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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1917

Page

10

Means Directs Fight for Life from His Cell

United Press dispatch from Concord North Carolina reports Gaston B Means, jailed for the death of Maude A King, begins a new legal battle from his prison cell near the town. The defense hopes for better odds in North Carolina than if extradited to New York. Authorities anticipate further arrests tied to the case and mention a woman repeatedly linked to the Means investigation.

United Prean Tall Concord N. C Rich Maude A. King Gaston B Ile New York Otter Means Brandon Means Gaston Saulabury Dooling Cuniff

Milk price rise expected by city creamery men

City creamery men predict higher milk prices blaming producers who aim for 3.00 dollars per 100 pounds for milk from condensaries starting October 1. Producers cite higher labor and feed costs. Butter is up 14 cents from last year, and eggs rise to about 62 cents a dozen from 45 cents.

Local Market Prices and Goods Listings Across Stalls

Readable entries show prices for dairy fruit and canned goods at multiple stalls. Items include pure natural milk, baking essentials, vegetables like onions and potatoes, canned meats, olives, pickles, and breakfast foods with varied prices per pound or per unit.

Germantown Uneeda Washington Swift

Market Stall List Details Goods and Prices

A fragmented market stalls record lists items such as veal cutlets lamb, sugar and coffee, Wesson oil and wheat flakes, butter, jelly roll and coffee cake with prices and stall numbers. The OCR reads like a shopper’s inventory with several errors and partial phrases.

Anderson M. J

Westlake Market Advert Learnings and Prices

Westlake store ad lists items and prices: Atall 1 percent coffee 95c, ground chocolate 20c per lb, potatoes 3 for 60c, peaches 450 crate, tomatoes 100 lb for $1.90, Premier salad dressing, breakfast cheese 50c each, green peppers 60 lb, cantaloupes 3 for 100, sugar 7 lb cone, Westlake Special flour 2.95, Gold Round flour 2.85.

Westlake Lee

Life and death chances of American soldiers in France

War college figures estimate one year at the front yields about 26 alive per 100, or 74 killed. Inf, engineers and sapper units face higher risk. doctors most dangerous, airmen safest. Overall Allied casualties in a year near 4 percent, with western front losses declining from earlier heavy open warfare. About 18 percent wounded. 40 percent recover and return, 40 percent patched for rear duties, 20 percent permanently incapacitated.

L. Harper Leech Washington France War College Today War College Western Front Teachers’ Soclet Berlin

Alien Slacker Bill Faces U S War-Time Decision

In Washington on September 26 Congress nears final action on a new 8.0 billion urgent deficiency bill. Conferees work on it with little delay expected while a state department draft alien slacker bill proposes that allied aliens may return home to fight or serve in the U S, with deportation if they refuse, and aliens from unfriendly nations to be assigned nonmilitary tasks.

Washington Congress Senate State Department House United States

Woman Claims Conman With Gold Teeth Took Rent Note

Mrs. F Hanson of 614 Pineet reports to police that a man with gold teeth passed her a Confederate bill worth 1850 and she is short 18.50 for room rent. She says the man gave the bill as payment and she returned 1850 in change.

F. Hanson Pineet

Waterfront Notes in United Press Leased

Shipping news from Aberdeen Townsend and Olympia details the damaged Norwegian schooner Suzanne heading to dry dock, the barkentine E R Sterling under tow bound for Seattle dry dock for repairs, a $350000 offer for Sterling, and the Japanese freighter Maychi Maru diverted to Tacoma. A test suit on workers compensation law was decided after talks among stevedoring firms the industrial insurance commission and the attorney general.

United Press Aberdeen Suzanne Hy United Press Wire Townsend Wanderer E. R. Sterding Seattle Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co West Seattle Sydney Sterling Maychi Maru Frank Waterhouse Co Tacoma Eea Olympia Industrial Insurance Commission W. V. Tanner

Your Chances in France Are These

A World War I era survival odds summary shows twenty five to one against death in a year, five to one against wounding, four to one against serious injury forcing home, and four of ten chances to fully recover and return to the firing line.

France

Varsity Men Excel in San Diego Aviation Camp

University of Washington cadets show strong flying aptitude at the U S aviation camp in San Diego. Four receive special commendation and await commissions to France. Among them are David G Logg F M Bartlett Maurice Cleary and William X Norton hailed as top finishers and potential early flyers. Other UW men Jerry Powell Marion Alexander Hugh Shively advance, while Leon Saboe and Norman McLeod join the Royal Flying Corps bulk.

University of Washington United States Aviation San Diego France David G. Logg F. M. Bartlett Maurice Cleary Wm. X. Norton America William Xavier Norton Jerry Powell Marion Alexander Hugh Shively Leon Saboe Norman McLeod Royal Flying Corps

Writers Club meeting reports sale of Merry Andrew

Mrs F Romey sold her novel Merry Andrew to a Boston publisher at a Writers club gathering on Tuesday evening. Suffragists in Washington DC celebrate a victory for the creation of a special house committee. A directory named the Alaska Yukon Gazetteer listing firms and residents in Alaska and Yukon is being distributed by R L Polk & Co Seattle.

Writers’ Club Washington, D. C House Alaska- Yukon

Rock Hill spelling champ refuses Kaiser sparking row

Gammon Hemphill, Rock Hill school spelling champion for three years, refused to spell Kaiser claiming patriotic reasons, opponents say he failed due to spelling ability. A fight broke out as neutrals suffered in the melee. Telegraph service between Seattle and Port Angeles to be abandoned October 1, with Western Union taking over the line. A search is underway for Private Alvin O. Binswanger to notify him of his father Dr Otto Binswanger's death. The pope is said to propose Alfonso of Spain as wartime arbitrator.

Gammon Alzey Hemphill Rock Hill Kaiser Seattle Port Angeles Postal Telegraph Co Western Union Strait Victoria Alvin O. Binswanger Field Hospital B. Camp Lewis Otto 8. Binswanger Portland F. H. Tusler

Kerensky Returns as Pan-Russian Conference Looms

Premier Kerensky came back from the Russian army headquarters to quell political agitation. Supporters urged his early presence at the democratic conference as the delay drew criticism. Reports indicate a majority of democratic groups favor a coalition cabinet amid fresh unrest in Viborg with numerous excesses.

Pieee Petrograd Kerensky Viborg

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