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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1916
Page
6
A dense classifieds page lists law and patent services, moving and storage, optical dept, and various personal ads. It includes physicians, nursing, housekeeping posts, matchmaking notices, and entertainment notices with multiple addresses and phone hints scattered throughout.
A fragmentary newspaper notice advertises spiritual readings by Madam Nina and Madame Frank, claiming to reveal past and future lives, advice on business and love, and marriage initials. Several addresses in Seattle list services with prices around 6 cents and free Sundays, alongside an unrelated rental listing and a housekeeping note.
The Civil Service League backs a city retirement bill to ease public burden and boost efficiency. A code approved by the league calls for joint employer and city funding, retirement at 26 years or age 65, a maximum $60 monthly allowance, and a $1000 dependent death benefit proportional to service. Councilman Thomson supports cooperative efforts with league committees.
The notice advertises 45 farms for sale near work sites in Bhagit County Washington. It promises proximity to employment with up to 1,500 workers nearby and offers easy terms with small cash down and ten year repayment. Refers to work programs and pay details as incentive.
Olympia July 3 Drugeteta of Thurston county will not be permitted to import more than one barrel of alcohol the same amount of whisky and not to exceed 26 gallons of other liquors during six months. Prosecuting attorney fixes the limit whose power may be questioned.
Austin K Griffiths will speak at a meeting of the Women's Progressive Club at the Woman's Exchange, 211 Union St, Monday night, sharing impressions from the Chicago convention. Berlin war brief notes British and French attacks east of the Somme yielded no gains as German forces withdrew under heavy French pressure.
Puget Sound Navigation Co lists daily and weekly ferries from Colman Dock to Port Townsend Port Angeles Neah Bay and various Puget Sound ports. Sailings include Victoria Seattle Anacortes Bellingham and San Juan Island with seasonal adjustments and multiple intermediate landings.
The noted financier Hetty Green, widow of Edward Green of the Manila consul family, dies at 83. She was famed for extreme frugality, daily office routine, onion pocket habit, and harsh tax avoidance via Vermont residency. Her wealth funded vast loans and ventures, including forcing a church mortgage foreclosure and placing her son Eddie at Texas Midland to curb expenses.
Market ledger lists stall numbers and items with prices for sugar milk shad cheese eggs cantaloupes peaches bananas lemons olives sardines grape juice tea and assorted meats. Entries include stall 17 79 1511 1606 723 1604 and items such as round steak loin of lamb boiling beef hamburger and pork sausage with unit prices per pound or per can.
The page itemizes various foods with units and prices including pork roast 186 lb sugar cured ham 196 lb half or whole, head cheese 12%c lb, rice 6 lb, mason jars qt, oats Quaker oats, beans corn doughnuts bread and pastries, fresh produce like strawberries cantaloupes cherries and cucumbers, dairy items butter cheese, fish and seafood items including herring mackerel cod, and miscellaneous items such as smoked salmon and goose berries with box counts and per unit prices.
Stall 210 offers toilet paper oats milk soap and baking powder with prices. Stall 219 stocks salmon oysters corn macaroni ketchup raisins and vegetables with fruit and canned goods. Stall 427 features cucumbers beans strawberries spinach celery and fresh produce at low prices.
The fragment lists stalls and assorted produce and meats with unit prices and weights. Items include veal tomat, T-bone steak, leg young lamb, chickens, potatoes, beets, watermelon, asparagus, celery, beans, oats and wheat, and crackers. Prices show cents per pound or per item with quantities.
Washington officials discuss a war college plan to arm and train public high school students nationwide. The Wyoming model emphasizes student leadership, self-sufficiency, and 15 days of summer camp with camps, drills, and mock battles to instill civic duties and military readiness.
A fragmented list of grocery items and prices appears, including laundry soap, coffee, jelly, mustard, honey, fresh seafood, juices, bread, peaches, tomatoes, rhubarb, peas, corn, salmon, tea, toilet paper, and other staples with various prices and quantities noted. The readable items suggest a mid century neighborhood market circular.
Police raided the Hamman baths Saturday night and seized thirty one quarts of bonded whisky. The whisky was identified as bonded goods.
Former railway service chief Frank W Vaille, formerly superintendent of the Seattle mall service offices, has been transferred to San Francisco in a mid year reassignment.
Olympia July 3. The industrial insurance commission reports payments since October totaling 1 945 467 dollars to men injured in the lumber industry.
Francis J. Heney, a progressive candidate for senator, announced in Los Angeles that he will support President Wilson for re election. The statement aligns Heney with Wilson during the campaign period.
El Paso July 3 militia units sweep the length of the border from Brownsville to Nogales in better shape to field than earlier reports. Troops are well equipped with mounts and ammunition plentiful. Massachusetts brigade happy with camp after a 2800 mile rail ride. Pennsylvania contingent delayed or diverted.
The Scots announce their annual picnic will take place Tuesday at Fortuna Park featuring athletic events for men and women. The opening lid will be pried off at 10:30 a.m. and activities will continue all day.
Police Captain Stuart takes charge at the West Seattle station while Lieut. Hans Damm moves from West Seattle to Georgetown in a department reshuffle.
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