Seattle area real estate listings urge quick purchases
A flood of late 19th or early 20th century property ads promotes lots and houses near shipyards and ferries in Seattle and Port Orchard. Vendors offer easy terms, monthly payments, and Liberty Bonds, highlighting proximity to naval yards, water, and streetcar lines while warning of rising rents and scarce housing. Many entries cite specific prices, locations, and payment plans, including tracts near the Lake Buriga area and Queen Anne bargains.
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Fuat
Aasen & Kexton CO
Tor Liberty
Henry B. Green
Sidney
Port Orchard Commperctal Co
Ita
County Erat
Kitsap County
Puget Bound
Navy Yard
Port Irehard Commercial Co
Port Orchatrd
Waren
Ateel
Belvidere
Hanford
Weat Coast Land Co
Empire
WEAT
Seattle
City Water
California Ave
Port Orchard Commercial CO
Port Orchard
Weat Beattie Ferry
Woody
Ferry
Ames Plant
West Beattle Ferry
Willeel
Beacon Hill
Atlantic
Troom
Lake Buriga
Northwest Industries urged to curb oil fuel use
Portland May 16 Industries of the Northwest using fuel oil are urged to switch to wood or coal immediately. A telegram from I Folsom federal oil director says Priority Zeta will ensure oil for vital war industries. The move aims to conserve oil for war needs as tankers move to the Atlantic.
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Seattle
Wortland
Northwest
Oregon Fuel Administration
I. Folsom
Federal Oil
Coast
Oll Folsom
Atlantic
Pacific
Altho Folsom
Oll
Police Search After Mystery String At Public Safety Building
Capt Searing reports a mysterious party uses a string dangling from the third floor of the Public Safety building at midnight. Police suspect quarantined women of smuggling drugs by attaching packages to the string.
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Searing
Headquarters
Public Safety
Navy closes port of Boston in temporary move
Boston officials report the port was sealed by order of the Navy Department. Naval authorities gave no statement beyond noting the closure is likely temporary and intended to be effective only for a short period.
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NAVY
Boston
Maas
Navy Department
Charges against Cox dismissed by U.S. Commissioner
Charges against EK M Cox dining car superintendent for violating the interstate commerce act related to traffic in liquor were dismissed Friday morning by United States Commissioner J W McClelland for lack of evidence. Four Beetle men reported missing at police headquarters include Ray Young 28 Walter Goodman 17 A Robert Ward 12 and Nick Sartore 17.
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EK. M. Cox
United States
J. W. McClelland
Beattle
Ray Young
Ninth Ave
Walter Goodman
A. Robert Ward
Fifth Ave
Nick Sartore
N. E
Public Markets Pine Street Prices At Millett Mish Co
Market list details fresh produce and groceries with prices at stalls on Pine Street. Items include English sole salmon trout spinach strawberries prunes cream of barley matches tea butter eggs coffee bread buttermilk soap and hotel soaps with varied pack sizes and per unit costs.
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Millett Mish Co
Sted Seal Grocery Annex
Stong's
Stong's, 6 Boxes Matches, 25c. the Can Hidgway's Tea, 60¢, 40¢ Can Hershey
Hershey
Barrington Hall
Market stalls offer varied groceries and produce
Stall 192 lists small canned goods and soap with prices. Stall 105 features potato flour, doge ammonia items, and prunes. Stall 130 shows beans and corn meal with prices. Stall 106 offers apples. Stall 112 presents fancy potatoes, pears, onions and greens. Stalls 35 36 show Early Rose potatoes and spinach rutabaga.
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Mt. Vernon
Grocery stalls list prices for meats dairy and staples
A crowded market page lists stalls with items and prices including pork and beef cuts at Stall 17 and 43, milk at Stall 79, sugars and flours, canned goods, coffee, jam and jellies, crackers, and dairy products. Featured prices show small Hull items with per pound or per can costs for a bustling shopping scene.
Market Stalls Offer Everyday Groceries And Goods
A list of stall offerings includes Stall 36 pure cane sugar eight pounds at five cents, Stall 61 natural milk ten cents a quart, Stall 28 fresh ground corn meal four pounds at twenty seven cents, Stall 37-38 ten pound pails of Karo syrup two for eighty cents, Lima beans two fifty per bag, Soya beans two and a half, toilet paper six rolls for a quarter, Cream of Barley twenty cents three pounds, seeded raisins ten cents four hundred fifty for pure honey thirty six cents, Guittard's chocolate seventy cents six boxes matches twenty five cents.
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Pike Place
Ean Guittard
Porter Carries Bust And Booze To Wrong Seat
A colored porter on the Northern Pacific train at Argo sat with Deputy Sheriff Joe Hill, carrying a bust of Nooker T. Washington and a suitcase containing thirteen bottles of whisky. The officer suspected camouflage and questioned the porter about the luggage.
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Nooker T. Washington
Hr. Gaither
Argo
Joe Hill
Jil
Ross reports on Skagit plan for hydro power
J I Ows, superintendent of light, submits to the board of public works a Skagit river power plan to produce 60 000 horsepower at a lower cost than Cedar River. The base plan totals 2 341 000 for plant and diversion plus 1 214 000 transmission and 276 000 substation.
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Fearon Con
Alaska
Pet & Coal
Universal High Power Telephone
Arngeer
Canada
C1 & Venture
Tone Star Ol
Tiberty
Bun River
Ellie Bulver Mines
Ea Monarch
Ameka
MAX Winkler
Union
Elliott
ALANA
Bhagit River
Cedar River
Steels
Mays
Board of Public Works
Maya
White wife seeks divorce from Japanese husband in custody of temper
Pearl Hamaguchi a Norwegian files for divorce from Mark Hamaguchi a Japanese alleging an uncontrollable temper and temperamental differences as the grounds. The case presents tangible evidence of a marriage between a Caucasian and an Oriental ending in separation.
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Pearl Hamaguchi
Mark Hamaguchi
Portland Teachers Face Stricter Photo Proof Rules
Portland board announces tighter entry standards for fall applications. Photographs will no longer be accepted with bundles. prospective teachers must appear in person with braces visible and present their credentials.
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Portland
Vital statistics births listed for Seattle area families
A sequence of birth notices records many Seattle area families. The list includes parents and addresses, noting multiple boys and girls born between April 10 and May 7 to households across neighborhoods such as Second N E, West Charleston, Broad Street, Pine Street, and Bainbridge Place.
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J. L. Humphreys
Alkiave
Hl. F. Hueman
N. E
R. McWhinney
Broadst
J. Davis
J. Willams
Pineet
Ave
F. J. Marontate
K. Tada
27Th Ave. S
H. di Martino
Snoqualmie Et
R. Fujimoto
15Th Ave. N
H. Kahara
Maynard Ave
H. J. Huhn
W. ©. Preston
Bainbridge Place
M. Wendelin
W. Halladay
Youngest American Army Soldier Arrives in France
Corpral Irwin White of Moulton Alabama, 18 years old though tall and mature in appearance, has reached France. He weighs 175 pounds and stands 5 feet 10 inches, claiming he was eager to face the Kaiser and that peers less capable served. His parents Mr and Mrs John White approved his desire to fight.
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Moulton
Ala
Irwin White
France
Kaiser
John White
Barber Strike Looms Over Wage Clash
Barbers Union Local 651 and Master Barbers association near a wage dispute. A meeting is planned for Friday with a Saturday report, a Union ultimatum seeks immediate action. A nine hour day goes into effect with a $22 weekly guarantee and 60 percent of earnings above a base.
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Master Barbers’ Association
Master Barbers
Thomas Ivy
Ivy
Edwards Holmberg Kane Sues for Divorce in 1917
Edna Holmberg Kane files for divorce from R F E Kane on September 22 1917 alleging his existing marriage to another woman in Brownwood Texas. The suit cites marital fault and seeks relief from the union.
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Edna Holmberg Kane
R. F E. Kane
Divorces Filed and Decrees Granted in King County Superior Court
Thursday filings show multiple divorce suits including Brake vs Prake and Kronquist vs Kronquist with cruelty and nonsupport claims. Decrees granted include Young vs Young and Ridenour vs Ridenour, followed by names and residences with ages and dates in Seattle and surrounding areas.
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King County Superior Court
Marion Irene Brake
Russell Johnathon Prake
Ellen Kronquist
Axel Kronquist
Rose Lee Butler
James M. Butler
Enna Vrbanac
Joseph Vrbanac
Ola
Christy
John S. Christy
Cora C. Gallinger
Robert L Gallinger
Gladys Leona Swift
William Wallace Swift
Tinnie Page
Frank G. Page
Mary Louise la Croix Parson
Jesse Owen Parson
Thomas A. Rhodimer
Flora Rhodimer
KE. Dallagher
Antone Dallagher
Mary Young
William P. Young
Rosetta Ridenour
W. FE. Ridenour
Joseph II
Turger
Nora
B. Burger
Chizaka Kojima
Chasaburo Kojima
Seafaring Man with Bad Check Passes $10 to Hungerford
A blue shaven seaman with twinkling blue eyes handed E. J. Hungerford of 89 Yesterday a $10 check on Friday morning and asked for change. Hungerford reports a bad check.
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E. J. Hungerford
Hungerford
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