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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1917
Page
7
An assorted list catalogs many massage rooms and bathhouses in multiple locations with hours and addresses across hotels and motels. It also advertises spiritual mediums and clairvoyants offering readings, consultations, and private sessions at various venues with hours and contact details.
Market list shows Malin and Corner Saturday items with items like soy beane macaron i c, beans and milk products. Featured are 87 88 price lines, cans of peas and milk, butter in 600 ib quantities, sauerkraut and eggs, with assorted prices and quantities.
A fragmentary listing details items and prices at Mtall and Atall stores for Saturday sales including sugar, flour, tuna, beans, milk, bacon, and more. It also notes shipping schedules with vessels Admiral Dewey Jefferson and others arriving or departing from Alaska and California ports.
Ballard defense society distributes posters warning residents to deter a slugger who may pose as a woman and break into houses. Women are told to raise noise, lock doors, nail windows, and alert neighbors, with guidance to chase suspects and remain vigilant for a guard patrol nearby.
Readers of The Star offer remedies to curb a woman slugger threat in Seattle. Letters urge revolver clubs, large rewards for arrest, police residency in districts, and badge assurances for meter readers, arguing for proactive protection of women and neighborhoods.
A Star editorial accuses female laborers of being strikebreakers recruited by a streetcar company and questions the company’s ability to cover rail fare for such operatives, reflecting local tensions over labor action and transportation firms.
Mrs. Murray of 1130 North 82nd Street recounts a nighttime attack by a mugger who forced her into the bedroom. She fired two shots from a pistol, the first blank, as she protected herself and continued canning beans the next day.
A reader named J. W. Griffith urges The Star to press city officials for meter inspectors to wear an official cap with a badge on duty. He also calls for precautions against peddlers and solicitors to protect women from attacks.
An old timer urges using Chas. Wappenstein, a famed Seattle crime fighter, to tackle the slugger problem. The writer argues Wappy’s authority and methods would swiftly reduce crime, more effectively than extra police, claiming 60 days would cleanse the city of women sluggers porch climbers stick-up men and similar gentry.
Chief Beckingham signs general orders describing the woman slugger as reported by her victims. The documents will be issued to all special officers enlisted in the hunt.
Military units from Fort Worden and Puget Sound Navy base will march through Seattle Saturday night for the Liberty Loan parade. Western Washington troops including First, Third, Sixth Companies under George Drever join Wagner’s band and Naval Militia to form the parade, with Washington infantry and Bremerton bands leading along First to Stewart streets. Maj. Llewellyn and Maj. Ingraham marshal the event with red flares and a banner bearing Wilson’s call to conquer or die.
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