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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1916
Page
6
A long list of phrenology clairvoyant readings fills the Beattie area with multiple names and addresses. Madam Nina and others promise past, present, and future insights, love and business guidance, and guaranteed satisfaction at varied lodgings and prices.
43 lot for sale with income potential on acreage and rebuilt lumber yard prospects. Several lots priced low with easy terms and options to build for you. Investigate, contact Joe Peck at Joee KC Peal.
Acreage near Lake Washington dock in Kirkland with a view of Seattle. Improved with a house and well, partly cleared on rich bottom soil. Poultry ranch potential. Price 975 dollars with 75 dollars down and 10 dollars monthly payments. Take Madison car and Kirkland ferry to Burke and Farrar office in Kirkland.
A travel arrival touts Madam Mellie the world’s greatest clairvoyant and phrenologist offering full life readings on business love health and family. She claims to reveal future spouses and provide steps to success with special readings and obstacle removal at Motel Bik room 1621 Becond near Pine.
Investors are invited to buy into land and oil development around Humble with elevated returns. A local company reports a Humble gusher producing up to 9 000 barrels daily and a firm payout of dividends. Small entries of $20 monthly are advertised, with more details in a brochure.
The listing shows 1925 public market items with multiple prices for washing powder macaroni noodles lentils sardines beef roast cottage cheese sirloin and round steaks lamb chops corn meal olives baking powder boxes matchers asparagus pancake flour river sturgeon black cod halibut anchovies clams huckleberries tomatoes Bartlett pears and delivery details. Prices range from 2 for be to 25c per item and include various weights and brands.
Stall 45 offers Oregon Blue Bom flour at 1.65 per sack and 1.85 for another flour, cane sugar 7.00 per sack, 10 lb flour, 400 beans, macaroni and elder vinegar. Stall 111 lists German breakfast cheeses and Neufchatel, bread loaves, home made sauerkraut, pickles. Stall 122 features bran, white flies, grape juice, bread, rice, sardines, milk.
An unreadable OCR snippet lists assorted items and prices for a grocery run. Items include baking powder, corn meal, coffee, cocoa, toilet paper, washing powder, corned beef, macaroni, spaghetti, vinegar, pancake flour, corn flakes, asparagus, and other staples with approximate prices and quantities.
Fragmentary OCR lists various food items and quantities such as olives, pork chops, prunes, Hills coffee, corned beef and cabbage, butter, lamb or sheep products, rolls, halibut, apples, celery, tomatoes, grapes, and other groceries with inconsistent spellings and units. The text reads like a torn marketplace inventory with mixed abbreviations and uncertain amounts.
A brisk listing of daily grocery stock with prices at stalls 49 1527 and 1671. Items include white granulated sugar peanut butter bacon cheese butter potatoes and fresh produce with prices per unit or per sack noted alongside vendor markers.
A prohibition special train carrying J Frank Hanly and Ira Landrith, presidential and vice presidential nominees, departed Dunamuir today to rally Northern California for the dry cause amid the campaign.
Port Townsend to Victoria Tacoma destinations and connections with frequent departures from Colman Deck. Sailings include Port Townsend Port Angeles Anacortes Bellingham and more with a Beattie northbound note and limited landings. Tickets at Colman Deck office from 6:30 am to midnight with implied risks and limited liability.
A young man visits the Song Shop at 306 Pine and, unable to recall a song title, asks Helen Gutheil for help. After playful misfires including Scaddle de Mooch and Yaaka Hula Hickey Hick, he ultimately names Yaaka Hula Hick as the sought piece. The scene captures local music shop charm and interactions.
The Grand theatre offers Foster's dog Spot and the mind reading dog plus Hamilton and Denee in blackface singing. The Oak features Monte Carter's Big Musical Comedy company with Follies of the Day and The Yellow Peril serial. Palace Hip presents illusion acts, The Night Doctor, along with other sketches and a Butterflies serial. Wilkes Players present Along Came Ruth at Orpheum with proceeds supporting Seattle Boy Scouts Week.
The city council denied Cliff Moore a hall license after a justice court conviction under the dry ordinance. In future, druggists must appear before the committee for licenses only if summoned to answer for past police records on liquor law violations.
Eva M. Westlund filed for divorce from Carl E. Westlund a city light department clerk alleging inhuman treatment and personal indignities since their 1913 marriage. She states she has no esteem or respect left for him.
Eighty seven Villistas captured by Carranzistas were lined up before firing squads Sunday morning and executed. Among the prisoners was Col. Mariano Tamea who mutinied from Juarez with 100 men and joined Villa.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will invest 10 million dollars to extend its lines into Detroit, announced by president Samuel Rea. Also reported, Samuel Tronbull was accidentally shot while sleeping in his Astoria area cabin and is being buried, and L & Finch arrived at the State College at Pullman to analyze local food products for state citizens.
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