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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
3
Dr L B Clark is listed as manager at 4eG on Third Ave while W C Cor stands at the intersection of Third and Union. The notation references a local business listing with two named individuals and street locations.
Under the American Bankers Association program thrift week gains Seattle attention with banks and financial institutions publicizing the event. The movement aims to inspire hundreds of residents to open savings accounts during this nationwide celebration.
The listing shows stalls offering milk beer bacon corned beef salmon potatoes chestnuts oleomargarine cheese and butter with prices per unit or per pound. Additional items include honey crackers corn flakes and apricots with bulk and package pricing noted.
Corner stalls list prices for fresh halibut and salmon parts and herring, eggs, butter, oranges, milk, bacon, liver, beef tongue, Primost, and sharp cheese with unit weights and small quantities. Indicates stalls 14 16 22 116 and details varied items and prices.
A dense listing of stage and stall prices for groceries across sections such as WHIT Stall, Stalls 91-22, SOUTH END and WESTLAKE. Items include eggs, cheese, lard, flour, corn starch, washing powder, tomato sauce, sardines, rice, sugar, butter, potatoes, and assorted produce with prices per pound, per sack, and per can.
In a nonpartisan meeting a split forms over who should become corporation counsel. Caldwell supporters clash with Gate backers while independent Murphine gains rise among progressive Republicans. Two camps emerge amid a billboard push as the fight continues.
Supporters of Thomas F. Murphine, candidate for corporation counsel, are urged to attend a meeting at his office 601.3 New York block, Friday night at 8 o'clock. The Morphine campaign details will be discussed.
Candidates for mayor and corporation counsel will be heard at two meetings Wednesday evening. In Fremont the Ross Improvement Club hosts at Rosopharmacy, and the University Community Club holds a session at Tenth Ave North East and 50th Street.
Eight candidates addressed the Municipal League in four minute speeches on Tuesday noon. The participants were Otto Case, Dr. B. J. Brown, Judge W. H. Moore, A. A. Paysse, Pitegerald, W. P. Hart, Charlotte Jones, and Aaron Fisserman. Former City Engineer RK H. Thomson also sent a letter. The league will report on council candidates next Tuesday.
King County commissioners обсуж discuss road work costs citing losses of 128 000 to 184 000 dollars from brick paving. Assistant engineer F W Allen proposes monolithic paving saving 6000 to 8000 per mile by laying bricks flat for greater surface area. Commissioner Carrigan notes future roads may use flat brick orientation. old method costs about 40 000 per square mile. County has just over 23 miles of brick paving.
Readable items include Delicious apples at 1.26 per box and halibut priced with multiple unit notes. Other goods cited are horseradish 10c large, sauerkraut 66 qt, hominy 1% qt, pickles 1% and elder vinegar full qt jug, plus cottage cheese 104 lb.
The report states that Canada’s forest area exceeds the combined forest area of Europe by more than twofold, highlighting the vast Canadian boreal expanse and implications for global timber and carbon dynamics.
Twelve summer homes at Salmon Beach near Tacoma were destroyed by landslides. No injuries were reported.
A London cable says the 6258 ton British liner Ortesa, sailing between South America and England, is believed sunk by a German commerce raider. Last heard from Rio Janeiro a month ago, shipping men fear raiders have sunk other British vessels, including the Appam.
James Od and Hoge serve as officers with N. B. Solner as vice president and trust officer at the Hoge Building located in the heart of the financial district.
Albany February 9. If Representative Walker's bill becomes law it will strike at the foundation of our social structure by excluding dogs and permitting babies to live in New York apartment houses.
Lord Edward Seymour, second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire regiment, was acquitted of drunkenness at Grantham court martial after he recited a tongue twister without a stumble. The ruling hinged on his verbal fluency during the hearing.
Minneapolis Feb. 9 W W Butler installed an orchestra in his restaurant near Minnesota University to speed up meals and clear seats as students eat lunch to the rapid ragtime tunes.
The Willamette River reached 26 feet at Salem today as floodwaters rise. Spaulding Logging mill is shut down and residents in low lands along the river in Marion County have been evacuated.
Officers Miller and Francis arrest Ah John at First Ave and Battery St about 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police seize opium valued at 1800 dollars two cans of morphine and two bottles of cocaine from the Chinese smuggler.
San Francisco officials rejected a bid to release oil contractors from their bargains. They argued wartime price hikes eroded profits, leaving castor oil needs for city institutions unmet by the preferred suppliers.
Congressman Dill of Washington is appointed the representative of the assay commission on the committee on coinage weights and measures. He travels to Philadelphia to oversee the mint counting money and weighing bullion for several days.
Investigation into the crash between the liner Harvard and the schooner Excelsior in the San Francisco Bay continued today after the collision Monday.
J J Moore testified he lost sight after drinking wood alcohol sold as a beverage by Tatsuo Takano a Japanese druggist. The jury heard the case against Takano for manslaughter of Tom Shannon who died January 8 in Judge Frater s court. Takano denied selling wood alcohol and claimed police planted poison in bottles to trap him.
The Women’s Good Government league hosts a political breakfast for both men and women from 12 to 2 p m Thursday at the Washington Annex. Mayor and corporation counsel candidates will speak. reservations via Main 6129.
Washington February 9 secretary of state Lansing avoids the pipe only when meeting foreign ambassadors and ministers. He keeps the pipe hidden so he can quickly retrieve it after visitors depart.
Thieves broke into the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house at 1906 East 45th, waking residents on the sleeping porch around 3 am Wednesday and stealing $27.60 in cash.
An advertisement touts refined coconut oil as a superior shampoo option. It warns against alkali-heavy soaps and warns that coconut oil cleanses hair and scalp without drying, leaving hair soft, glossy, and easy to manage. It notes the product is cheap and widely available at drug stores.
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