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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
5
Local ad seeks live poultry and rabbits for cash. Call Main 6396 or visit 1622 Weatero Ave in Seattle or 15323 Western Ave for quick offers. Advertises high cash prices and urges prompt bring in stock.
Narrowly avoiding death when his car overturned near Dearborn and Sixth Ave, George Ek 1411 N 4th St was badly injured and rushed to city hospital. The accident happened after a sharp turn to avoid a slower vehicle, crushing Ek’s foot as the car crashed into a curb. Police note excessive speed as a contributing factor.
Directory listing of attorneys and various classified notices. Includes law firm details, business opportunities, sales offers, and personal notices. Highlights include I. Po Wali established 1987, Main 7303, and diverse ads for shops, jobs, and services across Washington towns.
Sheriff Starmer and deputies escort Dr. R. M. Brumfield from Calgary toward Roseburg for trial on murder charges. Reinforcements join at King's Gate as fears of mob activity rise and Brumfield denies his identity claiming he is Dennis Russell.
Three former service members Rey Kennedy L L Howell and R N Forrester were arrested by Marines after wearing uniforms not theirs. They had recently left the army and navy and tried on the other branch uniforms for a novelty before being jailed.
Washington August 16 The house adopts amendments to the anti beer bill and rejects a proposal to issue warrants to search homes for home brew outfits Sponsored by Representative Fields of Kentucky the measure failed 64 to 96 in a party line or mixed vote reflecting opposition to expanded search powers.
In a bizarre crime tale, Thomas A. Catt is slain after a confrontation with A. J. Smith. Smith, armed from a window, fires as Catt perches on a fence and dives toward a tree. the cat dies upon impact. Funeral set for Wednesday.
The Seattle American Legion plans the biggest ball and entertainment yet, to raise funds for the employment department aiding ex service men and women. Chairman George Salzman says up to 10 000 guests are expected at the auditorium next Saturday night with 1.50 per couple and 50 cents for an extra lady. Three hundred society leaders and officials have pledged support as Pat McManus leads the ways and means committee.
Rudolph Charles Miller, 49, manager of Singer man and Sons, disappeared August 1 from his Milwaukee mother’s home. Police fear he was murdered for cash and jewelry he was known to carry. Miller had lived in Seattle for 20 years with daughter Madeelayne Miller at 1703 Relievue Ave. He is described as nervous, with a dark complexion, gray hair, 5 feet 8 inches tall, and 182 pounds.
The Bureau seeks Robert Shellabarger last heard from in St. Louis after discharge from a national sanitarium in Marion Indiana last June. Wm McElhiney and Mrs Anna McElhiney appeal for information sent to General Delivery Bremerton Washington.
Roy C. Lyle was sworn in as the new Washington state prohibition director in Tacoma on Monday. He succeeds Donald A. McDonald, Washington’s first director under the national prohibition act.
The Wayfarer cast and chorus plan a 2 30 p m picnic at Woodland Park with field games and an old fashioned program. A basket dinner will follow the games at 5 p m according to the announcement by organizers.
Lieut J C Wickman in charge of the pawnshop detail at police headquarters arrived for work without his $12 Stetson hat. A second man also had a shave and wore a greasy black hat. Both hung their hats on a tree. the slick thief lifted Wickman’s lid unseen. Wickman departed enraged threatening to call out police toward Frisco to recover the overhead scenery.
William T Beeks head of the Seattle internal revenue office shows a flower garden interest and identifies a lily as Lilium oratum grandiflorum. The reporter notes the chief’s calm pride and remarks on the flower’s beauty.
Sam Thomas extradited from California to Seattle was charged with forging in the first degree in a crime dated April 26 1919. An information filed in superior court Tuesday notes Thomas escaped police at arrest in 1919 and was not located until one month ago in San Francisco. He is now in the county jail.
Police raid 68 Vine, seize 10 gallons and 18 pints of home brew after a dog named Grapo, with a claimed half mile scent, helps locate alcohol. The sensational report notes Grapo reportedly distinguishes home brew from whisky or wine and has uncovered caches in two weeks.
Four sinister messages reached District Attorney Evanger signaling the ongoing war between the Bucy Sing and Hop Sing tongs in Portland. Suey Sings vow to settle scores as five gunmen sit jailed, with no peace expected while Hop Sings lead by two lives, following a theft of a Slav girl in Marysville weeks earlier.
John Toldo received a sentence of 60 days and a $100 fine after pleading guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor in Judge C. C. Dalton's court on Tuesday. He was found with 25¢ gallons of raisin mash on the Schram ranch near Tolt. Two companions were dismissed. Toldo claimed the mash was his.
A fragment from a lost and found notice hints at stored beds and feather items. The readable text suggests inventory in a storage room, with no clear claimant details or dates.
Washington Aug 16 the senate interstate commerce committee ended hearings on the bill to extend financial relief to the railroads and began consideration with plans to report the measure to the senate later in the day.
Leighton apartments resident Miss W. D. Betzdorf reports a saddle valued at 85 dollars, riding boots, and lamp shades stolen. City jail holds 76 year old janitor Green, arrested by Detective A. A. Brown who says he sold the goods to a second hand dealer for 5.25.
Police search for a short stout Black man named Al Simons who fled a barber shop at 1420 Fourth Ave leaving a dozen razors and $10.50 in cash. Simons, a former porter, was last seen Tuesday departing the Lomis and Johnson shop.
The University of Wisconsin demonstrates a device capable of exerting 400000 pounds of pressure on underground rock. Researchers aim to study rock behavior under extreme stress and potential applications in energy extraction and geology.
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