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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1915
Page
4
A jumble of classified items includes a Virginian Street lodging offer praising clean rooms near Eighth Ave with weekly rates. multiple trade notices for real estate and businesses. acreage in Cathcart land offered at attractive terms. a Florida Hedge Hog land promotion. and a Seattle area travel schedule for steamer and boat landings with various routes and fare notes.
The list shows varied prices for staples and fresh produce including navy beans, bananas, prunes, peaches, sugar, tea, coffee, canned goods, butter, milk, and meats. Items span stalls with price details like 2 for 2d and 10e per pound, reflecting a bustling market catalog.
C. R. Barney, receiver, reports the Washington Film Corporation is seeking rehabilitation amid a $50,000 capital and debts near $12,000. Promoters Carl Petersen and J. L. Adams hold three-fifths, with Gladys Berendes starring in Ski Man filmed in the Cascades. Adams has left Seattle. Berendes father F. C. Berendes is a stockholder.
Ernest Roder, once a road house proprietor, pleads guilty to a corruption charge alongside Thomas Taggart and other politicians. Mayor Joseph Beil’s trial on the same charge is scheduled for next Thursday.
W Cattle, a bill poster for the Ghi radelli chocolate concern, was arrested after pasting a sign on a Ballard barn without a bill poster license. He paid a $25 fine in Judge Gordon's court and planned to seek the proper license.
Captain D. H. Smith of the prison ship Success, berthed at a pier on Yester Way, paid a $35 weekly license fee under a public entertainment ordinance. City Attorney Van Ruff argues the ship fits the ordinance, while Smith hopes the fee will be refunded after investigation if the ship is found not to be an entertainment.
In San Francisco on September 2 M A Schmidt and David Caplan received backing from the local building trades council. The council instructed Secretary Trehmoe to urge a fair impartial trial in Los Angeles when the case opens October 4.
The executive board of the Longshoremen's Union remained in session Friday at the Labor Temple trying to reach a solution on ratifying the working agreement between Pacific Coast shipowners and Coast cities locals. Little progress was reported as the day wore on.
The Lakeside Missionary Baptist Church hosts a recital by pupils of Mrs. RE 8 on Friday night at 8 p m. The public is invited to attend.
Lieutenant Frank Alexander de Pas, the first Jew to win the Victoria Cross, has been killed in action. The note also states that about twenty thousand of Britain's two hundred thousand Jews are serving with the colors.
Seattle council debates appropriating about 10000 to pay engineers for valuing Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co. The move, urged by Dale, faces opposition over home rule limits and funding gaps for the public service commission. Councilmen discuss legality and potential savings vs. state constraints. Charles Reynolds of the commission points to duties limited to service and rates.
A national drive to improve the race is led by Mrs. E. H. Harriman with financial backing from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. The plan includes eugenics experiments, studies of various classes, selective mating, and a sterilization campaign led by scientists aiming to produce better future generations.
Lovely Miss Melina Rasche 17, inspired by movie heroines, masquerades as a boy in Paterson New Jersey. She cuts her hair, borrows her brother's clothes, hides on Garrett Mountain, but is recognized by local boys. Detected by Detective Connor, she is committed to county jail for ten days.
William H. Whiting of Jonesport builds a rain hat from tin with a copper band. He designed it to match the 1915 fashion model, preferring tin over straw wool or Panama for a durable, cost effective headpiece.
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's forces capture the fortress of Grodno and cross the Niemen to take the city in a fierce street fight with Russian troops. Australia reports 17,000,000 uncultivated acres suitable for wheat growth.
Fredrick Greisheimer, whose escape led Sheriff Eggers to charge Jailer Thomas Bell with incompetency, has been captured in New York. Inspector Faurot telegraphed today. a deputy will pursue the prisoner. Meanwhile hundreds of hop pickers begin work at North Yakima.
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