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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1917
Page
9
Madam Ione offers palmistry readings revealing past present and future with details on love marriage and troubles. The advertised service promises guidance to improve life conditions and remove evil influences. Permanently located at B18 University near Hiath Road Beattie.
An advertisement touts a renowned phrenologist and medium who can reveal desires and offer counsel on love, wealth, business, and investments. It promises insights into past and future lives, luck, and suitability for various endeavors from a private residence between Pike and Pine.
Madam Nuth offers personal readings on business luck marriage and love with predictions on location and success. The ad promises guaranteed satisfaction and relief from obstacles and directs readers to Hotel Green room ten at Fourth and Pine for hours from 10 am to 6:20 pm.
A local notice advertises Madam Cealy, a psychic advisor, promising truthful insights on love, marriage, and business success. The offer includes a two week reading for 66 cents with hope of resolving separations and guiding toward favorable outcomes at a Union Street location.
An OCR fragment lists ads for clairvoyants and seers offering palmistry, clairvoyance, and readings at various addresses, followed by district court bankruptcy notices for Charles Leoneeth, Helen Laneeth, Julius Zipae, and Martha Zipee with hearings set in Seattle on April 1, 1917.
A fragmentary list shows dairy items such as creamery butter and milk, brick cheese, white sage honey, and cottage cheese, along with meats like T-bone steak and boiling beef. Also included are canned soups, tomato products, rice, sugar, flour, beans, eggs, and fruit items with scattered prices.
Steamers depart from Colman Dock foot of Marion Street for routes to Victoria Dungeness and Seattle area. Steamer schedules list departures to Tacoma Anacortes Bellingham with daily round trips and intermediate calls.
A dense OCR of a neighborhood market display lists numerous items with varied prices and units. Items include cod, sole, bread, butter, eggs, sugar, honey, coffee cake, dairy products, dried fruit, and cleaning supplies, reflecting a general grocery inventory with scattered totals and measures.
A fragmented list outlines local market goods and prices including herring, ham, sausage, eggs, peanut butter, sauerkraut and apples. Mentions Columbia river smells and various shops such as Stona's and Libby's.
The listing shows prices for Finnan haddie two pounds at 26 cents, fresh herring by the pound, 6 She She, and various stalls with items like T-bone steak, fresh peanut butter, strictly fresh eggs, milk, butter and coffee. Other offerings include radishes, rutabagas, cranberries, Bulgarian cottage cheese, and Bulgarian items.
In Olympia on February 28 the senate opened by trimming a 12 million omnibus appropriations bill. A 46 dollar ad for Northwest attractions was struck as wasteful. House bills on municipal rail line limits and extending municipal electricity were debated or killed.
The House voted 247 to 158 to approve the Borland amendment adding 400000 for a federal trade commission food probe. The sundry civil bill passed without a record vote.
Students under Trevor Kincaid at the University of Washington discussed how environment shapes behavior. A pupil with a black eye told a professor the injury came from environment, illustrating the topic’s focus.
Inspector Powers could have retired on half pay two years ago. He is 50, earns $200 a month, joined the force in 1890, became a sergeant in 1895, inspector in 1910 with the rank of captain, served as acting chief at Ballard station, and was known for hand to hand discipline in his beat days.
Nat Hart bugler for the Second Infantry on the Calexico border and Miss Belle Dingler of Hugo Oregon will marry on Wednesday. Hart tossed his card from the train as it passed through Aberdeen and a correspondent connection began, leading to the upcoming ceremony.
Berlin reports a German naval plane in the Northern Aegean sea successfully bombarded a hostile transport ship. The aircraft returned safely after severe shelling and pursuit by two enemy planes, according to the official press agency.
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