Fraudulent auction racket targets Seattle shoppers
Report details a bull-voiced auctioneer and eight boosters running counterfeit sales at a Tacoma area store. Shoppers are lured into overpaying for junk with a fake bidding war, while boosters stall bids and the cashier pockets the money. The scam mirrors a previously runout con in San Francisco and Seattle authorities face a rising wave of phony sales.
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Interco
Banco
Napa
San Francisco
Bananca
Seattle
Burglars Fail in Two Homes Last Night
Burglars attempted to break into two residences but were frightened away. At Mra RO J Gardner’s home on 042 Twentieth Avenue intruders abandoned the effort. At LL Learn’s home on 1422 Twentieth Avenue thieves also retreated after being deterred.
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Mra RO J Gardner
Ll. Learn
Watch stolen report leads police inquiry in city notes
A citizen reports a watch stolen yesterday from an apartment, while a room worker took 20 in cash from Pred O in the Astoria hotel and a Stella Lacy watch with a diamond was lost. The Citizen monthly journal is noted, and various city events include church, lodge, and military notices with multiple officials named.
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John Merrigan
WS Eighthay
The
Citizen
Anti-Ba of
Washington
Astoria
A. Tucker
Col Building
Stella Lacy
Pretty Teeth Won Her A Home Promotion
A short ad notes a Bar tell’s Red Cross drug store sale on toothpaste and dental creams. On Friday only Thymos dental cream 26¢ sizes will be 14o and Chigate’s dental cream 26¢ sizes 1be. Don’t miss them.
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Bartell
Red Cross Drug
Ave
Thymos
Chigate
Man Refuses $10 Note Over Troubled Dog Sale
C Le Lundy of near Lake Washington in Madrona Park refused a $10 promissory note after alleging the dog he bought from G and Kolock, assigned to Downey, was afflicted with mange and fleas and caused nightly disturbances. Judge Davies postponed decision as he found the case complex.
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C. le Lundy
Lake Washington
Madrona Park
G. &. Kolock
J. C. Downey
Iuating Davies Court
Hazcard Found Guilty In Valencia Case
In Los Angeles on April 12, the jury found LL Hazcard, estate man, guilty of a crime linked to Lulu Rowland and her sister Mabel. Roy Hazcard, son of the defendant, was implicated as alleged instigator in the plan to take the Rowland girls to the country as they boarded the Valencia in San Francisco.
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Angeles
Colonel Lewis Faces Public Hint of Washington Return
April 12 report notes Colonel James Hamilton Lewis once served in Congress during the silver days. Rumor says he may abandon Chicago corporate council duties to return to Washington to aid the nation. It is also suggested he pursues affection from voters across three Chicago districts.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Congress
Chicago
Labor Union Updates in Fremont Seattle and Local Happenings
Reports from Fremont and Seattle show the Butchers and Cigarmakers urging union support and union made purchases. The Coopers and Glaziers projects progress with full employment and a planned six day week. A ball is set for April 16 at Eagles hall and a social dance for Women’s Auxiliary No. 23 on April 18. Breve Batley, noted politician and former Northern hotel owner, registered at the Cecil.
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Women's Auxiliary
Labor Ple
Breve & Batley
Northern Hotel
Cecil
Gashmere
Washington
Summer Homes Along the Sound
Summer homes along the sound are rapidly bought by city businessmen and new arrivals who value the scenery. Three chosen, well developed properties of the class have been sold across the sound this past week by the Pacific Investment Co. of the Walker Building.
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the Sound
The
Sound
Pacific Investment Co
Walker Bidgove
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Bunk
Han
N “Marc
Nordhoff & CO
First Avenue
Plains
Winchester
Reck
Easter Outfitting
Celal
Ae Eneer
TER
AVES
Colt
Starbeams
Henry G. Hanchett
Contry
Prom
New York City
Baptist Convention
Woelfkin
Chivers
Tacoma
Portland
Quartermasters Department
Ajors Geo
PF. Barney
Clarence Jorme
Wm. FP Hancock
Port Werden
Poet School
Good Templar
Olive Et
4Th Av
Spring St
RK. Novak
Loopmitice
Seattle Commercial Club
Alaska
North
Fairbanks
Daweon
Nome
Dutch Harbor
Seward
Vaines
H. M. Chittenden
Corps of Engineerement
U 3. A. Fleet
F. J. Pope
Maj
Millie
Phillipines
Frances Ireland
Stuart
Madison #1
Chamber of Commerce
McGraw
Chamber
P. M. Alexandroff
Northwestern Commercial Company
Russia
Siberian
Mr. Alexandroff
Vladivostok
Asites
Hazzard
Col. Lewis
Daughters of Norway
Labor Temple
Butchers’ Union
Fremont
Coopers’ Union
the Cigarmakers’ Union
Glaziers
Mins
Alice Lord
Waitresees’ Union
Eagles’ Hall
Pike
Olive
Kinkers
Bertha
Credit House
Frederick & Nelgon (Inc
Arnie
Moe Ft
I-finch
Buffalo
Rederick & Nelson
Second Avenue
Madison and
Spring Streets
Gray Shoe Company
2Nd Ave
Star Pullishing Co
Johnston Co
Burke Bldg
MM. Ring
Geo D. Sem
Osteopathic Physicals
Albert Hanser
Ana
Tet Avenue
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