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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1916
Page
6
Classified notices advertise a meeting schedule at 18Tile and 7016 18th N. W. with Dr. Dickey services, a private maternity home at 102 Be Madison, and a bargain sale at The Bargain Store Loan Office. An older woman seeks a position to manage a rooming house or housekeeping for a widower.
The notice invites teams with plows to list lawns and gardens for spring work in Seattle. STAR WANT ADS promises hours and days of plowing at top notch figures.
A Seattle Salmon Day celebration drew 400 guests at a banquet by the Transportation Club and the Association of Pacific Fisheries at the Arctic Club. Mayors, judges, and civic leaders spoke while salmon dinners were served at the Chamber of Commerce. Eagles lodge hosted a 250-person banquet and sent 6,000 letters urging residents to eat salmon. Despite hatchery issues, live salmon were sourced from Nisqually for the North Pacific float.
A raid on a coffee house at 123 Prefontaine Place led to 22 arrests for gambling. Pete Hergolas and C Calme cos are held on 200 dollar bonds. Ten others were released on 10 dollar bonds. The venue lay near police headquarters.
Mayor Gill reappoints Jimmy Crehan as private secretary and relief for the administration. The Seattle News lauds Crehan for courtesy tact and a joyous nature, noting he easily secures access for city employees and earns praise as the mayor’s “buffer.”
Saturday and Monday market notices list dozens of produce, meats, dairy and pantry items with bulk prices. Items include pork, veal, mutton, eggs, butter, flour, sugar, fruit, canned goods and household staples across stalls numbered 17 226 203 104 345 14 1611 1601 43 44 45 105 12 18-25 110. Prices range from fractions of a dollar to about a dollar per unit, with specials for combos and orders. The notices reflect multiple markets including South End Westlake Pike Place and White Saturday listings.
The finance committee approved a $23,000 appropriation for a public comfort station to be built in the public library area at Fourth Avenue and Madison Street during Friday’s meeting.
Arndt Anderson a contractor active in the Green building is arrested on a grand larceny charge after allegedly selling numerous partnerships at $1,000 each. Constable Jim Shannon held him on a warrant issued by Judge Gordon’s court, sworm to by Bert A Sumner of St quamish.
Mrs. William Astor Chanler of New York auctions items this week to benefit French soldiers. Every article was crafted by mutilated soldiers convalescing in French hospitals. Proceeds go to the soldiers and their care.
A small bomb exploded under a carnival tent in Lowell Arizona injuring Antonio Velasquez of Lowell and Juan Seco of Cananea. The blast occurred yesterday as the tent was in use by the carnival company. Authorities investigated the incident and no further details were released.
Mia Eugenia Graham, 40, distracted by an aching tooth, drank poison at her Tacoma home and died shortly after at a hospital. Police investigate the incident as a possible suicide.
President Wilson will leave late tonight for a weekend trip down the Potomac River with his wife. He will stay in contact with Congress and Mexican developments via wireless during the excursion.
John Robert Hines, Walter F E Hines and Nora Hines McCoy, children of Mrs. Bridget Hines, killed when her car was struck by a Milwaukee engine on January 10, filed a $25,000 damages suit in superior court Saturday for the loss of their mother.
The British steamer St Veronica anchored in the upper harbor with dented plates and a torn port rail after a crash into the dock. The incident caused about $7,000 in damage.
Columbus New Mexico March 11 Capt Isador Farias wounded Villa member captured during Thursday raid said an American invasion of Mexico will make Villa a national hero He spoke as authorities reported the raid’s aftermath and noted Villa’s continued influence in the region
New York reporters note that starting today cable companies will censor all messages sent to Mexico. Messages must be in plain English or Spanish and travel under censorship rules with no coded language permitted.
The art show on the second floor of the White building near the Manufacture Exhibit features 145 of Seattle's finest paintings and will close Saturday night.
Fred Crocker seeks a divorce from Dora C alleging desertion in February 1915. The case records indicate Crocker filed on a Saturday, pursuing legal dissolution of marriage.
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