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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
9
A faded classified page shows elderly widowers, hopeful men, and women seeking companionship, matrimony, or employment. Names and addresses appear for seeks of housekeepers, correspondents, and potential spouses, with offers of travel, real estate, and business chances.
Property offering a 1 room house freshly papered and painted with good water service. Land level cleared and cultivated for years with fencing, fronting a county road 260 feet from the highway and near an interurban station. Price 676 dollars with easy terms offered. Also two small houses with small balances to pay. Open for settlement drawings and land descriptions available by mail.
Notice invites bids for merchantable timber on four tracts within the Brekomich Indian Reservation Washington. Tracts include Douglas fir, cpdtar, piles and cedar poles with minimum bids per M feet and per linear foot for piles. bids due noon July 17, 1916, in triplicate with certified check. Separate bids per tract. deposits forfeited if accepted bid and bonds not furnished.
Births listed for Antonia Teresa, Girt to Mr and Mrs Antonia Teresa. Roy to Mr and Mrs Lauren Griffith. Frank Faecenter to Mr and Mrs Han Nichols Thompson. others. Marriages include Edwin J L Stanton and Gladys Carey. Frank Towle and Grace Barger. Charles Raynes and Minnie Hratten. John Sehorr and Heasie Booth. Herman Francis and Zeila Wyatt. Paul Burnet and Nannie Hyrne. Deaths note Annie Dale and Mary Moser with hospital and date references. divorces listed for several couples with non support and cruelty claims.
Lawyers ask Judge Morrow to declare John M. Level legally dead while James N. Level is jailed for debt. The move would release John Level from a 15 year life prison sentence at San Quentin, with James Level in debt detention.
Joseph Eth and two other survivors rode a careening lifeboat for 27 hours after the Roanoke sank off Port San Luis Cal. They refused to jettison five dead companions, carrying nearly a ton of bodies toward shore to grant a proper burial. The trio endured freezing conditions and dwindling hope as others perished before sighting a lighthouse and rescue.
Puget Sound Steamers list daily service from Colman Dock to Victoria Port Townsend Port Angeles Anacortes Bellingham and other Puget Sound points. Timed departures from Colman Dock include 12 20pm 1 00pm every two hours with single and round trip rates, with connections at Tacoma and Olympia bound trips. Sailings note landings passengers must arrange own landings and assume landing risk. Tickets available at Colman Dock ticket office open 620 am to midnight.
A long list of grocery prices and items at Stong's Market includes condensed milk 10¢, flour $1.15, dried prunes 4 lb for 2, lard 3 lb for 30¢, pasteurized milk and butter priced per pound, fresh seafood including halibut and salmon, eggs 2 dozen, and various canned goods. Multiple stalls reference different departments such as Stall 27 for lard and Stall 14 for fresh produce, with prices noted across items like cheese, pickles, olives, and fruit.
Manuel O Lopez and J Elb quartermaster of the Roanoke sue California South Sea Navigation Co and Northern Pacific Steamship Co in federal court claiming gross overloading and improper stowage caused the wreck. Lopez seeks 3088.76 dollars and Elb 2612.85 dollars with 2500 dollars each for 26 hours in an open boat plus loss of personal effects.
W. C. Colburn a Eureka Utah miner entombed in a caved in shaft spoke from depths and asked friends to care for his wife and five children. Separately George A. Lee of Seattle spoke as a Republican gubernatorial candidate at North Yakima on Wednesday. The Scabbard and Blade honorary military society banqueted and will march in a preparedness parade. General Funston declined more artillery from the War Department. A six year old daughter of Professor Horace Byers was struck by a streetcar in the University district, badly bruised. Mrs. C. H. Wharton head of the Women’s Roosevelt club was chosen delegate to the Progressive National Convention in Chicago and hosted a reception. W. M. Whitney urged preparedness in a Wednesday night speech. Amphion society officers were elected Wednesday night.
Washington May 25 Representative Kahn asked Secretary Baker for a ruling on whether federal employees in coastal cities could take a 30 day leave of absence to participate in civilian military training camps at Monterey and American Lake without losing their positions. A decision will be issued later.
Health department officials say the city shows improvement with smallpox cases falling from 16 to 11, signaling progress in containment efforts and ongoing monitoring by public health authorities.
A reader writes about a scene in The Amber Collar Button where the sewer digger who picked up the purse did not wear a union apron during a prem anre sewer digger moment.
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