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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
7
Notice from Puget Bound Navigation Co outlines landing points and passenger responsibilities for boat travel. It states landing points, risk and liability for arrivals, ticket pricing details, weight allowances, and that tickets must be bought at the Colman Deck ticket office from 3:00 PM to midnight.
Market stalls list assorted goods and prices including war flour high grade white flour molasses oats corn starch corn flakes sugar milk Carnation milk Sunmald raisins and Bluestem flour with varied weights and per unit costs. Prices shown in cents per unit and per pound.
Sugar eight pounds at 65 cents per stall. Milk nine cents a quart. Mason jars seventy cents a dozen. Ivory soap two bars large package. Citrus powder twenty two cents. Potatoes delivered at 1.65 per sack. Florida russet grapefruit six for twenty five cents.
Stall 1509 offers fresh churned Washington creamery butter at 50 cents per pound. Libby’s solid pack tomatoes and Armour mince meat priced per pound. Stalls 1 through 26 feature Crystal White soap at 22 cents, flake white soap at 26 cents per pound, and corn flakes 25 cents a package.
Stall 109 offers fancy sweet potatoes and other produce with price tags. Stall 105 sells Wesson oil Quaker oats and peas by the can and case. Stall 146 lists bread doughnuts and cakes. Stall 122 features Netted Gem potatoes and Home Beauty apples with per box and per pound prices. Stall 197 shows milk options from Federal or Mt. Vernon. Stall 187 advertises Washington creamery butter at 48 cents per pound.
Raymond Fosdick, head of the training camps activities commission, denounces Grace Harmiston of New York for alleging 600 girls near a camp are about to become mothers. He calls the charge gross and damning, says most soldiers are well behaved, and invites Harmiston to Washington to present proof.
James Crehan, secretary to Mayor Gill, with Seattle bankers, will establish a state bank at Camp Lewis cantonment. A soldiers business service bureau and safety deposit department will operate there. A building will be erected at the cantonment entrance. Maj. Gen. HM A Greene signed the permit. Crehan will remain Mayor Gill's secretary during the term.
Detectives A A Brown and C Harris arrested four men at 10 30 Friday morning in room 80 of the Grand Central hotel for liquor in possession. A suitcase contained 16 pints and three quarts of whiskey. The arrestees were W McDonald 30 Albert Ott 25 8 Thomas F Smith 39 and R D Fitsimmons 28 booked on an open charge.
Blash Felicean an Austrian living at Crane near Enumclaw Washington was jailed after making raisin wine and was fined 69.50 in justice court. Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich arrested him.
Dan Jago, 26, an Austrian, was jailed pending removal to Fort Lawton for slacker status after failing to report for a physical examination. He was arrested at the Spike ton mine near Buckley, Washington, and registered June 5 at Bayne, Washington. Meanwhile, King County Democratic club officers election set for Saturday noon, November 17, at Good Eats cafeteria with Gerald Relf as principal speaker. Rev Father Powell conducts Trinity Parish day of devotion with services at 7:30 am 9:30 am 12 pm 3 pm and 6 pm.
A list of stalls and prices for fresh eggs potatoes turnips apples cereals flour sugar dairy butter honey and pickles. Notable prices include fresh ranch eggs at 50¢ per dozen and large cooking apples at 79¢ per box.
Stall 27 offers fine eating apples at 1.50 a box. Elliott Fish Co lists silver smelts 2he. Stall 19 sells fresh peanut butter and sauerkraut, 2 qts each. Strong's supplies two cans new pack corn and two cans tomatoes 25c each, plus six cans Lighthouse Cleanser 25c and 12 lbs potatoes at 2c. Red Seal Grocery Annex stocks macaroni 4% pkgs 2c, butter 50¢ Ib, and comb honey 20c. Stall 24 features fresh Washington creamery butter 50¢ Ib and new comb honey.
Local stalls list multiple advertised bargains including Jersey butter 60c per lb, full cream cheese 2 lb, breakfast bacon 5c per lb, round steak 20c per lb, Del Monte pears 40c per can, Mission pineapple 29c per can, evaporated apricots unpitted, buckwheat flour 40c per sack, Olympia pancake flour 29c, coffee cakes two for 25c, and Jelly relishes 10c each.
Senorita Dolores Bonillas the daughter of Mexico's ambassador to the United States is to wed the embassy's first secretary on November 17. The announcement highlights her as one of Mexico's most beautiful daughters.
Miss Virginia Swope, a young artist, was moved from a hotel room to Bellevue psychiatric ward after a day of anxiety. She dangled from a third floor sash at the Vandyck studios on Eighth Avenue until a police officer saved her by grabbing her ankles.
Gainesville Georgia November 16 Marry Hollen receives a sister letter dated 26 years earlier The note shows two post marks and appears to have traveled only from Mainesboro to Gainesville a distance of 18 miles The letter was found in a cedar chest where it had been stored after being carried in a brother in law's pocket.
A compact notice appears in the Star Want Ads seeking a lost artwork. The entry requests information leading to recovery and provides contact details for the listing.
Maj. Albert Moodie in the adjutant general's office says local draft boards have nearly finished final reports as Seattle gears for the new draft system. Enlistments must occur before December 15. afterward men will be called as needed under a simplified process.
Anna Louise Strong condemns a circulating recall against her as false, says anti conscription ties have been misrepresented by a press agent, and offers the public a vote on her school board tenure while admitting peaceful views.
London news reports Sir Eric Geddes warning the House of Commons that the submarine menace is not yet under control. He cautioned against over optimism from official statements claiming shipping losses have fallen.
Imam Din and Frans Bopp were indicted in San Francisco on a revolutionary conspiracy charge. Din surrendered in Seattle to federal officials and claimed unawareness of the government, saying a friend said he worked in Northwest lumber mills. The Juneau Alaska Company shipped salmon and copper ore from Alaska.
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