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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1922
Page
5
Classified blurbs include job ads for reliable women and skilled workers, spring into color furnishings, rental offerings, and numerous real estate bulletins. The page lists help wanted, housing, furniture for sale, and land listings with prices, terms, and contact cues across Seattle area postings.
Twelve members of a deportation party are described as undesirables including two insane persons and five ex convicts. Eight will depart to Europe via New York, one to Ontario, and three to Mexico.
A fragmented OCR page shows farm land offerings 6 acres and 40 acre parcels near town with details on shoreline and timber. multiple 1940s era ads for stocks and bonds, dental and medical services, hotels, and machinery. The readable items include Alaska land listings, 675 dollar price, 650 dollar price, and references to Seattle and Puget Sound areas.
In Harlow Essex a village council plan to centralize firefighting gear into a single central shed meets opposition from Captain Bam Deards, octogenarian head of the brigade who kept equipment in his hedge garden for quick alarms. He resists the move, citing distance to the new central station half a mile away and his readiness to respond.
Pittsburg reports that Station KDKA, started by Westinghouse at East Pittsburgh on December 22, 1920, has popularized radio telephony with one in six local homes now receiving its program. Westinghouse also operates WJZ Newark KYW Chicago and WEZ Springfield stations.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a judge and a defendant named Rufus in a courtroom exchange. The text includes dialectal questions about guilt and a threat of self harm. Details are sparse and unclear due to garbled OCR.
Masontown residents protest as non union coke fields face mounted gunmen and deputies supporting operators. John Brophy of United Mine Workers protests to Gov Boroull, citing a prior state police letter urging operator cooperation. Claims of outrages by constabulary, with howls of bias and calls for miners' protection.
Major Peter Dicicco was shot in the chest during a quarrel on Monday and remained in a desperate fight for life as of Tuesday. Gregorio Fozio defended himself and inflicted a deep forehead gash after a pistol was taken during the incident at 1739 B Place.
Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival set for May 65 and 6 with Seattle businessmen joining. The industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce announced progress today. Vaughn H. Clearman reports several thousand dollars spent on preparations as the parade routes extend 30 miles along both banks of the Wenatchee River.
Representatives from Bombay India and Pomona will attend the Chamber of Commerce council luncheon Friday noon at the Masonic club rooms. Dr Samuel Joshi of Batuwada College University of India will speak and the college glee club will perform.
A Sydney Bulletin captioned cartoon presents a conductor asking a passenger about overpaid fare. The motorman dismisses the idea with a terse reply, suggesting the passenger should be queried again.
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