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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1921
Page
3
A fragmented classified page lists job ads and notices including bookkeeper stenographer and clerk positions, sales and route driving opportunities, and miscellaneous items. It mentions compensation ranges, locations in Seattle and Olympia, and requests for return of lost items.
Classified ads list furnished 2 room and 4 room apartments with baths, housekeeping rooms, and condo-like units. Also requests for timber, sash and doors, and various home goods and furniture for sale or trade. Listings include addresses in Seattle area and multiple price points.
Classified style notes show multiple real estate ads across Yakima Washington and nearby areas. Listings include single and two room houses, acreage with fruit and water, unfixed values, terms, and nearby streets like Lake Warren Drive and Henderson. Also appears to include business opportunities and misc rental offers across Renton and Seattle regions.
Chicago reports Ralph B. Obenchain and Rev William A. Burch ready to rush to Los Angeles as Madalynne Obenchain is held as a material witness in John B Kennedy murder. A note found at the Beverly Glen bungalow suggests a planned midnight assassination with several parties possibly involved.
Thieves broke into a box car on Railroad Ave and Madison, stealing several dozen watermelons. Only melon rinds remained as evidence, leaving a sparse find for investigators.
The Senate widened the anti beer bill by letting the prohibition commissioner halt wine imports if US production suffices for medicinal needs. Supporters expect a final vote, with advocates claiming new votes favor passage while opponents doubt success.
A suspected bad check artist, about 30, six foot two, with a dark complexion and foreign accent, rented three apartments in Seattle last week. He paid with checks for 76 dollars each to Mrs. Mattie Witing, N. C. Auburn, and Mrs. C. W. Gibson, then left immediately after cashing the checks.
A Washington letter to the Chamber of Commerce states the government has no plans to hold or propose any preliminary disarmament conferences on the Pacific Coast, including Seattle, clarifying that no such meetings are contemplated.
Carlson, a cripple in a wheelchair, was rescued from his room in the burning lodging house at 1527 Eighth Ave by a fellow lodger Saturday night. The brave man, whose identity is unknown, rushed through smoke to carry Carlson to safety. The blaze started about 7 p.m. in a three story frame house and was under control within 30 minutes. losses are pegged at 500 dollars.
Extradition proceedings will send Herbert Hart and Jacob Brows to New York for theft charges. Hart and an alleged confederate are to be returned to New York after authorities learned Sunday of the case involving thousands of dollars in losses.
Manuel I. Quezon president of the senate of the Philippine Islands is due in Seattle Tuesday. He will be entertained under the general direction of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Right Reverend Charles Edward McDonnel, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, died today in Brentwood New York. He led the diocese for years and was a prominent church figure.
Bids for leasing the King county ferry system to private firms will be opened Monday August 22 by the county commissioners.
The 1921 record details several pedestrian injuries. Alice Wilson, 4, was bruised after a fender strike on 56th Ave South in front of her home. Chris Jule, 4329 Wailingford Ave, wounded in the knee after stepping from a streetcar and being hit near Fremont Bridge. Mrs. Monica Gall, 1602 Terry Ave, severely cut and bruised after a collision at Prie and Terry with a car driven by G B Gardner.
Sam Funes runs a shoe shine stand at stall 44, Economy markets on First Ave and Pike, slashing price to five cents after a Star editor urged a return to normal. He reports stronger customer flow and a profitable move, claiming a nickel shine draws more patrons despite lower earnings per shine. His sign proclaims a six cent shine and his question of who will follow sets townwide chatter.
Mrs. Margaret McNinney of 715 Terry Avenue was arrested Saturday night on a third degree assault charge. Neighbors say she struck a neighbor, splashed dishwater, and beat the garbage man after porch disputes and bell ringing. She was released on a $50 bond.
Chamber of Commerce letter to the city council critiques taxi charges for two Minneapolis girls taken to a First Ave hotel and urges meters and receipts. It cites a Canadian visitor offered $5 for a ride without a meter and highlights lack of a mandatory receipt provision in the proposed ordinance.
An incendiary was found in the basement of the J. and J. Garage at 1206 Royst on Sunday night. A vigilant attendant chased the suspect several blocks after discovering the man bending over an inflammable mass near a stack of boxes and escaping by quick running.
Two burglaries occurred Sunday night as apartment house thieves entered BE. Kohlhase's home at 5711 W Alaska Ave and G. E. Griffiths’s residence at 1268 John St. Items stolen included a silver syrup pitcher a card tray a silver bottle 25 in cash a diamond ring valued at 150 and a watch.
A protest committee representing 700 carmen of Seattle will appear before the city council Tuesday morning as the council discusses proposed wage cuts for 1922. The council has no definite plan yet, but a preliminary hearing suggests slicing 50 cents per day from all city employee wages.
Alleged to have confessed to safe cracking in Seattle recently, Frank Dolan a 20 year old printer is held in the city jail. Dolan was arrested Saturday night at Second avenue and Jackson street by Detectives E Yoris R B Benjamin and A J Luntsford.
Maj. Gen. William M. Wright, newly named commander of the Ninth corps area, conducted an informal inspection tour of Fort Lawton on Saturday and departed Monday morning aboard the mine planter Ringgold to inspect Sound forts.
Thomas L. Barnum aged 65, a printer in this city for three decades, died Saturday at his home 5510 12th Ave. N. B&B. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Ahmed Ismael, alias Abraham Than, an Egyptian sailor aboard the Betsy Hows, was slated to appear before United States Commissioner Robert W. McClelland after testimony from crew members alleged he stabbed a fellow sailor 13 times during a fight on the high seas.
Deputies Asa Lee and Willam Dunston found a dying yearling Holstein on the East road about one and a half miles from Kent Sunday night. They said an auto speedster had previously passed the road, leaving the injured animal to suffer before a bullet ended its life.
Police raided the houseboat Cherokee on the Madison waterfront Sunday night and arrested 13 people for a home brew party. Paul Alexander, 27, faces liquor law violations as the alleged maker. W R Cater, 30, and John Parker, 43, remained in custody after bail could not be posted. others were released on bail.
William Belvin, 28th Avenue Northwest and 62nd Street, fired about a score of shots from an upstairs window at neighbors on Saturday. He told officers neighbors tried to electrocute him. no injuries reported. He is jailed on insanity charges.
In Riga on August 8 the fate of American prisoners held by the Soviets remained unresolved. The relief offer hinges on their release, while Soviet leader send Boris Litvinoff to confer with Walter Lyman Brown who heads American relief efforts.
At the Western Washington experimental station in Puyallup an egg laying contest shows July production exceeding July 1920 levels. The King County Humane Society will meet Tuesday noon in the Bon Marche tea rooms.
New York reports the final turn in the Farrar Tellegen affair as Tellegen’s wife sends all his clothes to a storage warehouse. Tellegen tracks his wardrobe items, counting collars shoes and shirts to confirm they are stored.
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle of Paramount speaks in Chicago during the filming of Freight Prepaid and says he does not mind the Illinois heat at all. He notes he is not eager to shed pounds.
Water escaped from a broken pipe on the sixth floor of the Miller building at 1010 Piret Ave injuring stock and machinery on lower floors totaling $45,000. Novelties Ltd on the third floor suffered $265,000 in imported novelties. Miller Manufact Co on the fifth floor lost athletic goods. Dow Envelope Co on the fourth floor faced serious losses to stationery and paper. Firefighters salvaged stock and laid sawdust to absorb water after a multi hour effort.
Mount Vernon Washington hosts the Skagit County fair ninth annual exhibit featuring a remarkable display of pedigree cattle and prize stock.
Skagit county fairs feature champion cows horses pigs sheep and goats with a notable poultry exhibit supervised by E D Hunter the county horticulturist. Racing horses from Washington Idaho Oregon and British Columbia join daily afternoon races as pacers trotters and running horses compete. The fair runs daily through Saturday with 65 cent admission and two Pacific Airways planes offering passenger flights during the event.
An unidentified man visited 2015 24th Ave North on a Sunday night, wrote the neighbor’s name on the door, rang the bell, then fled. S Lockman calls the incident a complete mystery. the neighbor could not provide details.
Sir Ernest Shackleton has received more than 10 000 applications after announcing he would take a boy scout on his Antarctic exploration voyage in London.
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