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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1916
Page
6
Fraudulent and questionable classified items appear, listing marriage agencies, matchmaking ads, jewelry buying, old gold and silver deals, and other services. Names and locations obscure, with generic appeals for companionship and altered value goods in a dense ad layout.
A colorful ad page markets various phrenology and palm reading services by Madam Nine and others. Advertisements promise confidential readings for love, business, and luck with fees around six cents, plus notices of clairvoyants, palmists, and spiritual consultations at multiple downtown locations.
Classified notice describes irrigated land with fencing and crops including beans corn wheat oats apples peaches and more. Offers 40 acre tracts at 640 per acre and a 60 acre farm bargain sacrificed for cash. Listing by Witleos Land Improvement Co Willam, Arie, Washington and Brooke Car Michael, Pall City, Wash.
A fragmented OCR list shows Del Monte tomatoes and various food and household items with unclear prices including brown beans cold water starch baking powder luncheon paper wax and liquid veneer. Numerous items appear without complete context or pricing.
Six cavalrymen shift to infantry as cowpunchers from east of the mountains fill their slots. Washington troops drill and prepare for border duty while a new transport plan sends units toward Portland and the border. Community leaders organize aid for families of Guardsmen and veterans as enlistment, medical fit tests, and guardian arrangements unfold.
The Colville Indian Reservation in Washington state invites registrations for settlement drawing on July 27. About 600000 acres of fruit farm and dairy land available with complete central map and description, pest control noted. Veterans or widows of Civil or Spanish War may register. Write for a filing form furnished free by BMITH & McCHEA, Room 166 Eagle Road, Spokane, Wash.
A dense OCR of market stalls lists multiple items and prices such as strawberries melons cabbage potatoes and cucumbers alongside staples like flour coffee rice and beans. Notable entries mention eggs butter beef sardines soap and milk with various stall numbers and prices scattered through the text.
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