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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
10
Industrial and personal notices from a historic page show real estate purchases bidders and auction sales. Listings include Jones and Phinney real estate office at S17 Record Ave Main, various mining and energy firms, livestock for sale, lost items, and upcoming auctions.
Classified listings show multiple properties for sale or rent in the Seattle area. Offers include a four room house at $15 monthly, a modern cottage for cash, investments near Woodland Park, and a six room semi modern home near Ballard with terms. Numerous agents advertise in The Star Port Orchard listing various lots and houses with low cash and monthly balances.
An advertisement for a 1916 roadster and a touring car highlights complete overhauls new tires and paint, excellent motors, and oversized wheels. Prices range from 125 to 700 dollars with terms available, offered by Rotwalier Agency Broadway at Denny Way East 126.
Public market listing shows stalls with groceries and prices from sugar to milk and bread. Items include granulated sugar 4c per pound, pure milk 10c quart, beef, butter, eggs, potatoes, apples, and canned fish. Markets include Pike Place and Sanitary stalls with multiple vendors and daily delivered produce.
A crowded market list shows prices for veal roast sirloin steak and pot roast at low cents, plus round steak, bacon, mutton stew, lemons, Jonathan apples and black walnuts. Stall notes include Mt. Vernon monik items, Ceretana oats, cream of barley, and Quaker cereals. Household staples feature halibut, herring, soap, toilet paper, corn starch, and Karo maple syrup with unit prices and package sizes.
Listings from Westlake stalls show varied prices on items like cod and halibut, corned beef, chocolate, oats, coffee, beans, rice, prune, apples, peppers, macaroni, soybeans, grapefruit, lemons, and more. Numerous stalls feature per unit prices and box deals, with fresh fruit and pantry staples highlighted.
Seattle shoppers learned that the food price publishing board added six more staples to the fixed ranges. Butter eggs cheese and prunes show consumer and retailer prices, while many groceries stay within the maximum limits though beans vary by district.
The plan encourages individuals to set aside a small weekly sum to invest in Liberty Bonds when the government issues the next call. It promotes steady saving and participation in federal financing programs.
Reports say ground glass found in candy from two firms supplying sailors prompted Secretary Daniels to suspend candy, with Paymaster General McGowan and Captain Wells ordering investigations. Navy cigars had been restricted earlier but lifted. Officials cited impurity at a port and planned temporary suspensions pending purity checks.
The Seattle waterfront patrols tightened security after guards arrested two suspects near the deadline. One man identified as McDonald later said to be William Morrison, and the other as Henry Hutchinson. Naval intelligence handled the investigations while port watchers and extra patrol boats maintained vigilance.
Corporation Counsel Hugh Caldwell returns from Washington after arranging use of the Skagit river water power site for the city with the department of agriculture.
Ernest Rogers of 600 Tenth Ave N was arrested Thursday by Constables J. and Shannon on a complaint from his 14 year old niece Gertrude Boggs.
A Camp Lewis soldier, visiting Tacoma, tried to arrest four German men suspected of plotting to blow up wharves. He was attacked beaten and left lying in a side street while the four fled toward a waiting automobile. Police are seeking the four and have descriptions.
Theo Karle a Beattie tenor once in New York's top circuits returns home to sing with John Spargur's Philharmonic Orchestra on February 7 at the Metropolitan venue.
At Camp Lewis in Tacoma on January 24, a French officer named Gambler gained popularity among soldiers. He wears an olive drab U S Army blouse paired with light blue French breeches, impressing the troops.
Petrograd reports state that 20 organizers of a plot against the wheviki were arrested today for forming the battalion of death to back a socialist revolt. Arrests target alleged murderers of Kerensky ministers Singaroff and Kokeshin. identity of all assassins said known.
Tok io Jan 24 Northern and southern Chinese troops took part in recent attacks on foreign ships on the Yangtze including the U S gun boat Monocacy in which a man was fatally wounded The foreign office said one American boat two British and two Japanese river craft were also attacked Japan will protect Pekin commerce Strong representations by Washington to China are expected.
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