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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1921
Page
3
Readable listings show live poultry, rabbits, screen doors, furniture pieces, and real estate bargains. Multiple entries list vendors with addresses and phone numbers, plus health foods and stoves. The jumble highlights a bustling classified page with dozens of offerings and contact points.
Sheriff Houser links Matt Jepson death to whisky runners feared to betray them to authorities. Jepson found dead in a well on his Jepson ranch with head crushed, in well about three weeks. He had aided county officials by revealing stills on Little Prairie near Milton. Authorities hold few clues due to elapsed time.
J K Drentworth, a cook of 722 EB Pike, was held in the city jail after a collision with J D Henderson of 4155 Autora Ave Sunday at Borew Ave and Pike St. Henderson, his wife, and infant were thrown from the overturned car and badly bruised. Drentworth faced $100 bail on a reckless driving charge for driving his car at about 40 mph.
Mayor Caldwell informed a public works board he vetoed the paving of Western avenue between University Street and Virginia Street near the street car tracks. He said brick pavement is used by autos without limit, making traffic hard and urged better parking regulations.
New York August 15 a New York banker Francis H Sie son vice president of Guaranty Trust warns the public may use another buyers strike to push price reductions Retailers are blamed for not lowering prices as producers and wholesalers have He says the public holds power to enforce lower costs for goods and urges cooperation to speed recovery of business with focus on consumer costs.
Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall and National Parks head Stephen Mather ended an eight day stay in Tuolumne Meadows. They studied park development projects and mingled with locals. Fall planned to travel to Lake Tahoe for a conference in Minden Nevada with Gov. Boyle to discuss water power and reclamation. Gov. Stephens of California was invited to attend.
A 14 year old, Jake Kerensky, fell from a truck and injured his head and body after fainting. G Gingberg, the driver, took him to the city hospital. Webb, 2614 E Madison Jr., was struck at Third Ave and Columbia by an unknown driver and taken to the city hospital. An unnamed man, M T Courtney of O Brien Washington, was run down at Eighth Ave and Pike by a truck and sustained a fractured leg. An unknown woman was knocked down at Woodland Park Ave and N 34th St by Arthur Johnson driving a car. she said she was unhurt. Mrs H Fisher, 6543 Fourth Ave, was struck at First Ave and Pike St by Lena Mazon’s car and bruised about the face.
Sheriff Matt Starwich leaves Seattle with Sheriff L Everett of Pend Ortello County and Sheriff Wm F Gookins of Island County to attend the Washington State Sheriffs association convention in Aberdeen August 16 17 18. The main topic is the potential for sheriffs to serve consecutive terms as long as elected.
In 1917 Germany produced more than three million pounds of paper textile daily, signaling a massive wartime industrial effort. The statistic highlights the scale of material support during the period and reflects broad wartime production priorities.
A husband laughed and walked away after his wife watched harbor patrols drag Lake Washington for two hours off Madrona beach seeking his body. He swam to a log for a seat and reappeared unharmed, leaving with his wife after the incident.
A compact dramatic note proclaims romance survives in crime tales as a magnate’s past misdeeds push a man toward crime. The piece hints at social pressures, romantic fantasies, and a resilient heroine amid headlines from a periodical column.
Des Moines reports that W. E. Robb a preacher sheriff plans to hang two murderers himself citing Bible justification. The letter column shows mixed reactions from readers across the nation with some supporting and others opposing the course.
New York Aug 15 Uncle Sam plans a national police bureau in Washington with Douglas I. McKay as secretary. The bureau will centralize criminal records for faster detection, storing fingerprints of over a million and a half people and issuing daily crime bulletins. International cooperation is planned.
Seattle gains a new Central Auto Stage Terminal at Western Ave and Madison St amid rapid dispute. Maj. Fay says the depot serves the public and will stay open, but six heavy traffic lines resist switching. Some lines maintain their own depots. others plan meetings to discuss moves.
The A I Pickering family of five, left penniless by a recent house fire, now faces the future with hope as Seattle residents contribute 65.17 dollars. The gifts, collected by The Star’s appeal, include multiple donors and come as Mr Pickering plans to return to work.
Scores of American citizens stood in line at the city registry department Monday morning seeking employment. The board of public works passed a resolution declaring that only U S citizens should be hired on municipal projects.
The Star prints a page urging readers to help locate several missing relatives. Names include William H Crawford formerly of Valdez Alaska sought by his son from Anacortes, Andrew Farndell 28 sought by his sister in San Diego, Barney Edward Cox sought by his father EB Cox in East St. Louis, and Edna Curtis Gardiner seeking Inez Gardiner and her children in Kings Park New York. Mrs Gardiner formerly ran an establishment on First Ave Seattle.
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