Help Wanted and Classified Ads Highlight Postwar Jobs
A dense page of 1920s style classified notices lists help wanted vacancies for ex-service men railway clerks post office postal field service and sales positions. It also markets piano lessons tool and clock repairs and a range of miscellaneous buys and services including clothing jewelry and real estate listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Los Angeles
Plesman
Oregon
H. I & Company
Bidgladesphia
Penn
J. Leonard
Civil Service
D.C
Ganor
Schwarz
J. Cook
Colby
DIRECTORY DIRECTORY listing lawyers, doctors, loans and services
A fragmented Seattle directory listing multiple professionals and services including attorneys at law, chiropractors, electricians, loan agencies, furniture and piano services, jewelry and monuments. Entries show business names and addresses such as Burke Building, Elliott streets, Fourth and Pike, and various phone numbers.
Three Arrested on Rum Charges
Three individuals, Mrs Bates Mrs Bartlett and K R Pay, were arrested by city police and federal officers at 18 B Mercers Friday night. Officers found 67 quarts of liquor cooling in a bathtub and two gallons in a car driven by Mrs Bartlett and Fay. Authorities note alcohol was distilled from nipa plant in the Philippines at 20 cents a gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Bates
L. M. Bartlett
Pay
B. Mercers
City Ciry Squad
Bates
Philippines
Conference Sidelights From Washington on Chinese Delegation
The dispatch notes the Chinese delegation offices on Queus street behind QQ Mt and lists delegates in hotel corridors. A young reporter observes hair styles and staff movement at Franklin Square hotel as officials handle sensitivities around state secrecy.
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Harry Hunt Washington
Queus St
Tea and politics near the navy scrapping debate
A humorous interlude at a Paris Briand meeting teases etiquette as a French attaché and a English reporter clash over door knock customs. The scene shows tea time at the British delegates HQ as discussions intensify about Britain’s naval reduction and its global role.
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Pwritieh
Britain
Insurance Man Budiong Dies Suddenly in City Hospital
W. E. Budiong age 52 assistant secretary of the Tithe Insurance company died at noon Saturday on arrival at city hospital. He had complained of shortness of breath during a noontime talk with a friend on Second Avenue before being taken to the hospital. Heart trouble of long standing is given as the probable cause. The body was taken to the morgue pending an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Budiong
Tithe Insurance Company
Alé Becondave
City Hospital
Budiong
Budlong
Second Ave
KE. J. Leitch
Malden Ave
Leitch
Alderman Bulmer Calls Public Lazy as He Walks Daily
Alderman John Bulmer, reelected at 62 in Hove, says he walks five miles daily and blames modern society for increasing laziness and pleasure seeking among people.
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Hove
Eng
John Bulmer
Man Dies of a Broken Heart After Wife's Death
In Brighton England on December 3 Frederick Adama aged 74 died minutes after locating his wife dead. Attending physicians attributed his death to a broken heart as his life-mate passed away.
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Brighton
Eng
Frederick Adama
Wonder How It Feels to Be Awake Again
Vienna report Friedrich von Liexen son of Tyrolean inn keeper awakes after more than seven years of sleep. He was fed artificially during the period and is expected to fully recover.
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Vienna
Friedrich von Liexen
Mustapha Ali Bey Murdered After Mutinous Wives Revolt
In Constantinople on December 3, Mustapha Ali Bey, a wealthy tobacco merchant, was killed after his nine wives rose in mutiny when he barred them from adopting Western customs. He attempted to flog them before being stabbed.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Ali Bey
Seeking Thugs Who Terrorized Women
Two men who terrorized women early Saturday morning are being sought by police. Patrolmen Clark and Haguewood searched the area near 6080 Etruria where a woman reported a man stepped from an auto and tried to force her into the car. A burglar attempting to force a bed room window at 4006 Cascadia Ave was frightened away by occupants.
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J. B. Clark
J. A. Haguewood
Etruria At
B. Bradley
Cascadia Ave
Two Spokane Runaway Boys Detained by Police
Two Spokane youths Keith Atchley aged 16 and Neil Van Vuyn aged 14 were held by juvenile authorities after admitting running away from home and traveling to this city by freight trains. They were arrested at the Great Northern docks by Patrolman R. B. Colby.
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Spokane
Great Northern Docks
R. B. Colby
Keith Atchley
Neil van Vuyn
Postoffice Clerks to Be Introduced
The plan to display names of clerks in senior posts on public cards outside their windows is about to be inaugurated by the State postoffice. Assistant Postmaster Charles M. Perkins confirms the move.
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Seatte Postoffice
Charles M. Perkins
Tries to Enlist Then Disappears Near Camp Lewis
Lawrence Nichols, 17, of 1440 W 624 wt, vanished after visiting Camp Lewis where he sought enlistment. Police pursued leads about him wearing a dark mackinaw, green cap, gray trousers, light hair and blue eyes, describing a fair complexion.
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Camp Lewis
Lawrence Nichols
Two Gas Boats Sold by Federal Officer
Two gas boats named America First and Rambler were sold by U S Marshal Ed Benn to satisfy claims against him.
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America First
United States
Ed Benn
Girl Injured in Standing Collision
Estelle Lauderback of 2836 16th Ave West suffered a dislocated wrist and head cuts when a vehicle driven by Chris Jensen of 6534 Ninth Ave North West rammed a car parked by the curb at 15th Ave West and Borton Street Friday night.
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Estelle Lauderback
16Th Ave. W
Chris Jensen
Ninth Ave. N. W
15Th Ave. W
Borton St
Intoxicated Americans Clash With Conductor in Paris
In Paris on December 3 two American travelers who had been drinking absinthe boarded a Vincennes Rosny tram and refused to pay. The conductor drew a revolver and fired at them, wounding Frederick Martin in the shoulder.
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Paris
Frederick Martin
Ferocious Weasels Attack Girl in Wales Road Incident
Cardiff report shows Lizzie Thomas attacked by six weasels while walking home from school. A farmer drove off the pests, ending the animal encounter.
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Cardiff
Wales
Lizzie Thomas
Kiddies Journey Without Mother
Four American children aged 9 7 5 and 2 sailed to join their father John Lloyd in Utah. Their mother had brought them for a visit to Liverpool but died shortly after arrival.
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Liverpool
Joi
John Lloyd
Utah
Blind 32 Years Shocked by Short Skirts in Modern Fashion
Kansas City dispatch reports James Petty, blind since 1889, views modern fashion after an operation. He first saw short skirts up to the knees and, after renewed trial, admits some changes but laments people aren’t as handsome as in the old days.
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James
Mecca for animal lovers planned in New York apartment
Mrs. Edgar Saltus widow of the author will build New York's oddest apartment devoted to pets in memory of Toto the dog. The Italian styled complex will have a center patio with a fountain and drinking places for animals, marble walls, and each unit with pet drinking fountains, baths, and an outside feel. The project aims to fund a home for animals through a trust.
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Edgar Saltus
Toto
New York
Bob Dorman
Manhattan
Mrs. Saltus
California
Six Hurt As Auto Hits Army Truck In City Crash
Six persons injured and two autos damaged in a weekend wreck at Westlake avenue and Roy street. An Army truck from Camp Lewis, driven by George L. Boudreaux, was struck by a machine driven by J. Pruden of the Navarre hotel. occupants Lieut Jackson and Sergis pinned. Demiick and Breakbill bruised. Denny Evans cut. Pruden arrested for driving while drunk.
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Westlake Ave
Roy St
George L. Boudreaux
Camp Lewis
J. Pruden
Navarre Hotel
Lieut
Jackson
Sergis
Demiick
Breakbill
Denny Evans
Pruden
Youth Taken From Father by Police
Clyde Walkley, 15, was held by juvenile authorities after being removed from a Great Northern train with his father W. M. Walkley, 39, of Mount Vernon Washington. The father is alleged to have taken the boy from his mother and died, in an incident tied to divorce proceedings per police.
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Clyde Walkley
Great Northern
W. M. Walkley
Mount Vernon
Wash
Jail release to face whisky crossing charge
Alexander Fair, jailed six months in Tacoma for assaulting a customs official at Blaine, will be brought to Seattle to answer charges of bringing 118 quarts of whisky across the Canadian line. He is charged with Dixon Hines Norman McDonald and John Doe Rogers.
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Alexander Fair
Tacoma
Blaine
Seattle
Fair
Dixon Hines
Norman McDonald
John Doe Rogers
Dope Addict Given Life in Court Marriage
Pretty Mabel Grant confessed dope addict was sentenced to life by Justice C P Dalton. After sentencing he witnessed her marriage to Frank Paroni who waited in the courtroom with a marriage license in hand.
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Mabel Grant
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Dalton
Frank Paroni
People May Soon Live to Be 175
Dr Eugene Lyman Fisk of the Life Extension Institute outlines a forecast where human lifespans extend dramatically. He cites census and insurance data, argues aging is a controllable condition, and predicts 125 to 175 year lifespans within the 21st century with more radical changes possible in 500 years.
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Eugene Lyman Fisk
Life Extension Institute
New York
Law's Delay Banned by Aged Judge
In North Dakota Supreme Court Judge James E. Robinson, elected with a record vote, trims red tape by refusing vacations until cases are decided and issuing Saturday letters challenging slow courts. He notes U.S. Supreme Court delays and contrasts with his court's docket. The piece also mentions 15,000,000 renter households and Pawtucket's 126 year cotton thread industry.
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Bismarck
N. D
Supreme Court of
No Dakota
Supreme Court
James E. Robinson
Robinson
United States Supreme Court
North Dakota Supreem Court
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Star’s
T.dee
St. Louis
Frederick Kurn
Philadelphia
Paelsfield
Union
Poastoffice
Epiano
Kiven
al Ninnis
Garfield Main
Furnshed
Garfield
North
Portland
Walnut St
Amer Products Co
Daly & Belling
Sam
Mfg. Co
14Th St
Ann
Garelas
ELGIN_ WHIST watch
Third Ave
Pike
Mickey Jazz
ITE Pure Collie
Main
Itis
E'S Bank
49Th Ave
Union Depot
C. J. Chambers
Frainier
Alri Point
C. Smith
Sound View
New
Bal Ne
Mercer St
Mercer
Iliott
Fourth Ave
Madison
Belmont N
Lenora
1808 & Terry
Dex
leau-Zeles
Eastman
Porat
Gianhes
Pollat
Eas
Shinitas
Ave. S
Yealer
Rainier Valley
Bee Waldron Co
Henry
Lights
Birmingham
Ala
Stove Suneet Fuel Co
Worka
Ae Jackson
Waldron Co
Ave
Waldron
West Ay
Adc
Ng Od
Sundwall & Ca
Rocker
Davenport
Cirrary
Doris Apts
Washington St
First Ave
Sidney
Meyer- Tower
Owl
Filliott
Furnitture
Elliott
Ales & Auction CO
Ake Bave
Pike Main
Kenwood
Zutho
William L. Hughson
Ford
Summit
J. S. Reese
Mer
Ntral Agency, Inc
Ford Dealers
N. G
Geo. Rhodes
Henry Mossbachute Co
Pike Et Bast
Guire Teegarden
Woodinvilla
Chamber
Acne Ralpver
Rainier
Otgs
Rainier Ave
Carne
Aeri City Light
32Nd Ave
David P. Eastman
Columbia City
Getahome Rainier
GEO. A. Spencer & CO
Ferdinand &J
Columbia
Enna
Bath
Culver
Roaton Garfield
Monroe
Snohomish
Meiklejohn Hrown Co
L. C. Amith
Groom
West Seattle
West Seattle Property
Junction Realty
Alberta
Keppler St
J. M. McCullough
Bothell
Vernon
Clear Lake
Waah
Sedro-Woolley and Railroad
Skag
Warn
Ln Jones
Hox
Olney
Tit
Alaska Oil
Cold Ray
Anchorage
Alaska Beilding
Universal Ecwor
Northwetern
Thermopolis
Johnson
Alaska Steamship Co
Davie Car Co
Columbia Red Metal
Western Smarting & Power
Red Desert Oil
MAX Winkler
Filbert
J. P. van D.art Hardware CO
Mills
Seaboard Ride
Star
POOL
Howell
Rotich
A. M. Pewett
Washington Cancer Institute, Inc
Anid
W. H. Saultz
Hesther Medical CO
Ave. N
Mee Eveery
D'Aersonval Institute
K. Pine St
Yeeler
Seattle Star Directory
P. Bali
Burke
M. W. Ff Waskan
Ie Moure
TRING
al ‘ Iret P. J. Givnan Eiectrice Co
Aoney
Balaried
Workingman's Loan CO
Cumulative Credit CO
Poe
Wed En Soney
Hiamonda
Seattte
Andrica
Jewett Co
Recond
Autom Hide and
Lara Ans
BA Inc
Central Ride
Monuments Hound Marnhle & Granite
Lst
Virginia
Heetab
Optican and Optometrist
Baatminds
Fraser-Paterson Co
Frederick PF
Gorin
N. W
DE Co
Reyno M
Reynolda
Patenta
Hinckley
Angus
Strom
Spangenberg
4Th Ave
I Cres
Society
Empire Ride
Finlay
Sra Av
Puget Bound
I. O. Ih
gXswenisn
Clon Hall
8Th Ave
Lander
Shire
A. Willeskeen
Ind Ave
Makal Boliath LoAans
Othe Farm Mtg. CO
Pattherson
John Patterson
Sixth Ave
Nusband
Bettie
Buoday Dpm
Peliers of Bieitsnadrtakian Co
36Th St
Friends
Mr. Petterson
Ballard
Wandelli
NTO
Standard Oil Co
Franklin Square Hotel
L’remier Briand
Youngster
Girl
Kansas City
James Petty
Pawtucket
R. I
J. E. Robinson
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