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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1918
Page
10
Seattle real estate ad highlights tiny city farms and rooms for sale near Ravenna Park, with prices like 1400 dollars and 559 dollars for rooms. It touts proximity to the university, city water, and street frontages as improvements loom, inviting buyers to hurry.
A chaotic wartime classifieds page lists jobs from hotel help and factory work to stenographers and office staff. It notes positions for chambermaids, elevator operators, packers, and candy department workers, plus editorial and crowd-sourced tasks and a variety of manufacturing and service roles.
The official communique notes mutual cannonading on American sectors while patrols penetrate German lines near Cantleny and a U S captain brings down a German biplane northeast of Nancy. The first U S field army of about 200 000 is allegedly formed in France. British front reports Haig raids near Merville and Arras with a German counterattack failing. Weather favorable for offense is cited by Simma with Germans massing 1 200 000 troops on the West Front.
The Patterson MacDonald ship yard on the Duwamish waterway launched its second wooden vessel of the 4,800 ton series, the Tundarra, with Mrs. William Hughes as sponsor. James A. Farrell of U S Steel was offered a directorship on the shipping board. A. J. Babcock of Seattern yards at 97 years old remains eager to contribute to the war effort. H B Mann left his mayoral aide post to join the Duthie shipyard as bolter-up. The Faith, a concrete steamship from San Francisco, is due in Seattle soon, with W Sealle Comyn arriving to greet it.
Cyril Francia Maude, creator of Grumpy, at the Metropolitan, tells UW students the war will end the English chorus man and end English stage coldness. He stirs laughter as he predicts a shift in performance style.
The board of regents at the University of Washington approved salary increases averaging 10.59 percent for faculty members. Increases range from $100 to $300 annually based on prior pay. Thirty three faculty members received honor leave for government service and twenty instructors were assigned to the military department for the coming year.
A crowded market page shows stalls and prices for pure cane sugar, Willowmoor milk, fresh ground corn meal, strawberries, Telephone peas, turnips, potatoes, seedless grapefruit, cream of tartar, vanilla, ling cod, red snapper, mackerel, soap, Sublime baking powder, Log Cabin syrup, pink salmon, pancake flour, Jello, cocoa, M J B coffee, oils, Crisco, honey, bayou beans, soya beans, prunes, raisins, beans, Federal and Borden milks, red beans, corn starch, pancake flour, sardines in tomato sauce, and more. Prices range from fractions of a dollar to about $1.78. The page lists multiple stalls by number and a mix of groceries and household goods.
A lengthy OCR readout lists numerous stalls with varied goods and prices. Items include fresh produce like strawberries and asparagus, canned fruits, dairy, cereals, oils, and household products with prices ranging from a few cents to a dollar. The fragmentary note records stall numbers and dozens of brands and package sizes.
Listings from stalls 1 through 16 advertise seedless raisins two for 25 cents, sirloin steaks and veal cutlets priced per pound, various fish like ling cod and salmon, jams, cheese and butter, eggs 39 cents a dozen, coffee 19 cents, oats 69 cents and large cans of milk. Also note sugar bacon, fresh butter, and syrup specials.
Stall listings show Borden's milk 10 cents per can and sugar at 12 percent, with several stalls offering deals on rice, soap, coffee, tuna, shrimp and walnuts. Red Seal Grocery advertises Carnation or Borden's milk three cans for 35 cents and strawberries at two boxes for 25 cents.
Central Cottolene small 550 medium 1 09 large 2 59 nine pound bag rolled oats 63c 13c jelly tumbler Olympic pancake flour 29c Quaker grits 190 Fela Naptha soap 2 for 13c Bavon soap 6 for 25c Wash Clean large 23c medium 1c five pound baking powder 85c Jiffy Jell 10c Jello 10c
Stall 17 offers fine granulated sugar at 65c per unit and 8 lbs. Stall 29 lists stone-burt corn meal 44% lbs at 27c and 9 lbs at 53c. Stall 79 carries natural milk 10c per pint and cream 20c per pint. Additional stalls advertise sausage, pork, strawberries, lemons, and onions with varying prices.
George F Cotterill assistant state highway engineer and former Beattie mayor writes to Mayor Hanson endorsing the Skagit river site for expanded Beattie electric power. He argues the Skagit resource is larger and cheaper to develop under federal policy and would serve Seattle and nearby communities, urging public ownership over private development.
Stall 67 offers sturgeon at 25 cents per pound red snapper 10 cents per pound and herring 3 dollars 10 cents per 3 pounds. Stall 55 markets pullet eggs 40 cents a dozen Snowflake oleo margarine 35 cents per pound and three pounds for 1.00. Smoked liver sausage 25 cents per pound Armour’s summer sausage 40 cents per pound.
Stalls 101-11 offer pork chops and dry salt pork with per pound prices. Stalls 46-48 feature red snapper and salt salmon with per pound and package prices. Stall 107 shows new potatoes 2 pounds at lfc, Stall 120 offers fresh cucumbers and radishes with per piece and per bunch pricing, Stall 180 lists Ghirardelli chocolate 1 pound cans and other staples, Stall 122 provides turnips and apples with per unit prices, Stall 192 offers Old Dutch Cleanser and Sea Foam with milk and hardtack priced per unit.
Six Great Lakes shipbuilding concerns were awarded contracts aggregating 100 million dollars on Monday by Charles M Schwab, director of ship building.
Lizzie E. Salisbury of Richmond Beach leaves 1800 to Seattle public and charitable institutions. The Firlands sanatorium, the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and the Florence Crittenton Home each receive 500 dollars. Seattle W. Co. A. gets 200 dollars and the Congregational Church of Richmond Beach 100 dollars. She also earmarked 500 dollars for the American Red Cross and several South Dakota church bequests.
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