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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
5
A column of classified psychic ads and matrimonial notices fills this section, with multiple mediums and clairvoyants offering palm readings and guidance at University and Third avenues. Also includes job ads, auctions, and a bankruptcy notice for Joseph Dembicski.
Advertisements tout Madam Mellie and Mme Nona offering clairvoyant, phrenology, and card readings to secure wealth, love, and speedy marriages. They claim truthfulness, guaranteed satisfaction or no charge, with locations at Motel Kik and Antlers Hotel.
The page lists multiple law practices including Wille, Leola May Winn, Hoppe and others with address hints at 428 Lyon Street and 18 Downe Wick. It also mentions Dr Kathryn Harrigon at 801 Bintlare and a hotel advertisement for New Strandary Hotel with rooms from $0.00 up, inviting inspection.
A dense listing from downtown stalls outlines prices for sugar, milk, coffee, tea, butter, eggs, meat, cereal, and canned goods. It notes stall numbers such as 26 35 7 18-25 and brands like Quaker corn flakes Jersey butter Del Monte peas and Kraft products, with prices ranging from a few cents to over a dollar per item.
Tide chart lists daily low and high water times with heights for Shattle. Vessel arrivals and departures include ships such as City of Seattle, Al-Ki, War Baron, Multnomah, and President with links to Tacoma Portland Vancouver and Port Ludlow. Alaska vessels Ketchikan and Humboldt records noted with sailing times.
Seattle authorizes a new call to arms for the Eighth Engineers with Col. James Cavannaugh directing immediate service in France. About 100 men are needed, with recruitment centered in Seattle. offices are at 616 Burke Building. Targets include seven automobile mechanics, a sergeant bugler, a photographer’s aide, a draftsman, two cobblers, a tailor, three powder men, four miners, a driver, four track foremen, one diver, one steam shovel engineer, and 21 experienced track workers.
Buenos Aires reports uneasy relations as Argentina disputes the U S export licensing plan. The senate meets with the embargo as the main topic and debates possible reactions to American war fleets near port.
Sweden is violently agitated by American export licensing restrictions. Newspapers across Stockholm condemn the plan, with Tidningen leading a bitter attack on the United States as the issue sparks widespread outrage.
London dispatches say Germany's new coalition of center, liberal and some social democrats demands electoral reform and full wartime disclosure before a wartime credit vote. They show united force and expect immediate reform and peace without annexations, with past tactics suggesting limited concessions.
An editorial criticizes an embargo plan as an attempt to push Sweden toward war in the name of democracy. It argues the Swedish people remain united in commercial and political neutrality and oppose war except for defense of their homeland.
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