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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1917

Page

7

Frederick the Great Statue Placed in Washington by Roosevelt

The bronze Frederick the Great statue, a Potsdam replica placed at the U S War College in Washington by Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, draws mixed reactions from officers and Polish Catholic protesters who call it a despot and urge removal. Roosevelt praised the gift and linked it to Prussian history while critics question its place in American soil.

Frederick the Great Washington T. R Nettles U.S George Martin United Preceptaff Washington, D. C Kaleer U. S. War College Frederick T. A Theodore Roonsevelt Kaiser Bill President Roosevelt Kaiser Wilhelm White House Caesar T. RK Alexander Caesar Hanniver Napoleon House of Hohenzollern War College Ehaleer Potsdam Despot Chicago T.R

Helen Hayes Praised by Irvin Cobb for New York Show

Irvin Cobb lauds child actress Helen Hayes in Lew Fields' musical comedy The Never Homes. Cobb, writing for the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post, says Hayes’s pie scene is a standout and predicts her rising star as she returns to the Metropolitan Theatre in Pollyanna launching the week’s engagement.

Irvin Cobb Philadelphia Saturday Evening Part New York Helen Hayes Lew Fields Never Homes Sarah Bernhardt Miss Hayes Metropolitan Theatre

Public Markets Sanitary Stall Listings At Local Market

Stall by stall, prices show a bustling mix of meats and groceries. Staples include sardines, beef, veal, boiling meat, hens, butter, cheese, coffee, sugar, oleomargarine, bread, peanut butter, honey, and jams. Numerous stalls itemize per-pound prices and bulk offers, reflecting a dense, varied urban market.

Mtalle ruKe Place Mall

Local stall notes and prices at Westlake fair

Readable items show stalls 192 and 166 listing goods such as hot bread loaves fruit filled pastries and pumpkin items. Prices include $2.76 for milk 10 pounds cane sugar 8 ounces and $1.00 sacks for produce. Other entries mention pumpkins and baked goods with brief monetary figures.

Westlake

Ballard Residents Hire Lawyer to Fight Order

Ballard taxpayers engage attorney Howard M Findley to resist a permanent restraining order blocking the city car line extension The hearing before Judge Everett Smith is postponed for one week and Corporation Counsel Caldwell will lead the extension action Ballard No 68 shingleweavers condemn Chamber of Commerce and Club trustees Hanna and Thompson for blocking the project saying transit is inadequate and a hardship on workers

Ballard Howard M. Findley Everett Smith Dallard Corporation Counsel’s Corporation Counsel Caldwell Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club Hanna Thompson Pallard Chamber of Commerce

Lieutenant Slain Says His Father in Sparta

In Sparta Wisconsin on October 26 authorities report physicians found Lieut Malcomb B McCoy dead in his Vancouver Washington tent last Saturday. They say the skull wound could not be self inflicted with no powder burns. Col R B McCoy father of the officer seeks a probe and questions the revolver found beside the body. The body reached Sparta yesterday.

Sparta Wis Malcomb B. McCoy Vancouver Wash R. B. McCoy Wisconsin

Fragmented Historic Market List With Mixed Item Prices

A garbled OCR page lists assorted grocery items with prices and stall numbers from a historic market. Entries include Jonathan apples, cabbage, Campbell's soup, Yakima potatoes, Concord grapes, sugar, macaroni, toilet paper, oil, matches, and peanut butter, with various stalls and unit prices. The exact items and prices are inconsistently legible but reflect a multi-vendor market catalog.

Jonathan Ugar Campbell's Soup Rink St Bugaretell the. Sc Raprice Carolina Head Red Seal Grocery Annex Stone's

Local Market Items List with Prices and Measures

A dense listing of food and household goods with prices and quantities. Items include olives and marmalade, honey, buckwheat flour, and various steaks. Several quantities and weights are given such as 120 bottle, 200 lb, and 400 units, reflecting a marketplace inventory.

South End Melanies Ocean Light Matches Anderson's Yakima Kream Kriep

Scarlet fever crisis cancels Helena Butte high school game

The scarlet fever outbreak in Helena intensified prompting authorities to cancel a scheduled football game between Helena and Butte high school teams. The decision halts the contest as health officials act to limit spread of the illness.

United Press Helena Butte

Sullivan Speaks on Independence Relation to World War

John J. Sullivan former assistant United States attorney addressed several hundred members of the Seattle Athletic Club on Thursday evening about The Relation Between the Declaration of Independence and the World War.

John J. Sullivan United States Seattle Athletic Club Nion

Downtown robbery targets Y M C A resident

A thug robbed H. C. Hartwig who lives at the Y M C A of $30 Friday morning on Springer between Second and Third avenues. J. F. Fogarty announced that $8 000 had been invested in Liberty bonds by the Ancient Order of United Workmen with funds bought from various cities through the Union Savings Bank of Seattle.

H. C. Hartwig Springer Second Third Aves United Workmen J. F. Fogarty The Ancient Order of United Workmen Liberty Union Savings Bank of Seattle

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