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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1916

Page

2

Poultry Farm Offers Near Kirkland with House and Poultry

Immigrant land and poultry prospect listed for sale along new Milwaukee and Mt Paul lines. Farm features a fenced house with electric lights water and garden space. 26 acres near Three Lakes area with stream access. price 75 per acre with terms 50 cash and 15 monthly. Advertising partner Murke & Farrar.

Aachen Milwaukee Paul Ky Cherry Beattie Acts River Valley Land Dept L C Smith Three Lakes Lumaer CO Kirkland Madison Madison Park

Acreage for sale near Mer attle center Washington

Auction notice offers 16 acre tracts east of Hoothell near Hollywood Carnation Pettibone farms in Washington state. Prices quoted 40 to 66 dollars per acre with monthly payments and 1 3rd of actual worth. Investors urged to inspect addition and call for details at Aasen and Seaton Co. First Ave Willen Ga4T. Purchasers offered tracts with springs and creeks.

Board of Labor Navy Yard Puget Sound Wash Washington Tt Star Selie Third Ave Keys Sharp Shop Nn Lundquist-lAlly Nn Lundquist-lAlly Upstairs Clothes Shop, Green Ridg Soler Barher Occidental Ave Aleo Dunn Tronk Co Yester Kavanaugh Parish the Star Seveath Union Pacific Ornamental Tron Works Queen Anne Hoothell Merattle Center Washington Aasen & Seaton Itie Firet Willen

Public Markets Prices Burst With Steady Variety

Mintle stalls offer salt pork at 12 percent cents per pound and sliced ham amid a broad display including pot roset and lamb. Other stalls list dried prunes 26 cents, fancy figs, peanut butter, mustard chow chow, and cordials. Fresh salmon, mackerel, butter, eggs, cream cheese, and sirloin and round steaks appear with assorted price marks.

Ile Washington Oregon Italia

Local Market Stalls Advertise Pantry Goods

The listing shows stalls offering granulated sugar 2e, pasteurized milk, canned pork and beans 10¢, sardines 4e, chipped beef 10¢, ketchup, honey, cottage cheese 10¢, apples 1.00 per box, walnuts 2 lb, potatoes 1.60 per sack with delivery options.

Grocery list from Stong's catalog excerpt

A fragment lists assorted items with prices including corn meal prunes coffee olives toilet paper baking powder matches beans peas tomatoes vinegar and rice. The readable entries show unit prices like 40c for broom and 25c for cleaner and 4 for many staples.

Stong's Italy

Lenox Market Ad Lists Mixed Grocery Prices

A fragment from a Lenox area ad lists several grocery items with prices including bacon 25 cents per pound, bread two loaves, red cabbage 2 cents, canned goods 8 cents, fresh mackerel two pounds, tomatoes two pounds, oats 6 cents per pound, and toilet paper rolls priced at 106. The list features various staples and household needs in a vintage shop ad tone.

Bros

Protest Booze Bills at University Christian Church

A mass meeting to protest initiative measures Nos. 18 and 24 is called tonight at 8 o'clock at the University Christian Church corner 15th and 50th N. E K Henry Albers McLean George D. Conger and Mayor H. C. Gul will speak. All are invited.

University Christian Church N. EK Henry Albers McLean Geo. D. Conger H. C. Gul

For Rent Cars Cheat County In Fraud Sweep

Deputy Prosecutor Palmer announced six justice court convictions and a countywide effort to arrest license violators. He said drivers and owners of For Rent cars have used split or altered license numbers and other schemes to cheat the county out of money, with warrants issued for John Doe violators.

Palmer Aix John Doe Justice Court

Drought Threatens Puget Sound Power and Transit

Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co and municipal systems use steam auxiliary power as water supply runs low. The drought on the 46th day, per Observer Selistburg, shows no change in prospects and warns grave danger for power lighting and street railways without rain within about ten days.

Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co Marke Dreath Selistburg

New Aliens Will Enrich This Port

Seattle becomes a full fledged port of entry for aliens starting Wednesday, announced by Immigration Commissioner White. The business, diverted from Vancouver, BC, is estimated to bring about $1,000,000 yearly to American railroads. Seattle pursued the claim for about five years, with federal authorities taking it seriously four years ago.

Seattle White Vancouver B. C

Dog Saves Master From Burning Home In Salem

In Salem Oregon on October 24 a dog awakened A R Jacobs as his residence burned. Jacobs slept through the smoke and flames until the barking roused him. He escaped to the street dragging the dog with him as the fire spread.

Salem Ore A. R. Jacobs Jacobs

Navy ships renamed in Seattle plan

Announcement in Seattle by the Chamber of Commerce says Acting Secretary Roosevelt has directed that the cruiser Washington be renamed Seattle. The change follows Navy policy to name one of the new dreadnoughts after the state.

Seattle Chamber of Commerce Navy Roosevelt Washington

Local injuries and incidents reported across city

Charles Smith is in the city hospital with a fractured leg and other injuries after a Salvation Army truck collision driven by L. L. Starr. James Bagley notes the coal industry is at a historic peak. A burglar is surprised by Mrs. J. J. Reardon as he fled. Jewelers face supply shortages due to wartime. The Northwest’s first motorship tides at Youngs Bay by Me. Eachrin Standifer Clarkson. W. P. White held on $1500 bond for misusing client funds. E C Hughes urges US urgency postwar echo. Ralph Consiligo injured by a machine driven by G. J. Smith. Smith released on bail.

Charles Smith 44Th Ave S. W Salvation Army L. L. Starr James Bagley J. J. Reardon 20Th Ave Seattle E. C. Hughes G. J. Smith Smith

Aviator Drowns Diving for Graduation Diploma

Chester reporter states Alexander Brown age 40 of Bryn Mawr drowned in the Delaware River while making a final flight to qualify for a diploma from the Philadelphia School of Aviation at Eveington. He miscalculated distance and plunged beneath the surface. body recovered shortly after. Brown was a well known polo player.

Chester Alexander Brown Bryn Mawr Delaware Philadelphia School of Aviation Eveington Brown

Bones Solve Barrett Murder Mystery Near Santa Monica

Charred bones including a skull fragment and iron bars were found under an outhouse on Benton L. Barrett’s Santa Monica area farm. Detectives conclude the bones reveal how Barrett killed a wife and her son and disposed of the bodies, with earlier calved bones misidentified as the victims.

Los Angeles Benton L. Barrett Santa Monica Ferguson Frrett Barrett Real Barrett

Charge farmer beat his wife in Kent area

Jennie McKibben, 60, wife of Covington farmer D. McKibben, appeared with a battered face before Deputy Prosecutor Summers. Deputies requested a warrant for assault against the husband after neighbors complained of mistreatment. She refused to testify, and McKibben was arrested and jailed on $750 bail. she was placed in the county hospital.

Jennie McKibben D. & McKibben Covington Kent Summers Ser Calhoun Stark McKibben

Pantages Show Opens Festival With Slavic Dancers and Comedy

Theatres Pantages presents Russian dancers led by Horelik Mile Tatiana and Natelia as headline act of the new Pantages program. Howard and Phelds perform a blackface comedy The Dining Car Minstrels. Schepp's comedy circus features dogs monkeys and ponies. Also on the bill are Oscar Lee singer Santucci accordion Frear Baggott and Frear jugglers and a new episode in The Crimson Stain. The indoor festival opens Tuesday evening under the Consumers' League at 305-7 2nd St North End doctors at a Firlands supper hosted by Health Commissioner McBride and a tour of the tuberculosis sanitarium.

Horelik Mile Tatiana Natelia Howard and Phelds Schepp Oscar Lee Santucci Frear Baggott The Crimson Stain

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