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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1919
Page
3
Police arrested C Intushachi at 606 King Street after seizing proceeds from sake sales at his soft drink shop. Officers R Baerman and C Le gate recovered a bag of coins from patrons, noting the operation drew Japanese customers and rivaled a jitney for money.
An unnamed blind man complained to police on Wednesday about a blackberry bush at First Ave North and Queen Anne Way that hangs over the sidewalk and scratches him. He urged the property owners to remove the plant. Officer Van Miller questioned why the man does not walk on the opposite curb.
Officials tour the southern city area to study protests over condemning property to straighten Spokane Street. The plan would loop Spokane Street across Pigeon Point and create a diagonal exit from Georgetown.
Laborers Md Carleon and Andrew Stone were booked Wednesday after a city patrol observed them intoxicated. Officers J. O. Neal and J. R. Moore hauled them to the station from Seventh Ave and Weller St as the patrol car’s rear wheel was damaged.
A long remembered Kellogg advertisement features a real American girl in a gingham gown with a sunbonnet. The portrait, used to symbolize wholesome naturalness, was revived after years away and remains popular with grocers and consumers. The mystery regard ing the original model centers on identifying the actual girl behind the noted image.
Housewives eager for government surplus food packed the sale last Saturday with orders exceeding $3,000. Deputy supply officer reports 36 carloads en route to Seattle and all cases will be inspected for quality before delivery.
Mortuary statistics released in London show 23 000 people in India died from snakes and wild animals over the past year. Snakes caused more than half the deaths, with rural districts bearing most losses though urban areas recorded over a thousand snake bite fatalities. Wild animal deaths rose as wildlife increased during wartime, with less hunting.
London dispatch notes a Stratford rag and bone dealer upgrading his operation with electric lights and a telephone. He has swapped a push-cart for a motorized vehicle, riding in a Yankee flover as he extends rounds amid booming demand after the war.
London August 27 A Waltham Abbey farmer was fined 10 for a bull running into a furniture shop. The animal caused a two hour commotion, knocked over a table and two chairs and scared customers away. The farmer paid the fine and quipped it could have been worse in a china shop.
A. Ferguson, 25, a longshoreman, is in the city hospital with an injured back and possible multiple broken ribs after a 700 pound box fell on him Wednesday morning at Plier 2.
Tieberg Bros of San Francisco sells the Royal Boot Shop at 1220 1222 Second Avenue to R. E. Brown of Everett and C. A. White of Seattle. The buyers face a cash crisis as they attempt to move the extensive stock valued over 100000 dollars.
Men women boys and girls can buy shoes at prices far below wholesale cost for a few days. Lighter leathers up about 50 percent in four months. Foreign hides arriving in U S markets since January unfit for use due to wartime care. America is the shoe market of the world, yet foreign buyers outbid Americans. Local stocks stand full with high quality shoes for fall and winter.
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