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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1915
Page
6
A detailed listing of stalls and goods with prices across meat dairy produce and staples. Items include pork roast sirloin steak mutton chops herring cod salmon trout lettuce onions carrots greens beans apples oranges grapefruit bananas and bread, with numerous stall numbers and per unit prices.
Rainiey Valley orchestra plans a Columbia University area concert Friday night as part of local cultural events. The brief notice notes the performance by the ensemble and venue details for residents seeking entertainment options.
Oregon moves to abolish the state conservation commission as Kath ryn Clark casts her first vote. A Chicago alderman is shot in the council chamber by a woman named Miss Z H Zippmann. Steamer Dacia waits for mail at Rotterdam bound cargo. Navy policy urged for every contingency except war. Philippines independence debate returns with assured supervision of elections. Vanderup leaves San Francisco for Seattle. Oregon labor federation weighs an eight hour bill. The Willamette River freezes at the mouth while Cascade locks close. A Newark firm reports a 350 percent dividend with a 10 percent salary bonus. Yakima fruit growers show a big rise in sales and value. S A Ryerson dies at 77 after witnessing Kiel and Alabama events. J T Matthews pleads guilty to stealing sheep from Lummi Indians. Cincinnati judge bars Duchess of Manchester from serving as executrix over citizenship issues. Michigan debates anti alien land measures. US Supreme Court relaxes penalties on reporters. Crescent Macaroni plant in Davenport burns for 250000 dollars.
A Seattle youth aged 18 named R A Armstrong died at city hospital after being found intoxicated on Pike Street. He was picked up by officers near Fourth and Pike and jailed to sober up before collapsing and later dying from alcoholic poisoning.
Gov Withycombe reviews evidence re John Bender murder accusation against Daisy Wehrman. Hair match links to John Sierks, an insane hospital inmate who first confessed then recanted. Judge White of Utah orders acquittal for Frank Peoples in the Mendocino State hospital murder case of 1893.
A memorial in Olympia proposes creating a new state of Washington with Spokane as capital and Lincoln as its name. The plan would take five northern Idaho counties and 21 Eastern Washington counties east of the Cascades, sending the measure to the Idaho legislature and then to Congress. The move is linked to liquor interests seeking to keep Washington wet.
F. A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of New York, will arrive in Seattle on Wednesday. In the evening he will be banqueted by the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce and the Clearing House association at the Washington Hotel.
David F. Wallbom of 494 Joshua Green building demonstrated Tuesday morning and could not remove a pair of cuffs. The cuffs belonged to Fred Berg, stenographer for the Pacific Northwest Land Co. An 8. O. S. assisted Sergt. Carr and Officer Larson after an hour, and the locksmith managed to free one side. Wallbom remains cuffed until a locksmith files off the remaining end.
Marriage licensees include Jerry P Weert Beattie and Myrtie Stuart Thompkins Beattie Arthur W Bartley Deer Lodge Mont and Jennie Claride Deer Lodge CO, Owen Hates Colorado Springs Cole and Alice B R Cassidy Dungeness Conrad B R Uhrich Seattle and Edith Barton Seattle C W Nelson Seattle and Mr Bywait Beattie Henry Arthur White Portland and Odea May Jones Portland Or William Marcia McAnally 20 Seattle and Martha Biste Ladd 17 Beattie Births Mrs and Mr R H Works 4768 Seth Ave Son January 20 Mr and Mrs Joseph Patrick Kirkwood Piece January 26 Mrs and Mr Johel Oyama Mata t January 19 Mrs and Mr P Lines both Ave Daughter January 18 Mrs and Mr Michael Krenick 1206 28th Ave Son January 22 Mrs and Mr Samuel Lawrie 1826 Jackson St Son January 21 Mrs and Mr Lawrence Wood 1812 Third Ave W Daughter November 29 Mrs and Mr W G Fonck 3707 Highland Drive Daughter December 6 Mrs and Mr H Ogden 2205 Emmons Place Daughter December 12 Mrs and Mr A E Ewing Palmer Son December 29 Deaths Wm J Sawyer 43 42 17th Ave N Ff January 7 Thomas Wellock 27 11 29th Ave N January 23 John H Woods 50 119 Sth Ave N January 22 John J Stages 74 112 Beiewett St January 22 Harriet A Barlow 4 1622 29th Ave January 7 Lenora I James 41 Miner Private Hospital January 22
The stock of the Ladies' Sample Suit Shop at John Panton store opened Saturday morning and drew one of the largest bargain crowds in Seattle in years. The cloak and suit department remained crowded all day as shoppers snapped up bargains. Managers anticipate another wave of buyers on Wednesday with many top buys still available. Details are listed in the large display ad on page 2 of today's Star.
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