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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
6
An OCR fragment lists assorted market items with rough prices including sugar milk cider apples lamb tongues pork hams halibut shad salmon trout butter and citrus. It records stall numbers and unit prices but lacks complete context or full item descriptions.
A dense OCR of a corner store catalog lists items with prices including Italian prunes at 10¢ per pound, white figs, corn syrup, tomato products, meats like strip steak and lamb shoulder, fresh fish such as halibut and salmon, assorted cheeses, butter, pineapple, dates, grapefruit, cucumbers and peppers, canned goods, and household staples. The page reads like an old grocery circular with numerous prices and product names in a single dense block.
Atlanta reports petitions for commutation flood Gov Slaton with requests piling up beyond confinement. A steady stream averages 2000 per day from Cornell club alumni lawmakers and citizens, including Knox Delano Borah Reid Clapp Newlands Brumbaugh Ferris Hunt Hall. Frank, Cornell graduate, thanks supporters while mother and wife express gratitude and cannot reply personally.
A Serbian Red Cross appeal detailed from Nish describes 50 000 typhus victims and wounded soldiers lacking beds clothing and medical supplies. Lieut Col V M Soubovitch urged aid to the American government and people through Prof Pupin New York consul general.
Billie Burke stars as Jerry at the Metropolitan Theatre tonight and Wednesday with her signature charm. Her performance draws strong praise for wit and warmth, while the supporting vaudeville bill features Margaret Edwards, The Six Kirkamith Sisters, and others in a lively program. At the Moore Theatre the Italian Grand Opera company presents Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci with Katherina Lynbrook in La Gioconda, drawing a solid crowd despite parallel attractions.
A health public service piece argues personal responsibility for wellbeing and community health. It compares neglect of health to breaking laws, urging citizens to value bodily well being and prevent illness through self control and awareness.
Varicose veins are dilated veins usually in the legs caused by high venous pressure or weakened vein walls. Contributing factors include poor circulation, tumors blocking return flow, bowel overload, prolonged standing, damp exposure, and overstrain.
A lecturer in charge led the Alaska exhibit maintained by the Alaska bureau of the Chamber of Commerce opening at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. The display in the store building at Fourth Ave and Senecast shows colored lantern slides of Alaska scenery and industries from 10 to 12 and from 1 to daily, with other interesting exhibits, all free to the public.
Campbell Moore, brother of Carrie Nation, announces he has been commissioned by God to oppose alcohol and will devote his life to battling the liquor traffic. The Springfield report notes Nation’s hatchet campaign inspired him to take up the cause.
Mayor Gill urged council members on Tuesday to meet with the electric company to settle the definite amount the traction company must contribute for the Bas and Ballard bridges. The firm operates cars on these bridges and has previously been compelled to pay a share of construction costs.
Cordova Alaska June 1 The steamer Seward slightly disabled returned to port today after leaving for Seattle with 4000 tons of copper oil from La Touche. A distress report earlier credited loss to Seward but a Mariposa message said help was on the way. Local steamship office says Seward is safe with minor injuries.
Police report a pawnshop on First Ave looted after a dynamite explosion struck the area. Owner David L. Doe says entries were forced by a broken window and $277 in jewelry was stolen.
In Thurston County Superior Court on June 1 a cont ance was allowed in the M. and K. Gottstein suit challenging the constitutionality of the prohibition law enacted by the people. The action tests the law's validity under the state constitution as to its native vote origin.
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