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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1921
Page
2
In early enforcement days agents relied on Volstead rules to trap bootleggers. Defense lawyers used test cases to chip away at seizures and searches, forcing warrants and challenging forfeitures. A Chicago style tale shows agents chasing booze with improvised warrants and street delays.
The body of George Bezzin was found in his shack near Lake Forest Park and was taken to the county morgue. Coroner W. H. Carson said Bezzin apparently died of natural causes.
Mrs. Marie Licord flung her three children from a third story window as a fire tore through a New York tenement. Policeman Herman Glander caught the youngsters. the photograph shows Glander with Rosalie, one of the rescued children.
A vintage medical ad proclaims Dr F M E awards years of treating women with liver and bowel ailments using a simple olive oil based formula. The olive colored tablets claim to be an inactive laxative and a safe substitute for calomel, offered at 15 and 30 cents.
A man who lacked funds but aspired to success buys an entire outfit on credit at Cherry's, paying a small down payment and monthly balance. The ad notes the store at 207 Rialto Building, 2nd Avenue between Madison and Spring, near the Fig'n Whistle.
The Queen Anne Candy Company grew from a $6,000 start to about $100,000 yearly by 10 years, producing high grade chocolates and popular bars like Luck Moup and White House. Located at 115 Estrake North, the plant employs thirty during peak times and earned a 99 percent cleanliness rating from the City Sanitary Department. Harvey Plotter has managed since 1913 as sales climbed from 14,000 to 150,000 annually, with W. Kt. Mrinton serving as treasurer.
Local business leaders urge a copper rolling and wire mill in Beattie Seattle with raw materials from nearby sources. They note strong Northwest demand a large West Coast copper market and growing hydroelectric power, and cite imports, consumption, and potential savings in copper costs.
James Henry at 2025 Ninth Ave operates a major Seattle meat packing plant started 26 years ago by its owner. The Henry Packing Company employs over 100 workers with a $260000 yearly payroll and an annual volume around $3,000,000. It markets the Diamond H brand of ham bacon lard and lambs to Northwest households.
Last week the arena offered a tasting of Mrs Porter’s chef d oeuvre a new blend of vegetables and meat noted as distinctly new in food products.
Mr. Hatch is congratulated on an excellent exhibit of Your s Truly Biscuit Company at the Arena. The display featured goda crackers grahama ginger snaps and vanilla wafers and invited visitors to tour the sanitary two thousand windowed factory at the corner of Aloha and Howard streets where Your s Truly makes its home.
Local retail building costs in Seattle show breakdowns for labor and materials. The table lists carpenters cement finishers lathers and other trades with price data per unit, per barrel, per thousand feet and per ton, including lumber, plaster, shingles, steel and marble.
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