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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1918
Page
3
Classified notices list a 1 story house on a large lot for 1259 with cash and monthly terms, a cottage and several rooms for sale, a garage at a transfer point, livestock and pets for sale, lost and found items including a watch and a horse, and various stocks, bonds, and lighting fixtures from local vendors. The ad includes contact addresses and prices, highlighting bargain opportunities and immediate purchases.
Fragmentary OCR text describes various notices and personal items including references to a ministerial service location, a residence near a courthouse, a chiropodist shop, and a voucher party from January 10. The legible details are sparse and the overall article lacks coherent narrative.
A chaotic listing of grocery items and prices from multiple market stalls. Items include milk, butter, bread, meats, canned goods, fruit, vegetables, beans, rice, oats, and fish with varying prices and stall references.
A fragmented Westlake price listing lists multiple grocery items with hard to read prices such as sugar cured corned beef and pure lard, along with butter milk cider and biscuits. The OCR reads quantities and unit prices like 12%e for MH and 34¢ for biscuits, with several lines partially garbled.
Shoppers find a variety of items at stalls noted by price and quantity including homemade breads cookies fruit filled cakes two for deal on perishables pears jams apple butters marmalades and turnips. Apples Winesap Nelleflowr and oranberries are listed with bulk quantities and unit prices.
The schooner Albert Meyer arrives at Seattle January 15 bound Kahului with Tug Wanderer in tow. Igman Stewart and Cat A F Leeces sail from Port San Leyte to Meadow Point then Point Wells and Port Angeles with the steamers arriving Tacoma at various times. Sails include Wy of Beattie and B Alaska from Seattle toward Port Angeles and Port Angelie with arrival times listed.
Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson is selected by Admiral Sime to lead the United States convoy squadron, succeeding Rear Admiral William B. Fletcher who was recalled after the Antilles sinking. Wilson previously commanded the Pennsylvania flotilla.
Camp Lewis reports a comic mix up as a colonel inspects a company quarters. The colonel orders ice removal after finding a film on a fire barrel. The captain admits grease oil was spread to prevent freezing, not ice, and a tailor's bill follows for cleaning oil stains.
In New York on January 16 the National Association of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers decided that during the war women’s footwear must be limited to nine inches in height to conserve materials and support wartime production.
Salem Oregon reports Brigadier General J T Wigan D B O seriously wounded while fighting with Gen Allenby at Jerusalem. Wigan is senior partner in the London hop firm Wigan Richardson and runs a hop ranch near Independence Oregon, a major operation in the country. He frequently visited Salem before the war.
Vienna reports three German backed assaults on the Western slope of Monte Herte failed before Austrian artillery and machine guns. The official statement notes heavy enemy losses in the counter assaults.
Berlin dispatches report Chancellor Hertling will address the Reichstag main committee on Friday. The announcement comes as official channels in Berlin confirm schedule details for the parliamentary session.
A bomb believed placed by German agents was found today in drydock near a large U S battleship. It was discovered by a crew member and bore a German inscription reading This is a 25 second explosive bomb. The six inch long telephone receiver shaped device was located in the port area.
A general order this week warns soldiers and their correspondents against mailing ammunition through the United States mail. Postal authorities have intercepted several parcels of ammunition. The order notes only that sending explosives is a misdemeanor and does not specify origin or destination.
New York January 16. Firemen found two cakes of ice on the Hudson bearing human figure shapes said to resemble boys. Belief is they were left there by someone and later determined to be chunks of dirt rather than actual figures.
In Indianapolis on January 16 the United Mine Workers convention heard calls to purge the ranks of 1L. W. W. and antiwar Germans. John P. White former UMW president Garfield and Labor Secretary Wilson urged internal reform in messages to the meeting.
In San Francisco on January 16 Elizabeth Guistiff admitted spying activities dating back to May 1, 1917. She was arrested at Hanford and brought to the city for examination by army officers and refused to name others or reveal letter sources while denying full sanity.
An advertisement urges readers to trust Haynes for watch repairs at Next Liberty theatre location, promising reliable service and expertise.
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