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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1921
Page
3
A bustling classified page lists a male situation wanted ad seeking work and support, plus numerous autos for sale or repair and real estate offerings. The section promotes poultry trades, car repairs, real estate parcels, stock listings, and notices, with multiple addresses and firms such as Rylandse & Son and Centrage Inc cited.
The Seattle Star lists Attorneys-at-Law I Ball from 1887 with moderate fees and free consultation. Main 7303 and address 216 Burke Building, 995 Second. The directory highlights legal services and contact details for readers seeking counsel.
Northwest health officers will convene in Seattle August 30 and 31 for the annual meeting of state health officers. County officers must attend, others invited. Dr Charles V Herduxka will discuss nem diaeane control with motion pictures. Dr Paul A Turner leads the convention in Seattle.
Four liquor runners were captured by Sheriff William Gookina and Captain Ben Lichtenberg after a land and sea pursuit near Coupeville. The detainees include Martin Fall, Jim Frost Holm, Herman Westberg, and Frank Engdahl. A 30‑foot launch, three cars, and 32 sacks of whiskey were seized.
Frank Len was released and K Cellini was bound over to the federal grand jury on $1 500 bonds when arraigned Monday before United States Commissioner R W McClerland. Cellini is charged with possession of morphine.
Indian man J. Sairto from Poulsbo slept atop a barbed wire fence at Skinner and Eddy shipyard Sunday night. A workman alerted police. Patrolman Kk. H. Davey removed him from the fence and placed him in a wagon where he fell asleep again despite complaints the wagon floor was hard.
Michael Lesten, 12, of Franklin, was fatally injured or may die after being struck by a car driven by William B. Patek at the Green River Gorge picnic grounds. Patek told authorities the boy darted into the path, causing the collision. the boy was taken to Black Diamond hospital with concussion and severe injuries.
F 1, B Schoenbern reports the loss of trousers with $19 left inside from his home Sunday night. Funeral services are set for City Detective G A Bergstrom who died by his own hand Saturday night at a local hotel. Pallbearers include Lieut W B Kent and detectives Rh KB McCullough E Yoris James Byrne C S Van Buskirk and Thomas Hayden with interment at Evergreen cemetery.
The fire marshal's semi annual report shows four fires from smoking in bed in Seattle over the past six months. Total property loss for the period reached 238,172 dollars with 18,492,276 dollars in property involved.
The Star issued a correction after mislabeling the dead woman found in an early Saturday morning crash. Ora Brenley was described as colored in initial reports. the coroner's first identification was corrected in later editions at the request of the deceased’s sitter.
Poem reflects Canning Season and family fridge tensions as Frances Boardman notes how mothers jars share shelf space with fathers items. The playful verse compares rubber rings and jelly, warning of scarce space when fruit is abundant and weather heats up.
1921 report details Curtis Wilkinson 45 of 2324 First Ave fractured leg after auto struck him near Rainier Ave and Jackson St as he crossed. Providence Hospital treating him while police seek driver. Gust Debis 1208 Seneca St dragged 10 feet by another auto at Sixth Ave and Pike St. Dwight Pettibone of Tacoma says Debis stepped into path. Debis suffered minor bruises. Imac Tomlinson of Kirkland hit at Third Ave and Marion St. taken to City Hospital with cuts and bruises. Henlen Sommerer of 3010 E Alder St drove. Tomlinson was crossing and struck down.
Mayor Caldwell was asked Monday to appoint a beautiful Seat tle flapper as princess-in-waiting to the Queen of Dallas for the Texas Centennial fair. No expenses were mentioned in the letter.
A memo by Hubert Work the first distant postmaster general clarifies that special delivery is for speed not insurance. The note emphasizes that the service does not guarantee the contents of letters or parcels.
A market fraud case led to a fine of 100 dollars and a 10 day jail sentence for Frank Tergburg, a 32 year old fruit merchant, after he was found to stuff peach box bottoms with paper. Police arrested him at Stall 3 Prie'st market, and Judge John Gordon ordered the punishment following a not guilty plea.
Francis De Shaw, 19, a chauffeur of 917 BE. Thomas St., argued with a friend Sunday night so fiercely that De Shaw fell off the curb and injured his jaw. He was taken to city hospital stating the dispute caused the mishap.
A. Johnson, a car repairer at the North Seattle street car barns, was badly burned about the face when a wire short circuited on a car he was repairing Monday. The flame scorched his face and hair. He received first aid and was sent home.
Ray Rank reports a burglar crawled through a window early Monday and took his fishing license along with $11 in cash and a driver's license from Rank's dresser at 2111 25th Ave. The incident was reported to police.
Robert A. Mitchell, 50, of 4618 14th Ave N., an employee of Continental Pipe Co., slipped while pulling lumber from a pile and fell about 10 feet. He sustained a broken arm and was taken to Lakeside hospital.
Northwest frontier reports insurgents clash with loyal Punjabis as flames of revolt spread. Rebels fire many villages and battles occur nearly daily across the region.
Rome reports a week with seven infants deserted in telephone booths. Police ask shopkeepers to monitor customers with babies, as phones become places of abandonment.
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