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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1916
Page
6
The Escrow Department emphasizes written instructions to prevent misunderstandings in closing real estate deals. It highlights tools like maps plats records and a team of expert conveyancers and close contact with public offices to ensure safe handling of escrows.
Prices paid for rags, poultry, meat, and produce are listed in today’s market report. Traders note movement in beef and veal as supplies adjust, with prices shown for key commodities and regional variations.
Bessie Love stars in A Sister of Six at the Liberty through Wednesday, a tale of a girl protecting her orphan family from land-grabbing Mexicans. Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand provide comedy in He Did and He Didn’t with a strong supporting cast. Mary Pickford shines in In the Bishop's Carriage at the Mission, hailed by critics as her greatest success.
A reader signs as ONE WHO HAS HAD A HARD LESSON warns a young woman named Anxiously Waiting to wait until older rather than marry an older man. The letter echoes a common caution on age and love in this era.
Ad copy touts Cascarets as a cure for headache cold liver and bowels. Claims include clearing head and tongue morning after taking one or two tablets before bed and in the morning, plus improved breath digestion and elimination of biliousness. Mothers urged to give to children, described as harmless and non irritating.
Mayor Gill vetoed the ordinance condemning property around California Bay and Alki prompted by possible landslides from street work. He warned the measure would lead to vast city ownership and a general fund deficit of about 150000 dollars.
Helena Oct 31 Miss Jeanette Rankin the Republican candidate for representative in Congress spoke in a whirlwind finish campaign declaring she will win. Rankin said let the people know what’s going on and stressed a Rooseveltian effort as she campaigned three times daily with support from a group of women across Montana towns.
Chicago bakers push for an embargo on flour and wheat to bring flour prices to normal. They lobby congressmen across the city, but bakers doubt enough support will emerge as farmers favor high prices, fearing famine costs for bread.
The license committee urged revoking licenses of pool halls and drug stores cited for alleged liquor law violations. If approved by the council, hearings for each case will be held next Monday under Mayor Gill’s recommendation.
Berlin report confirms Capt. Boeleck, Germany’s leading air ace, was killed after colliding with a second aircraft while returning to German lines. He had just shot down his 40th hostile plane the previous day.
The Pantages bill includes The Two Pikers with Pereira the Portuguese violinist and comedian Harry Hines. The Valerie Sisters Bert Vincent and Adonis headline, plus a new Crimson Stain episode. Garden of Allah arrives at Metropolitan on November 5 with 1100 in cast and crew, 36 Arabs, 19 backstage staff, and details on cooking by Ben Tata. The desert cyclorama is the longest canvas used in regular theater.
Intermittent shelling of opposing trenches is reported by Gen. Haig on the night along the Western front with both sides engaging in limited artillery action.
Attorneys T. B. MacMahon and M. Dalton push to test the citys green label ordinance. People seen with liquor bottles lacking green pharmacist label may be fined under the law. Cases of A J Walker and Herbert Edmond arrested for carrying prescribed bottles will be examined.
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