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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
10
A local Beattie man faces a pedlock on his door amid legal scrutiny of chiropody practice. The Secretary board of chiropedy tested him and enforcement followed section 3 licensing rules. He reportedly complied with section 1 forbidding practice without a license.
Noted phrenologist offers readings revealing past, present, and future in one session. Special one week offer at Antlers Hotel Room 47, Fourth and Main, from 9 am to 9 pm. 60 cents.
Edin Ripley of the Ripley Fish Co. was found guilty by a jury in Judge Mitchell's court of violating fish and game ordinances. The incident involved possession of crabs out of season. The hearing occurred Monday in the local courthouse.
A string of clairvoyants and card readers advertise services in local venues. MME DOLLORAS, MADAM PAULING, MADAM FRANK-NOTED, MAY A BANKS, and MADAM DU BURN claim to reveal love, marriage, business, and fate through readings at addresses including 161% Second Ave and Plaza Hotel rooms 204 and 264.
A block of text lists several advertised spiritual readings by various clairvoyants and mediums at multiple addresses and hours, followed by a legal notice announcing the first meeting of creditors in a bankruptcy case, with venue, date, and purpose.
Eight trains of soy bean oil will depart Seattle on Wednesday heading to Cincinnati Ohio. The 40 tank cars carry 6 000 gallons each totalling 240 000 gallons. Oil imported from Manchuria by Rogers Brown Co with offices in the Hoge building.
Readable sections list many goods with prices including baking powder Marigold 20c 1b. whale meat 12c lb. sirloin steak 22c lb. halibut 20c lb. salmon 20c lb. butter 47c lb. coffee 29c lb. apples 1.26 to 1.60 per box. flour 2.45 2.00. Also soap, pickles, potted meats, and canned goods with varied stall numbers and delivery options.
A garbled catalog shows numerous prices for grocery items at stalls 27 29 35 37-38 and 40. Items include oleomargarine peanut butter strained honey bread lemon vanilla extract cocoa coffee and Wesson oil with prices ranging from a few cents to about a dollar per unit.
A roundup of community events includes dances at Douglas hall on Oct 27 with Edith Kempthorne to speak at Lincoln High on Camp Fire Girls Work. Lectures by Mrs. St Clair Stewart on war experiences, a Y M C A midweek meeting, and a University of Washington transportation course initiative.
A tidbit lists assorted grocery items with prices such as jelly two glasses, fancy Queen olives 26 cents per pint, peanut butter two pounds 35 cents, pickles sixteen cents a dozen, home made marmalade twenty cents, salmon twenty cents per can, butter fifty six cents a pound, fresh eggs sixty five cents a dozen.
Police boarded the steamship Alameda at Landerst Wharf at 5 30 a m and seized 186 bottles of booze from Alaska. Nine crew members were arrested.
Amsterdam dispatches report Austrian Foreign Minister Czernin attacked Chancellor Michaelis over Germany's peace terms. Michaelis offered vague replies while Czernin urged clear concessions, sparking heated debate in Teutonic circles.
A Day Nursery association appeals for 6000 to cover daily care for 40 children. The committee lacks funds for mail appeals and asks supporters to send 1 donations to treasurer Misa Collins at 1205 Uni. Last year the association cared for children and 445.58 in taxes must be paid.
Boston based Wir Star Line officials announce cablegrams reporting the sinking in a submarine zone of their steamers Bostonian and Menthian. The disaster is confirmed from United Press wires dated October 16.
The trial of John Cudihee's suit for 10000 in personal injury damages began in Superior Judge Man's department. He alleges a fall through defective planking at Iowa Street and Spokane Avenue on December 15 caused serious injuries.
Pittsburg Railways Co. charges a wide German plot to cripple works after 250 carmen refuse to take out two trippers. The early and late cars transport thousands of munition workers to major plants, with the strike disrupting services in Pittsburg.
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