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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1917

Page

8

Private psychics and mediums advertise in city listings

A swarm of self styled psychics and Egyptian phrenologists advertise in a Beattie area lodging and hotel listings offering readings on love marriage business and luck. Names include Madam Lesslie Madam Meilie Madam Norris Cliffon the Great and others promising consultations daily with hours from morning to late evening at various addresses.

Cliffton Ean Jenette Elingle Carses Beattie Lesslie Meter Norris Union Pike Moore Wornlda Creat Madam Meilie Cents Hotel Fik Second Ave Pine Pune Victoria Telly Fundey Abbott Hotel Owl Drug Estate Adaline EF Lloyd Adaline Lloyd Zitinion Apt el- Hott Madam Beglitta Liberty Theatre Retierno Pike Bon Marche Golder Doria Apts Bertha Nelson Bundey Fourth Ave

Palm reading services offer guidance and clairvoyant readings

An OCR fragment advertises palmistry and clairvoyant readings by a “genuine Fryptian palm fat and clairvoyant” at 622 University and other venues. It promises business, health, marriage, and financial advice with a 60 cent price, listing multiple locations and spiritual circles.

Ahe University Corner Sixth Ave

Local Pawn and Lens Shops Advertise Loans and Supplies

Camera stores Lowman and Hanford Co promote Kodaks and photography supplies near Market and Cherry. American Jewelry Co offers money loans on diamonds and jewelry at low rates with confidentiality. Provident Loan and American Jewelry advertise collateral loans with explicit low commissions and a ready cash option on various valuables.

Lowman & Hanford Co Kodaks Provident Loan Boctety, Inc

Germany outlines Hindenburg Line across United States

Washington July 31 Germany has drawn a theoretical Hindenburg line across the United States from Baltimore to Pittsburg and then to Canada via Lake Champlain It encloses the country s financial commercial and industrial heartland within a 125000 square mile area containing key coal iron and oil fields and major ports including Heston New York Portland Philadelphia and Baltimore German planners are said to have mapped campaigns showing conquest and occupation if invasion succeeds and the war reaches American shores.

Washington, D. C Germany United States France Baltimore Pittsburg Canada Lake Champlain Heston New York Portland Philadelphia America Europe Atlantic

Public Markets listing diverse groceries and prices

A long list of stalls and items at public markets shows extensive grocery goods. Items include milk butter lard sugar flour coffee canned goods spices meats cheese and produce with varied prices per pound or per unit across stalls.

Morals of War Camps Foreseen in Citizen Army Plan

United Press reports Secretary of War Baker aims to safeguard health morals and training for the national citizen army. Cantonment camps will feature scientific water testing drainage care air light and heat and strict food inspection. Measures include removing red light districts providing chaperoned dances lectures libraries and healthy amusements for likely citizens soldiers.

Gilson Gardner United Press Washington Neighbor Citizen Paker

Grocery Ad List from Local Market

Readable items include Grape Nuts Wellman's tune and Kingsford glass starch ammonia bottle. Stall 50 peanut butter 1 lb apple jelly priced 22¢ per can or pound. Oriented as a catalog-like sale with early 20th century pricing.

Stallitt Guittard Wellman Kingsford

Drafted Men to Receive Summons in Seattle Draft

Master lists with draft order numbers arrived at Seattle boards from Washington War Department. New typewritten lists will be posted by Thursday with name, serial number and liability number. Summons to first examination go to districts for Wednesday with examinations set for Monday.

Seattle War Department Washington Comptroller's Office

Britisher Proposes League of Peace Campaign for Roosevelt

A noted British patriot history student and poet urges Roosevelt and other thinkers to start a broad lecture drive in England to promote an international league to enforce peace, arguing such effort could yield substantial good.

Roosevelt England

Kaiser on Riga Front Reports Stimulating Troops

United Free dispatch from Copenhagen dated July 31 reports Kaiser Wilhelm visited the Riga front yesterday. He allegedly traveled by motor boat on the River Aa from Mitau to the troops, delivering speeches to inspire German forces.

Copenhagen Kaiser Wilhelm Riga Mitau

Ribot Calls German Chancellor a Liar Over Secret Treaties

Premier Ribot in the chamber of deputies brands German Chancellor Michaelis a falsifier for claims of secret France Russia treaties aimed at conquest. The Paris speech frames Germany as misleading in diplomatic talks.

United Press Paris Chamber of Deputies Ribot Michaelis France Russia

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