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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
5
A garbled late 19th or early 20th century classified page lists homes, rents, business offices and job notices. Items mention a two lot home near Pioneer Square with water and lights, varied rental offers, a postal service job, driving and shop trades, poultry stalls, and sale of used goods including furniture and sewing machines. Many entries reference streets, avenues, and local businesses, but OCR errors obscure details.
A catalog of used cars for sale includes Cole Aero Eight 1919 seven passenger at 1900 dollars, Liberty Six sedan at 1800, Bertepe Booth roadster at 1900, Dart touring in fine condition at 700, Marmon seven passenger in shop at 1000, Aero Eight 1919 seven passenger now overhauled and repainted like new, Velie Six roadster in AI condition, Dort five passenger demonstrator at 2250. All cars described as in cone condition with many recently refinished.
Frank Waterhouse & Co advertises at 721 Pine Street with car listings and trade ins. They tout protected titles, attractive prices, liberal terms, and no brokerage charges, inviting buyers to visit Oakland Dodge and Studebaker Buick offerings at 721 Pine Street Main 7069 open 6:30 am to 9 pm.
Property and vehicle listings abound in a Seattle area classified section. Cars such as a Chevrolet tour truck are advertised with terms including real estate contracts as part of first payments. Dozens of homes and bungalows across neighborhoods from Alki to Queen Anne are offered with varied terms, down payments, and monthly figures. A note promotes a day trip to Vashon Island via ferry and highway opening details for August 13.
Classified notices show various properties for sale including a seven room house at 211 18th Street with bath, a rustic 6 acre ranch near Sunset and a waterfront acre tract in Warh county, with prices ranging from 1 760 to 4 150 dollars. Also advertised are farms near Foster and Everett, mortgageable acreage, and rental details, plus a public auction notice at the Navarre Hotel in Seattle for clothing and personal items stored over a year.
An reading page lists attorneys at law with addresses in Seattle and nearby areas, including IPGAT established 1887, Reynolds, Mott, Maupin patent and trademark experts, chiropractors, electric repair firms, money to loan offers, jewelry appraisals, optician services, physicians and surgeons, and other local trades. The directory provides office locations, phone numbers, and brief service mentions for each entry.
Gen. Petro Dedaglio head of the Italian army staff arrives in Beattie Monday morning for a two day visit. The Chamber of Commerce plans entertainments while Hedgallo tours the United States to thank Americans and Italians for wartime participation. He is accompanied by Col Sicilian and staff.
Nevada Senator Pittman threatened a filibuster to block a session recess with support from other Western senators. The move signals a standoff over Senate timing and agenda.
Benjamin C. Marsh of Washington outlines a nonpartisan coalition of labor and progressive groups to save six billion yearly. The program aims to put railroads under unified government operation, regulate meat packing, tax privileges, reform banking, seize natural resources, and oppose universal compulsory military training. Meetings continue in the Labor Temple.
In Hankow on August 11, southern provinces arm to advance despite shortages. Commanders point to military successes and a split among northern leaders after Beijing defied Gen Wu Pei Fu as inspector general of Hupeh and Honan.
Lafollet Moullet, 17, was cutting a bank at Ave W and Wheeler Rd when the bank caved in burying him beneath rock. He was dug out after 10 minutes and sent to city hospital. D M Cole who worked with him called for help.
John D Rockefeller Jr his wife and daughter depart New York for China to help dedicate the Peking Union Medical College built by the Rockefeller foundation. They travel with Dr George B Vincent president of the Foundation and Dr William H Welsh of Johns Hopkins University and will join in Vancouver with a party of medical men and educators sailing August today.
The Pacific Highway association will unveil a peace portal on the Canadian boundary near Blaine Washington September 6 at 2 p.m. The portal commemorates 106 years of peace between the United States and Canada and marks the first portal of its kind. It honors the 1814 Treaty of Ghent between Great Britain and the United States.
Patrolman J E Prince confronted Clara Scott at the Astor hotel while she evaded quarantine. She slammed the door, leaped through a window, and fled via the airshaft to the roof, then escaped across the roof and down a fire escape.
Sinn Fein representatives in Rome Paris and Washington have been summoned to Dublin for the Dail Eireann conference on British peace proposals. The Sinn Fein cabinet and President De Valera issued the call today and the British government agreed to issue passports for the representatives.
A local chamber delegation led by Howard A. Hanson will attend the opening of the paved highway from Vashon Heights to Center on Friday. Many Seattleites will join the trip via ferry from the county dock at 8:30 a.m. to Vashon, returning at 4:15 p.m. An island tour, speeches, and a free luncheon at Vashon High School follow.
An appeal notes funds raised for the A L Pickering family whose home burned a week ago. Contributions come mostly from working people with amounts of 1 2 and 5 dollars. donors include Mrs M W Kelly and two friends, with a request for larger gifts up to 100 dollars.
A coroner's jury ruled that Trygve Klock 4 was killed by an auto driven by Don Hossman and said the driver could have avoided the accident. Hossman, the car’s operator, left the city and cannot be located. Two witnesses testified the boy was in the street half a block away when seen by the driver who made no apparent effort to avoid him.
Farquhar will arrive in San Diego at 4 p m to accompany passengers from the stranded San Jose which ran aground on the Lower California coast. The Griffin remains by after an unsuccessful tow attempt. The San Jose holds nine inches of water. Hudson will sail from San Francisco to assist with pumps and wrecking gear amid the reef danger.
The House sent to conference the Capper-Redner bill aimed at preventing gambling on the grain and cotton exchange. The measure seeks to curb speculative wagering in the commodity markets.
Col Charla Forbes, director of the veterans bureau, announces three principles to aid disabled soldiers. The government must provide equipment and opportunities, not delegate claims to private parties, and protect veterans as wards. Forbes plans to visit all 600 institutions caring for veterans within ten days.
London report says British producers will retaliate if the United States imposes a 30 percent tariff on imported films. Walter West notes America dominates British screens, with 90 percent of films shown being American, prompting plans to curb U.S. competition.
Utah Senator King angrily moves to have the Senate probe a dye embargo push in the permanent tariff bill. He cites millions spent by dye interests, a DuPont-British contract, world market aims, high American dye prices, and a major dividend payer backing the effort with propaganda and lobbying.
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