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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
3
Market stalls list varied groceries with prices and items such as pasteurized milk 1% fresh, Spanish tomato sauce, hominy, cider, coffee, oats, hard wheat flour, potato sausage, salt pork, boiling beef, whole salmon, Yakima Gem potatoes, large sweet oranges, and ground peanut butter. Some delivery options noted for certain items.
Sanitary Malis L-14 items mixed with prices for Yakima potatoes celery and various staples. Includes honey cheese grapefruit oranges veal lard coffee and homemade goods with stall references and unit prices.
A confession details a scheme where a man claimed to possess compromising photographs of prominent individuals including a banker, a judge, and two Arctic Club residents. He described extorting money, warned secrecy, and noted photos taken at Seattle and Butler hotels and Mrs. Clayberg’s residence. Sheriff Hodge sought a warrant but Prosecutor Landin declined.
A garbled price and item list includes ham or beef loaf corner Blake 1995 pine apples tea peaches pot roast bones butter eggs cheese tomatoes and sugar among other groceries with scattered quantities and price hints, reflecting a historical retail catalog or ad fragment.
A fragmented grocery listing includes fancy pork or veal roasts and veal chops, cottage cheeses, tall men’s items, peanut butter, and various staples. The note mentions freeh bread, sugar, rice, macaroni or spaghetti, peaches or berries, toilet paper, waffle flour, and walnuts with assorted prices and quantities.
A catalog of daily grocery prices lists veal cutters Ije Ib back bones lamb shoulder and pot roast. It includes hamburger Ite Ib pork sausage fresh churn butter Idaho flour sugar beans and assorted pantry items with unit prices. The listing features commodities from milk to halibut salmon trout clams and coffee with several bulk sack prices.
A noisy array of stall numbers and items fills the market page. Sellers offer fresh ranch ewe meat honey peanut butter coffee cakes beets potatoes eggplant beef rounds cabbage and more with prices ranging from 42 cents to a dollar per unit and sacks of flour listed.
Multiple era items report Allied submarine torpedoed a tug and six transports near Boaphorus last Tuesday. Other notes mention an explosion in a Washington laundry causing alarm and arrests in Regina over bribery attempts involving Saskatchewan legislature members.
The witness described sirens in Pacific Coast cities who used disguises and a dressing gown trick to ensnare wary victims. She recalled a belted dress that could be stripped to expose the actress, then a partner would film and the con would unfold. She noted the tactic was rarely needed as most victims complied with gentle coaxing.
Washington February 22 Congress shows signs of acting on the preparedness program. The military affairs committees in both houses pursue a bill to federalize the militia. The resignation of Garrison ends the continental army plan and shifts momentum toward federal militia integration.
Customs officers arrested F. B. Jones as he exited the 8. 8. Princess Victoria from British Columbia Tuesday morning, finding 114 packages of opium sewn in his coat lining.
Four little children and their mother at 111 Pontius Ave are recovering from pneumonia and face food scarcity. The Star reports the family’s dire plight and requests immediate relief from Hollywood charity contact at 212 Pike.
A periodical suggests not shampooing daily if the scalp is properly cleansed with a simple home mix. Dissolve a teaspoon of canthrax in hot water to form a lather that soothes the scalp, leaves hair clean and quickly drying with added shine and softness.
A trimmed ad promotes The Egal Dental Office as a top Northwent dental clinic with staff of graduate dentists and state board certificates. It claims low prices, up-to-date techniques, and a satisfaction guarantee signed by the operator and owner L. Rar Clark. Novo-Cain is highlighted for painless dentistry.
A fragment lists Dr L W Clark as manager at 1405 Third Ave with cross streets Thira and Unton in the northwest cornet.
Claiming no quinine, the soft advertised cold remedy urges taking three doses of Pape's Cold Compound every two hours to open nasal passages relieve headaches and throat soreness. It promises prompt relief from stuffed nose discharge sneezing feverishness and stiffness at a price of 26 cents.
Charlotte Jones led the field but Griffiths Erickson remained undecided as voters did not shift in the contest. Gerald offered liberty while the result left sorrow. Tom Murphine has a Ford yet Chradford surpassed Moore in votes with Otto involved in a separate case.
The Rev. Alex Beers is named as president of the college. A reference notes Robert Gaffney again wearing skirts while Lynn Smith, a 14 year old boy who disappeared, remains seen in trousers.
Elections may come and go yet Hank Pigott’s 600 vote mayoral tally in Seattle remains. Albert A. Pillar delivers a speech at Monroe Prison, noting his audience stayed seated throughout. A Newark laundry circular warns Don’t Kill Your Wife and let us do the dirty work. Chas G Fawcett is identified with the Seattle fire department.
The Women's club of Orange New Jersey launches a campaign against extreme low cut gowns at social events in New Jersey suburbs. A leader is Mrs Edison wife of the inventor.
Roosevelt will run anyway says Gilson Gardner after his trip to New York and West Indies. Gardner cites Perkins belief in Roosevelt’s win even in a three way race and warns Barnes Crane Hilles bloc may push delegates yet Roosevelt remains the focal point of a renewed Bull Moose effort.
Lexington report says an official order bans Huntington division employees of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad from flirting with the wives of residents in Ashland Kenova and Huntington while on their runs through those towns.
The Turks pull back as Russian forces advance along a 210 mile front. British reinforcements move toward Kut El Amara on the Tigris to counter a potential Turkish junction with existing forces. No further context available.
An old advertisement claims Dr F M Edwards treated many women for liver and bowel ailments over 17 years with a vegetable based mixture in olive oil, creating Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The copy promotes gentle cleansing, improved skin tone, energy and overall pink health, priced 10 and 25 cents per box through The Olive Tablet Company of Columbus, Ohio.
A traveler recalls a dangerous single line journey where the train shook violently and passengers tumbled about. The piece ends with a joke about the motion as they calm briefly before the tracks fail again.
W. R. McClelland owner of the Ritz hotel died Monday from blood poisoning caused by a finger cut eight days earlier.
Mrs. Ella F. Murry Warren seeks to annul a marriage to Frank W. Warren claiming a Santa Barbara clergyman married them without a license. The case is filed in San Francisco on February 22.
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