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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
9
Women enrolled in the motor training division of the League for Women's Service have formed 18 detachments and are taking a motor driving course. Lectures occur Thursday at 10 30 a m at the Northwest Motor Co rooms with signups at 108 Cobb building.
Pupils of the Faurot school of dancing will stage Idyla of Wood land at the Moore Friday and Saturday nights under the auspices of the British American Relief association. The principals are Josephine Hutchinson, Katherine Hawley, Nellie Hanson, Violet Rehm, Sylvia Bernhard, and Bill Hanson.
Seattle street car workers threaten a walkout as Puget Sound Traction raises pay to 1 cent an hour and sets a 65 dollar monthly minimum. A workers committee says these increases do not meet demands for 55 cents an hour, with many workers earning far less.
Col J. B. R. Cavanaugh builder of the Lake Washington canal received tributes from about forty friends at a farewell dinner at the Rainier club on Thursday night. He leaves Saturday for San Francisco to complete organizing a new army engineers regiment.
The Broadway High School hosts its annual May festival Friday evening in the school auditorium. A 250 voice chorus and a 35 piece orchestra plus several soloists will perform. Proceeds go to buying instruments for the music department.
Anton Jensen a contractor aged 37 died at Seattle General hospital Thursday after injuries from an automobile crash last Saturday at Republican street and 2nd avenue. Funeral services will be held under the Danish Brotherhood on Sunday afternoon.
Sixty two students at Franklin High School earned at least four A grades in the last quarter and have been placed on the donor roll. The 62 students represent five percent of the student body.
The Central Public Market on First ave between Pike and Union streets opened last Saturday and served 20 000 customers. Its slogan Buy direct from the Producers signals a modern sanitary market with buyer conveniences and strong public interest after one week of operation.
Mrs. Hugh R. Rood, the only woman member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, donated $1000 Thursday night to the relief fund for Belgian children. The gift followed National President Philip B. Moore’s address at an honorary banquet for the institute at the Arctic Club.
French and British battle missions plan a joint farewell at the Waldorf as they conclude talks in New York. Ministers Vivian and Balfour are due to return with staffs to their governments soon, carrying assurances of American aid including cash, food, munitions, and shipping.
Superior Judge J. T. Ronald Thursday freed the last nine of 74 men from Snohomish County held since November on the Verona tragedy. The Verona steamer battle near Everett dock left five workers and two deputies dead and many wounded as passengers of about 200 faced murder charges alleging a conspiracy to kill Deputy Jefferson Beard. Thomas Tracy Wasa was acquitted after a nine week trial, and since then groups of defendants have been released daily.
One hundred twelve volunteers, including prominent men, offer to help register the male population under the select service act. Names from all city districts except Georgetowna Seventh ward and Fremont have been received by Chief Registration Clerk Wm A Gaines. Fire Chief F L Stetson offers use of fire stations as registration sites.
Arthur Lather, manager of an employment agency at 215 First Ave. 8, was fined 100 for selling liquor. Dry Squad officers R. A. Plough and Fd Lawson made the arrest after liquor was obtained with a marked $5 sale plea.
Federal officials asked cooperation of the police on Friday to chase wireless stations operating in various parts of the city. New legislation made it illegal for private individuals to operate wireless apparatus. No arrests had been made by Friday morning.
Members of the sanitary division of the National Guard of Washington attend clinics and operations at city hospitals while awaiting mobilization orders.
Herbert Hoover, potential food controller, argues government control could cut flour prices 40 to 60 percent. He says surplus food exists this year and next, and that control would protect consumers, curb waste and speculation, and enable export to allies without harming domestic needs.
President Wilson will push to curb food speculation with a rapid congressional vote. He aims to create an emergency food organization led by Herbert Hoover to direct distribution fix prices and promote cultivation after talks with the secretary of agriculture and lawmakers.
In San Francisco on May 11, former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan said the people are the sole judges of what government should provide and that those who amass fortunes have been too busy collecting money to render great service to society.
Fourteen carloads of planes hangars and aviation gear will reach Chicago within ten days for the army school for aviators to be opened on the Illinois Aero club field.
Stall 86 offers fine granulated sugar Ibe 66 fresh pasteurized milk Sept or Sept Stall 51 lists six bars crystal white soap one package Sea Foam washing powder and 10¢ Creme Oil toilet soap all 25e. Stall 78 features 12 Ibs granulated sugar $1.00 with order 4 Ibs beat rice 2be 45 baking powder 40c best lima beans Ibe Ib No 2 pineapple 15c three Ge boxes matches 10c three sacks salt 16¢ 20¢ solid pack tomatoes Ibe can Ibe raisins 10c. Stall 45 sells fancy fresh killed chickens 22%c Ib round steaks 18%4c Ib sirloin steaks 18%c Ib rolled rib roasts 22%c Ib veal roasts Il Ib boiling beef 11%c.
Stall 7 offers sugar at 60 cents for 7 lbs and fresh dressed chickens at 20 cents per pound. Veal cuts, pork roasts and hams priced per pound, butter at 3 1/2 cents, peanut butter 19 cents per pound, evaporated milk 20 cents per quart, coffee around 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cents, cheese 25 cents per pound, margarine 20 cents per pound, and eggs 34 cents per dozen with three dozen for one dollar. Stall 102 lists butter at 3 1/2 cents per pound, ground peanut butter 19 cents per pound, milk 35 cents, and eggs in similar deals.
Stall listings show fresh lard and beef items, canned spices, lic or green tea priced 60c to 80c, 2 Iba and 4 The references. Prices include Centennial best flour $3.00 per sack, patent flour $2.90 per sack, pure cane sugar $8.70 per sack, and crystal white soap 8 bars. Also notes milk fed chickens and bulk tea or coffee offer.
A historical marketplace row lists stalls with items and prices including sugar at 66c, milk 8e qt, brooms 25c each, matches 10c, salt 10c, jelly 2.00 per pail, premium chocolate 25c, split peas 25c, ground chocolate 25c, washing powder 20c, coffee 1%c and 25c lb, honey 14c lb, bread 1sc, baking powder be Ib, sweet cider 5e gal, vinegar 5c gal, across stalls 6 7 9 12 17 21.
A fragmented advertisement lists items and prices across aisles and stalls including butter at 44c per pound milk at 10c per quart coffee at 19c, spinach 3 Ibs at 10c, walnuts 15c, sauerkraut 10c, mackerel 1 for 20c, red salmon 20c, Hill's coffee 37c, and various canned goods in a 1916 shop layout.
Local shopper report notes Stall 54 in the South End selling pantry items including Crisco at 40 cents a can and Palm Olive soap along with generic can goods, indicating promotional discounts and variety.
A promotional dental notice warns neglecting teeth leads to decay poisons and digestive harm. It cites rheumatism and spinal trouble as linked to bad teeth, promotes low prices and an ironclad guarantee by L. R. Clark D. D. S. and associates. It invites exams, asserts painless treatment and high standards.
A detailed list of grocery bargains from various stalls includes boneless picnic hams and shoulder hams by the pound, ling cod and rock cod priced per pound, cheeses and butter, sugars and lards substitutes, onions, radishes, potatoes, and fresh bread and ice cream. Multiple stalls such as 42 48 50 66 89 120 178 18-19 117-8 138 197-8 and 196-8 advertise items with unit prices and bulk deals for shoppers.
A hushed exchange unfolds as she accuses him of indiscretion in the nest morning. He wonders who spread the rumor while his heart pounds with the fear of gossip and unknown truth.
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