Fragmentary notice hints at local sale details
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a sale action with scattered names and notes of a local auction. The legible elements imply a commercial transaction but lack clear dates, locations, or organizers.
25 Feb 1915
Page 1
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a sale action with scattered names and notes of a local auction. The legible elements imply a commercial transaction but lack clear dates, locations, or organizers.
Seattle port battle heats up as the Senate kills the bill to strip the port commission of rate making power. A Friday noon protest meeting at the Seattle theatre plans to urge lawmakers to reject efforts to create a state controlled board over port duties.
The candidate Josiah Collins is noted for voting against mothers pension and minimum wage for women, against eight hour work law and workmen compensation, and against anti hanging and red light laws. He supported initiative referendum recall, and opposed land ownership by non citizens, with mixed positions on logging land and public utilities.
A strong anti Collins stance from labor and professional women in Seattle joins other critics. Miss Adele uthor and Miss Alice Secretary of the Waitresses' group condemn Collins record on mothers pensions minimum wages red light abatement eight hour law and women’s hood. The Women’s Good Government league meeting endorsed Thomas H. Rolton and A. F. Haas.
The embassy defined safety lanes through which vessels can reach German ports. Sea n Smith spoke at an embassy conference about the steamship Carib Deal and ads for re-appeal or sale.
Burna detectives and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tracy Hecker spirited Dave Caplan from Kitsap county jail at Port Orchard to Seattle to transfer him for extradition to Los Angeles. Sheriff Shattuck confirmed the arrest, stating papers were approved by the Washington attorney general.
Ruth Reynolds, 19, discovered by Seattle artist George Mellen as the most perfect figure he had seen. She supports her aged mother, a tubercular sister, and a 13 year old brother while facing valvular heart trouble. Mellen describes her as five feet one and a half inches tall with flawless skin and striking eyes. He is helping her seek employment beyond his studio due to slack times in art classes.
The Home Consumers' League announced a postponement of its Friday factory trip. The group will visit the Saratoga chin factory next Friday.
The article describes a blue model posing for Mel Mellen with the artist teaching a class. One pupil attends with his wife and baby as the husband watches the nude figure and the painting progress. Miss Reynolds lives at 760 Lake View Ave and seeks other employment beyond studio work, including housework.
British sources report the S. S. Deptford was sunk off Scarborough with one crew member drowned and others rescued. The S. S. Western Coast went down off Beachy Head, cause uncertain but suspected mine or torpedo from a German submarine.
Red Gap resident BoGGLES studies political conditions in town and encounters Josiah Collins who is running for city council. Colonel Ruggles appears to back Josh, sparking interest in the local political scene.
John Bell, a well to do hotel man, was found dead on the Yesler triangle at Fourth and Yesler by Patrolman A L Smith at 4 am Thursday. He shot himself in the head with a .38 revolver after a passerby heard a gunshot. Bell leaves a widow and two children. the widow cannot explain the motive. He had been in good health. Six days of postage stamps placed end to end would reach from New York to San Francisco.
Managers of Seattle photoplay houses offer a free badge for any woman who clips a coupon from The Star and visits multiple theatres Friday to back H. E. Kennedy of the Colonial. The promo runs 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. with a list of participating venues including Alaska, Clemm er, Liberty, Alhambra, Colonial, Grand, and others.
A coupon available to any girl or woman can be exchanged at photoplay theatres on the accompanying list for a Kennedy day badge. The badge admits the wearer on Friday after noon and evening to any or all of these theatres.
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