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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
7
A dense classified section blends advertising for Madame Victoria clairvoyants and various readers with real estate and rental notices. The page also lists doctor and fortune teller listings, rooms for sale, and small ads offering palmistry services and spiritual readings. Several addresses and prices appear, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century local newspaper classifed mix.
Classified directory listing summarizes legal services loans pawn shops cameras jewelry optics storage storage drivers junk autos and motorcycles plus a hospital grade hotel and medical remedies with numerous business names and contact notes scattered through the fragmented text. The fragment mentions Sanders & Co Chinese medicine providers and a Provident Loan Society offering loans against valuables with low rates.
An advertisement offers Madam Mellie as a clairvoyant and phrenologist who gives advice on business and family affairs, courtship, marriage, and luck. It promises truthful readings, reveals future spouses, and claims to provide confidential, guaranteed guidance with a special one week reading for 50 cents at Antlers Hotel, Fourth and Union.
Fathers of University of Washington ambulance corps members met Friday night and decided to place 2000 dollars on deposit in a Paris bank. The funds will be used at the will of Capt David C. Hall for any member of the corps. D. E. Skinner leads the fathers' organization.
In Petrograd a German miller Tolman accused of arson was seized by a crowd and dragged to a rail line. They forced the engineer to run him over, killing him as his body was minced by the train. The incident reflects fierce wartime repression of suspected intruders.
Amsterdam July 7 German Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg is ready to declare Germany’s stance of no annexations and no indemnities in a Reichstag address. The speech is seen as a chance to open peace negotiations with potential for a separate Russia settlement now unlikely. The shift follows long advocacy for the policy amid opposition and broader calls for a socialist peace conference at Stockholm.
Union officials say only contract details remain before a settlement of the laundry strike. They expect either a final agreement or an agreement to disagree by nightfall. Fred Wyatt, business agent for the drivers, notes progress and fair treatment from the owners’ committee.
Olympia July 7 Telegraph operators and employees of Aberdeen and Hoquiam who went on strike have been congratulated by Gov Lister and Dr Henry Suzzalo, chairman of the state defense council, for the patriotic way they settled their differences.
The list shows ships arriving at Seattle including Northland from Tecoma Admiral Behrey from San Petro and Fulton from Vancouver. Vessels sailing from Seattle include Mariposa bound for Anchorage Spokane for Southeast Alaska and Admiral Schley for Tacoma. Alaska fleet notes list westbound sailings Admiral Evans and Alaska, with Princess Sophia and Northwestern departures from Alaska ports.
A snapshot of Saturday market stalls lists meat and dairy prices including pot roast 12 1 2 to 16 cents per pound beef round steak 8 to 12 cents veal roast 12 cents pork chops 42 to 27 cents per pound and butter 40 cents per pound. Also featured are staple items like coffee rice sugar and canned goods with varied per unit costs across stalls.
Mrs. Kingdon Gould, formerly Annunziata Camilla Maria Laied, born in Arezzo Italy, was a governess in the Gould household before marrying Kingdon Gould Jr. The couple, aged 31 and 29, tied the knot this week in a union that surprised the family.
The power schooner Seaborn, built in Tacoma by Seaborn Shipbuilding Co, reached Vancouver from Yokohama in 20 days on her maiden voyage return trip. Chartered to H F Ostrander, the vessel previously crossed Pacific in 30 days on the current voyage.
Underpinning for the new Prick son steel and wood shipbuilding plant at the East and West waterways junction is nearly completed. Construction of the building units will proceed immediately.
Theodore Roosevelt accuses labor leaders of instigating violence at a Carnegie Hall meeting welcoming the Russian mission. Samuel Gompers contends there was no union role in East St Louis disturbances. The clash included shouts and a raised hand as Mayor Mitchel tried to restore order.
Timber workers demand an eight hour day in mills and nine hours in logging camps with a three dollar daily minimum in mills and three fifty in camps. They seek a conference with employers before July 12 and plan a strike around July 16. The request also includes shower baths and reading rooms with writing desks.
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