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Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1916

Page

2

Spiritual mediums Egypt phrenologist listing bungalow with water

Classified notice for a garden pottery house bungalow with spring water and a large poultry house for hundreds of chickens. Property outlines lead level rich coal under fence high elevation and proximity to a ferry dock within a 16 minute walk. Price 1250 dollars terms 160 cash monthlyTake Madison car and Kirkland beat to our office on Kirkland wharf Kurke and Farrar owners.

Laree Poultry House Ferry Dock Madison Car Kirkland Kirkland Wharf Kurke & Farrar

A O U W Celebrates 47th Anniversary Event

The A O U W marks its 47th anniversary founded by John Jordon Upchurch in Meadville Pennsylvania on October 27 1868. Columbia lodge No 2A O U W hosts an entertainment and dance at Knights of Pythias hall First and Pike Friday night with no admission charged.

John Jordon Upchurch Meadville Penn Columbia Lodge Knights of Pythias Hall First Pike

Danube Bridge Blow Reported as War Advances

Wireless dispatches from Sayville report Romanian troops blew up the Danube bridge at Cernavoda. An official war office statement confirms Mackenzen’s army gains in Dobrudja and new pushes against Romanians on the Transylvanian front. A separate note describes school children releasing 10,000 fireflies at the imperial palace as a salute to the emperor.

SARHW Ou B Williams CO O. Rh Williams Co Firet Ave Westlake Billiott Edison Berian Sayville Danube Cernavoda War Office Furter Mackenzen Dobrudja Yoshihite Imperial Palace

Snow sheds in Cascades to end winter blockades

Officials of the Great Northern railroad say new snow sheds in the Cascades will eliminate winter blockades. Rear Admiral William Fullam, commander of the Pacific reserve fleet, will be the honor guest at a Bremerton banquet. Local businessmen in Charleston and Port Orchard note travel and trade implications.

Great Northern Railroad Cascades William Fullam Pacific Reserve Fleet Bremerton Charleston Port Orchard Busness John Tikanen Michigan

Amsterdam Seeks Wider North Sea Canal Without Locks

Amsterdam papers discuss enlarging and deepening the North Sea canal and removing Ymuiden locks to create a free waterway to Amsterdam. They argue only a lockless route could curb Rotterdam’s growing trade with its sea level canal connections.

Amsterdam North Sea Ymuiden Rotterdam

Spinster Ada Hodgkins Leaps to Death in San Francisco

Ada Hodgkins a 42 year old blind woman commits suicide by leaping from the fourth story of the Thomas apartments. Her sister Constance, also with health issues, witnessed the tragedy and is said to be gravely ill. The sisters came to San Francisco from Winona Minnesota several months ago.

San Francisco Ada Hodgkins Thomas Apartments Miss Hodgkins Constance Hodgkins Ada Constance Sherrydan Winona Minn

Birth Control Priestess Margaret Sanger Arrested in Brooklyn

Margaret Sanger was arrested at her birth control clinic in Brownsville Brooklyn after a raid led by police matron Margaret Whitehurst who visited in disguise. About 20 women were found inside and were booked as witnesses for the upcoming trial.

New York Margaret BR. Sanger Amboy St Brownsville Brooklyn Sanger Margaret Whitehurst Police Department

Britain’s Coastline Erodes as Ocean Advances Each Year

A historical note states that by ongoing coastal erosion the British shoreline loses each year land area roughly the size of Gibraltar, highlighting sea level rise and erosion impacts along Great Britain.

Great Britain Gibraltar

Eradication of Texas fever tick boosts Southern cattle

Washington report details a government drive to wipe out the Texas fever tick, saving farmers $100 million annually. Since 1918, 542,779 square miles were quarantined and now 108,250 square miles have been released. The program hinges on dipping cattle in arsenic baths to prevent reinfestation.

F. M. Kerby Washington, D. C U.S. Department of Agriculture Great Southern Houston Department United States

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