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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1917
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR yields ambiguous text about a coast aver and a first held event. No clear entities or dates are readable. Summary reflects uncertainty while noting the readable fragmentary wording.
Classified display rates listed for May 1. rates include advance payment options per insertion and longer terms. Monthly and multi month prices shown with discounts for 6 and 12 month commitments. Legal ads noted under Ad Department.
The Seattlestal Directory ad lists traders block Third Ave hours 9 to 9 Sundays 10 to 1. Also an acreage for sale: one acre with fruit trees berries soil quality near main traveled land one block from NP depot. $160 cash with monthly balance. Burke & Ferrar, Inc at dock to inquire.
Listings show two acres with house near navy yard for 500 dollars and other parcels from five to sixty acres. Properties include a ranch, dairy land, lots in Parke and Farrar addition, and houses for rent or lease near the navy yard with varying terms and prices.
A. J. McArthur a drug tender at 219 Washington Ave will appear before the superior court and is released on a $100 bond. A report by Superintendent T Josenhans lists 740 building permits with a construction value of 441800 issued in September. Dean Hugo Winkenwerder of the University College of Forestry will lecture at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening as part of a forestry series.
In Duff y West Virginia Norman Will found his name on an egg ship ped from his father’s farm with a note asking for a “nice lite wife.” He received a letter in a woman’s handwriting calling him a “poor boob.” Will blames commission men for the egg incident. A purse with $30 disappeared from Mrs. F. Hennessy’s room on East Pikest Monday night. Seattle Oxygen Co reported an 1800 pound pressure oxygen tank stolen from their plant Monday. Sneak thieves robbed Mrs. A. E. White’s store cash drawer at 19th Ave North Monday of $12 while she was away briefly. An auto driven by W. R. Riggs injured Henry Selatad at First Ave and Wall St Monday. Albert Osborne, arrested at Everett Monday, is charged with being a slacker with $3,000 bail. In Judge Gilliam’s court Monday John Arishin sues King County for $10,000 over the death of his 5 year old daughter Nellie killed March 21 by a deputy sheriff at 12th Ave and Jackson St.
London suggests Americans must learn aviation slang as pilots describe terms like stall crash bus quirk sewing machine and joystick. The piece notes slang evolves with early flight and hints at an international aviation dictionary to keep pace with new words.
Washington observers say allied forces with American aid will press an ocean offensive next year. England targets rail arteries to Germany and Zeebrugge bases while winter conditions threaten further rail cuts. Success hinges on Menin road and the ability to disrupt submarine feeding lines and ocean posts.
Consumers face higher winter coal costs near 7.25 per ton as furnace and lump coal merge. Fuel Administrator Garfield permits changes to improve heating quality. Operators argue higher mining costs justify the price, warn of limited stock and possible delivery delays that could push costs higher.
Seattle youth Ruth Miller who studied in Paris will perform at the First Presbyterian church in a Wednesday night benefit for French children. Supporting acts include the Spargur string quartet Mrs Lawrence Bogle pianist and Dr F B Palmer organist. About five hundred naval trainees from the university station will attend.
A Seattle Liberty loan campaign move starts with a downtown parade and dance for uniformed service members. 800 Coast artillery from Fort Worden, 950 naval personnel from the university, and local marines will march, dine, and dance while restrictions keep nonuniformed men off the dance floor. Wives and families encouraged to attend. Business leaders coordinate bonds blanks and info. First speeches given at Frye hotel by Robert P. Oldham. Sixty four minute men to explain bonds to movie audiences while Puget Sound Life Underwriters pledge support and elect Joseph L. Greenwood president.
Anderson's Bayo beans 1ife Ib. sor beans 2 IMR 35 minced clams 2 cans ihe aeparagus lie can. Stall 48 Jersey butter 70 Ib best storage eel 450 Gos. Stall 42 lamb chops 25¢ Ib potato sausage Ife Ib. Stall 60 rye oe 3 loaves 250 raisins bread 10c oat.
The page lists numerous stalls and items with prices including stall 46 crabs at 16 cents each and salmon, salt cod, clams, and beet. stall 89 describes boiling beer, corned beef, rib steak, and baking powders. stall 106 offers sugar and Royal baking powder with broom. stall 182 features Wheat Hearts Carnation milk crackers and more. stall 109 shows potatoes and sugar items. stall 24 Washington butter and stall 19 sauerkraut and peanut butter with varied prices.
A detailed snapshot from Pike Place stalls listing prices and items including sugar 40 cents per 5 pounds, oats 25 cents per 3 pounds, brown rice 36 cents per unit, caned fish balls 23 cents or 2 for 45 cents, peaches 50 cents per crate and Yakima potatoes at 2.25 each, with other staples such as flour 60 cents per 10 pound sack, sauerkraut 25 cents per quart, olives 20 cents per pint, and cod and other seafood offerings priced per pound.
A dense listing of grocery and household items with stall numbers and prices. Items include sugar at 64c, soap at 6 bars, salt in sacks, veal roast, pot roast, oleomargarine, peanut butter, honey, peanut butter, sweet potatoes, crab apples, peaches, grapes, salmon, shrimp, beans, toilet paper, baking soda, raisins, elbow macaroni, matches, soup meats, steaks, milk, coffee, Crisco, gas and canned goods. Prices per unit or crate vary across stalls 0 to 110, listing vendors and quantities.
Twenty five jitney drivers won a new lease on life as Superior Judge King Dykeman denied Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co. the injunction to restrain free automobiles. He said free jitneys are a public necessity and not a subterfuge as claimed by the federal judge.
Ten passengers escaped injury when a Great Northern sleeping coach derailed near King Street station in Portland around 11 p m Monday. Officials consider deliberate switch tampering or a split switch as possible causes. Two cars left the train and struck a Northern Pacific switch engine. engineer Arthur Westberg leaped clear with sprains.
The First National Bank promotes trade acceptances to replace book credit as a means to ease capital needs for buyers and sellers. The Federal Reserve Bank supports helping customers use capital more efficiently. Ask for full information about trade acceptance drafts and adopt them in business now.
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