Port of Seattle General Election Notice 1917
A general election is set for December 1 1917 in the Port District of Seattle to elect one commissioner for a three year term and to vote on two propositions from the Port Commission. Proposition one asks whether ferries and boats on Lake Washington and Elliott Bay should operate free of charge. proposition two authorizes bonds of 175 000 dollars to extend the Mell Street Wharf and Transit Shed, with details on issuance, interest, and tax support.
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Seattle
Willa
Krat
Tle
Port Commission
Lake Washington
Elliott Bay
Port of
Beattie
Mell Street
Lota 1
Beattie Tide Lands
Seattle Tide Lands
Blanchart Street
City of Beattie
State of Washington
City of
New York
Port Commission OF the
Robert Bridges
Ita
Public Markets Corner Stall Listing Notes
Public markets corner stall notes list various items including flour coffee milk and canned goods. The fragment mentions stall 110 and a small cabin area with miscellaneous groceries.
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Pike Place Tall
Mt. Vernon
Grocery price list from Lighthouse and Ames markets
A long OCR fragment lists various groceries with prices and brands including Lighthouse, Del Monte, Kellogg, and Yakima honey. Items include flour, sugar, butter, canned goods, meats, produce, and household supplies with per unit or per sack prices, across multiple vendors and notes on weights. The passage reads as a chaotic catalog of 19th century market offerings.
Local residents form self appointed police committee
Jensie Martin of the Washington State Prison association told the council judiciary committee on Tuesday that Matthews O Dea and Colman create a self appointed police panel that runs the local force. The hearing was adjourned for three weeks.
German duo arrested for fake statements in public record
Two German men Ernst Thode and Kurda were blocked from leaving the United States by government agents led by Howard Wright of the Bureau of Investigation. They were to sail aboard a Norwegian and a Hollander but were promptly arrested for muting fake statements in the public record.
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Ernst Thode
Kurda
America
Howard Wrieht
Department of Jualice Bureau of Investigation
United States
Puget Sound Steamer Arrives at Anacortes
Readable fragment shows a Puget Sound Steamer voyage ending at Anacortes with local route notes and a greeting from a crew member. Details are garbled but indicate a maritime arrival and departure terminology.
Potsash monopolized by Germany in Alsace Lorraine
United States dispatch notes Germany’s potash control tied to Alsace and Lorraine. It states German output and pricing harmed global agriculture and that the deposits near Mulhouse and Sausheim lie 1,500 to 3,000 feet underground. It argues that freeing Alsace Lorraine would break Germany’s world monopoly.
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Armikes
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Lorraine
United States
America
Mulhouse
Reiningen
Cernay
Soultz
Raerersheim
Beguisheim
Sausheim
Coin Shot From Post Finds Quarter in Apple
In Malone New York on a Tuesday afternoon Horace Short and Art Wella shot at a 25 cent coin on a post with a .22 rifle. Gilbert Potter joined, fired and sent the quarter into the air but it was missing. The next morning Short found the mutilated coin inside an apple.
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Malone
N. Y
Horace Short
Art Wella
Mechanic St
Short
Gilbert Potter
Potter
Three Dollars for Each Soldier Mobilizes Community Help
Joseph Lee, president of the Playground and Recreation Association of America, urges Americans to donate three dollars per soldier as part of a national drive to mobilize hospitality and support for U S troops. War Camp Community Recreation Fund, chaired by John N Willys, leads the campaign under War and Navy Department commissions. The aim is to boost national spirit in training camps and unite civilians with servicemen in victory efforts.
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Army
Joseph Lee
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Tte
War Department
Navy Department
America
War Camp Community Recreation Fund National Committee
John N. Willys
Toledo
Baker
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Mr. Lee
Microscope on Nation's Food Highlights Diet Science
Dr. Hull, a food scientist, will plan and direct exhibits the food administration displays nationwide. His use of the microscope aims to illuminate food quality and supply rather than to exaggerate shortages.
Villa Attacks OjInaga With 1200 Soldiers
United Press reports Francisco Villa led about 1,200 troops in a fan shaped assault on OjInaga across the border from Presidio Texas. Government outposts were killed or captured and gunfire crossed the border drawing Mexican women and children into refuge. Villa was not seen at the front with his forces. a soldier said he directs from San Antonio Mexico.
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Texas
Ojinaga
Francisco Villa
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United Press
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Mexico
Stronghold of the Bolshevik Taken by Gen Korniloff
Copenhagen reports Gen Korniloff’s troops seized the Kremlin in Moscow after a severe fight. The Berlingske Tidende notes rumors that Gen Kal edinest, head of the Don Cossacks, proclaimed himself dictator of Russia.
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United Press
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Gem Korniloffs
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Berlingske Tidente
Russia
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Don Cossacks
Karkoffi
Bringhurst Will Aid Government
Mayor Gill and the city cooperated with federal authorities to curb irresponsible explosives sales. At Washington's request, Gill proposed Fire Marshal Harry Bringhurst as the federal explosive license officer.
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Gill
Uncle Sam
Washington
Harry Bringshuret
French Raids Win With Three Point Attacks Along Meuse
United Press report from Paris notes unusual artillery activity on the Meuse with French troops carrying out raids southeast of Saint Quentin east of Sapigneul and at Le Chaume wood.
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United Press
Paris
Meuse
St. Quentin
Sapigneul
le Chaume Wood
Fight at Great Northern docks ends with gunfire
Benjamin Prim and Arthur Wright, both longshoremen, were arrested after a quarrel at the Great Northern docks. Prim says Wright beat him, then Prim returned with a gun and fired twice, missing Wright. Wright is held as a witness while Prim faces an open charge.
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Day
Arthur Wright
14Th Ave. S
Great Northern Docks
Prim
Wright
Medical Corps Men Attend Film at Camp Lewis
At Camp Lewis Tacoma on November 14 two hundred medical corps men were required to attend a moving picture at the YMCA auditorium titled The Beginnings of Life. The event aimed to educate personnel on early human development.
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