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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
9
A vintage ad promotes a spiritual medium and phrenologist claiming to reveal life plans, marriages, health, and fortunes. It promises confidential readings and satisfaction guarantees, with hours listed at the Antiere Hotel, Fourth and Ten.
An advertisement touts Madam Mellie a renowned clairvoyant and medium promising to read life past present and future. It claims true advice on business love health and family and to name future partners. One visit covers many future appointments and she promises to remove obstacles and help obtain desired results.
A chaotic ad page touts multiple clairvoyants and palmists offering readings on business love health and fate. It claims one visit can remove obstacles reveal future marital prospects and provide lucky steps with varied locations and pricing in a bustling promotion of spiritual services.
Classified notices and ads display multiple clairvoyants and card readers offering readings for 50 cents to 2 dollars with rooms at various hotels. Also public notice from the State Bank Examiner about liquidation of the German-American Mercantile Bank of Seattle with claim filings due by July 3, 1917.
A newspaper market listing reports stalls closing all day Wednesday for Memorial Day. The dense inventory notes prices on sugar milk bread tomatoes peaches prunes and beans, with multiple stalls offering salmon trout cherries walnuts and other staples alongside garden produce and canned goods.
Retail stalls show a large assortment of meats dairy produce and groceries with prices per pound or item. Items include liver pot roast bacon veal potatoes beans grape fruit peaches and canned goods across stalls 14 16 and 66 with several brands and specials noted.
Short change artists were operating in Seattle on Tuesday. WG Mohindra of 607 Westlake Ave reported a man short changed his clerk out of 4 dollars. Miss Atkins of Smiths grocery at 1635 Eighth Ave reported two men short changed her out of 19 dollars.
Vienna dispatches say attempts to form a new Hungarian cabinet have collapsed. Count Andrassy had been chosen to replace Count Tisza and sought to unite all political elements, but was rebuffed in the effort to create a three party ministry.
Captain Tozler’s $50,000 Northwest relic collection sold to George G. Heye of New York and shipped east. Alaska totems aged a century, stone implements and beaded ornaments, jade platters, and Haida designs were among the items. Export restrictions and trading with natives marked the collection’s history. The Osaka Sohen Kaisha line’s Hawaii Maru suffered a broken air pump en route, disabled about 300 miles off coast. The Skinner & Eddy plant expands to build two new ways for 4000 ton government ships. Tensho Maru sails from Seattle with a large general cargo.
Wallingford Community Club schedules Tuesday night discussion at Lincoln High Auditorium on free use of public school buildings as community centers. Invited to answer questions include President E Shorrock and School Board Director Nathan Eckstein along with speakers Dr D D Johnston and Thomas F Murphine.
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