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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
9
Advertises multiple clairvoyants and card readers offering head readings from cradle to grave and love advice. Locations listed include 616 Union and a Pullman reading room with further names and addresses in Beathich, Heneca, and the City.
The note remarks that busy individuals frequently rely on STAR WANT ADS for quick listings and notices. It suggests efficiency in placing ads could be a priority for time constrained readers.
Classified notice advertises multiple rural properties for sale near Port Orchard and Puget Sound. Listings include 1 to 40 acre tracts with cleared land, small houses, chicken coops, barns, and canal water access. Prices range from a few hundred to thousands, with terms and trade possibilities.
Vague listing shows a house and poultry house for sale with land, electric service, telephone, and city water. Mentions price 9950, cash 800, monthly 816, and a car loan route to work plus ferry or boat options. Includes address near Lake Washington area and references to bids by owner.
Public markets display a long list of foodstuffs with unit prices including beef, pork, fish, dairy and produce. Notable items include halibut and salmon, fresh clams, butter, cheese, honey, oranges, apples, tomatoes, lettuce, and a variety of canned goods.
A list of marriage licensees includes Carl A. Peterson and Nancy Swanson of Beattie 4 MH Redolph Olympia and Vo Dick Ineon of Little Rock Arkansas. Also named are Frederick M. Gaisenhafer and Madellane OBrien of Beattie 18 and Patrick Reardon with Kore Mallory of Seattie. Additional pairs include Eric K Nerd and Olga Minsk of Seattie KRawart Eketedt with Anna Karolina Carleen, and others in Beattie and nearby towns.
Jon A. Sloan of Seattle announces he will not resign from the city council to run for mayor. He notes his prior pledge to stay on the council and suggests his filing could wait for guidance from Public Ownership League leaders, warning a resignation could weaken their public utilities defense.
A mass meeting at the Good Eats Cafeteria endorses Oliver T. Erickson for mayor, urging him not to resign from the City Council. The Public Ownership League notes his leadership and cites months of meetings and voter sentiment before making the unanimous recommendation. W. D. Lane presides at the 7:30 p.m. gathering.
President Wilson will summon his cabinet Friday morning to shape policy on submarine attacks. Officials mobilize information from a dozen sources as Austria may take the initiative to disavow the sinking and punish the submarine commander. Cabled survivor affidavits are awaited as diplomats rush to assemble facts for possible action.
Andy Hill crossed one hundred miles with both feet frozen and was hospitalized in Seattle awaiting possible amputation. He bunked in an empty box car at Cle Elum Friday night and walked on to reach Seattle Tuesday night.
Christopher O'Brien files in superior court seeking possession of his 23 year old son whom he alleges was adopted without his knowledge by Guy and Mrs Bison after his wife abandoned him last July. The action began in court December 7.
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