total loan to Belgium rises to 89,900,000 dollars.

Washington Belgium Treasury Department

First Woman Cook in Naval Reserve Named

Jack tars seldom complain about their meals yet men hope Helen C. Hoerle the first woman cook enrolled in the naval reserve will teach cooking around where they eat. She is to be a cooking instructor.

Jack Tars Naval Helen C. Hoerle Naval Reserve

Bloomers Debate Sparks City Wide Attention

Theodore P. Shonts, president of the major New York transit company, rejects the conductorette bloomers as a modest practical dress. He contrasts them with the era of night lacing, while many New Yorkers criticize the bloomers as immodest.

New York

O K Sumatra Maru Arrives at Port Townsend

Mak ing her maiden Pacific voyage, the Japanese ship Sumatra Maru has arrived at Port Townsend on February 4.

Port Townsend Pacific

Evans Buys Sedro-Woolley Courier

Sedro-Woolley February 4 Frank Evans graduate of the University of Washington journalism department purchases the Sedro-Woolley Courier.

Evans Sedro-Woolley Sedro-Woolley Courier Frank Evans U. of W. Journalism Department

Soap factory urged for Seattle to supply rising soap use

Milwaukee agent R F Weeks estimates Seattle used 6 800 000 bars of soap, about 17 per person, and advocates building a local soap factory rather than continuing to buy East.

Seattle R. F. Weeks Milwaukee Railroad Weeks

Reichstag Refuses to Meet to Probe Strike

Amsterdam dispatches report the Reichstag presidency refused to convoke an immediate session to investigate the general strike. The ruling cited lack of agreement from other parties as the reason for declining the meeting.

Reichstag Amsterdam Social Democrats

Kitsap Ferry Plan Backed by Chamber Committee

King county would establish a Kitsap county ferry service if the state development committee of the Chamber of Commerce approves its recommendation. The report argues the link would unlock large food shipments to Seattle and improve regional commerce.

King County Kitsap County Chamber of Commerce Seattle

Russian view clashes with Trotsky on Wilson war aims

Dr Samuel N Harper an authority on Russia in Chicago says Trotsky’s criticism of President Wilson stems from the Russian social revolution versus American national democracy. He notes Trotsky rejects class war as the basis of government and cannot be argued with due to differing viewpoints.

Chicago Samuel N. Harper Trotsky Wilson United Press Harper Russia

Strikers Sew Up Car Lines In St. Louis

St. Louis February 4 The street car system is paralyzed by a strike of carmen. Two strikers were shot, three police and a woman hurt, many arrests after clashes. Much car property damaged with under a dozen cars operating. Strikers demand more pay and fewer hours and oppose favoring new conductors.

Carmen

Three Japanese Held In Smuggling Attempt

Three Japanese were held by immigration officers in San Francisco today after attempting to smuggle into the United States. They were aboard a Japanese liner in port and included members of the naval guard of a nearby ship. They slipped down the lines as they prepared to land, prompting a pursuit and eventual surrender.

San Francisco

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