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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1916
Page
6
A jumble of early 20th century classified items lists barber school at Occidental Ave 173 and a trade upstairs shop at Third Ave 965% with ads for light hotel work and dress gear. Also features requests for partners, amateur theater recruitment, dating notes, eyelash growth products, and jewelry offers.
Classified snippets describe mail order tonics with guaranteed service, a dance instruction program, and a large batch of land and property offers. Listings include acreage for sale near Kirkland ferry with terms, a farm near Madison park, and miscellaneous household items.
Bargain waterfront with a barn and cleared land offered for sale due to poor health. Includes address near Willert 2418 and Rickles 39 Waterfront Property. Terms listed as Northwest area with a listed price of 1 450.
A jumble of items appears like a market list with foods such as bacon, watermelons, home grown cauliflower, lettuce, spinach, strawberries, oranges, and salmon. It references quantities and prices in a dated style, including oats, butter, creamery products, eggs, and vegetables, suggesting a mid century or early 20th century market inventory.
President Henry Suzzallo delivered the graduation sermon to more than 300 graduates. He urged graduates to seek meaningful work and resist easy jobs, urging scholars to pursue enlightened tasks over moral swindles.
Puget Sound Steamers operate all local routes amid unclear text. The fragment mentions Victorea and Lewmar Awagrioe with odd spellings and initials BWC-Pert. No clear dates or outcomes are readable. Further details unavailable in readable OCR.
Chicago June 12 United Press: Gov Hiram Johnson states the progressive party is a mighty nick organization with a chance of revival. He will not accept the presidential nomination and praises Col Roosevelt's motives in declining it while noting fighters on the Pacific Coast and possible Hughes support if Roosevelt desires.
Evidence against Capt. H. J Thomsen of the Canadian army charged with violating neutrality laws by recruiting Americans for overseas forces was heard by U. S. Commissioner Mc Cleland. His assistant Robert Wolf and a Washington National Guardsman J. D. Gould were mentioned, with Thomsen claiming ignorance of the law and saying he came to see Spanish American War comrades and discuss the American Legion.
The Supreme Court on June 12 ordered a reargument of the case challenging Oregon’s minimum wage law for women and children. The statute grants the state industrial commission authority to fix minimum rates.
SHORT NEWS items note British American Relief Association to hold a memorial meeting in Prees club Monday night for Lord Kitchener. Other items include denial of Pacific Coast B teamship fleet rumors by Admiral line officials and MAJ Jacques Corbaron receiving the Legion of Honor for Verdun gallantry.
Capt Kane Tauscher husband of Mme Gadski Wolf Von Ighe and others face trial in U S district court as Judge Wolverton overrules a demurrer to the indictment in a plot to destroy the Welland canal.
About 210 of 10 000 visitors rented bathing suits at the Alki municipal pavilion while Elliott Bay remained cold for most. The Adams Second Regiment band played during the Sunday outing.
The Beacon Hill Improvement club holds a regular meeting Tuesday evening at Beacon Hill schoolhouse. Several legislative and prosecuting attorney candidates will give three minute talks.
June 12 report says the State Audit after reviewing the State Industrial Insurance Commission accounts calls for a better bookkeeping and collection system and a mechanism to maintain close checks on all employees.
Logan Billingsley owner of the Day and N Drug Store at 1525 Third Ave remains in Seattle claiming he never left for Canada and did not evade Sheriff Binion. He says extradition for a petty liquor offense is improper and plans to stay in Seattle as his home.
A superior court judge Albertson denies the charge that a search for contraband liquor was unreasonable. J G Hodge and John T Irela, soft drink distributors and proprietors, challenged police action after a place was searched and a warrant was issued on April 13 under Police Judge Gordon’s procedures.
From Oyster Bay on June 12 the former president declares he is out of politics for good and will live quietly. He says only official visitors and close friends may meet him at the office.
Russian forces advance in World War II operations by taking Demi ka, located 15 miles west of Dubno, near Petrograd, as of June 12. The report notes a decisive victory driving enemy lines back in the region.
The advertisement proclaims guaranteed painless dental care by Dr L R Clark promising to fix teeth, kill nerves, and extract teeth without hurting the patient.
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