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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
6
A fragmented OCR style classified snippet lists various entries such as tee Tunk, Rieke Junk Co, 1120 Firat, Peri TUNK, LLAMA, lawyers, opticians, and Paterson Optical. The readable facts are sparse and garbled with numerous typos, offering only disjointed business names and addresses without coherent context or outcomes.
Classified plea from a male logger seeking a wife to live at home and help build a future together. Offers $1500 monthly and a promise of prosperity from a “Divine Mefentiate” enterprise. Personal ads request correspondence with young, decent women for matrimony, age under 35, and mention of several contact codes A-61 and A-14.
A large poultry operation described as a goods-story house with 1 600 birds, running water through buildings, and concrete water housing is offered. The setup includes breeding areas, storage rooms, and manure handling. It is managed by an experienced poultryman and is currently rented awaiting buyer. Price listed at 1 374. with terms for sale.
A chaotic OCR page lists names of marriages with addresses and ages, plus scattered divorce notes and hospital references. The fragment includes multiple couples, cities such as Bremerton and Los Angeles, and foreign contacts as Japan, with vague dates and unclear outcomes.
Puget Sound steamers operate local routes from Colman Pook at foot of Marion Street Seattle and at Victoria. They run frequent trips to ports including Tacoma Olympia Port Townsend Anacortes Bellingham and Friday and Sunday calls to Juan Island and San Juan Islands with daily connections and frequent two hour service.
Noted American investigator BASIS M MANLY argues in a prior piece that 1 percent of Americans own about half the nation’s wealth. He cites data from 1911 steel stock distribution and land ownership in New York Chicago and Cleveland, urging tax transparency and action to curb plutocratic control.
Market closed Tuesday for Memorial Day. Read details of home made preserves, fresh vegetables and fruits including peas strawberries rhubarb beans spinach lettuce cabbage and more. Prices listed per unit or per pound with multiple stalls and items like butter breads and shrimps.
Short items report J F Rooney a Coupeville farmer after returning from Seattle shot his wife and killed himself, Spokane policeman Arthur Enquist died during a trout fight at Deer Lake, and Harry Whitney Treat plans a new fresh water dry dock in Salmon Bay. Also notes graduates at Seattle General, county taxes due, lighthouse Alaska report, Kenny Beatton reception, Trevor Kincaid on pearl button trade, Puget Sound pearl supply interest, and a 27th anniversary Seattle fire observance.
The June 6 annual Municipal day may be scrapped in a future decision. City employees plan to oppose the proposed change, which has backing from the judiciary and department efficiency committees.
The senate approved the rivers and harbors bill by a 35 to 32 vote, appropriating 42 million dollars.
Katheryn Huntworth Jahn, 20, wife of realty and insurance man J Henry Jahn, counters divorce suit after ten days of marriage. They wed March 15 and separated March 25 following an alleged shopping-spree dispute. Jahn, 47, says she married for gain and claims his home life was unkind. He alleges she smoked cigars and was seen in hotel halls in nightwear, causing humiliation.
May 29 report from Washington states Mexican Representative Arredondo announced Manuel Mendez has arrived from Mexico City. Arredondo says he knows nothing about a note Mendez is said to carry to President Wilson and awaits a transcript of the Scott-Obregon conference. Consul Rogers wired that Carranza's communication should have reached Secretary Lansing by Saturday, with Mendez named as message bearer.
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