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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
11
A crowded page of classifieds lists items for sale and rent including sixes of furnishings, wood, and coal, plus autos, real estate, and pets. Entries mention furnshed rooms, a black cocker spaniel, jewelry for sale, and 1910s era cars with pricing and contact references.
Classified notices offer land and small cottages for cash or easy terms, plus exchanges for city property. Includes brokers P Van Arsdale and A G Ellie Co, plus a Kirkland area 20 acre tract at $5 per acre and a bargain near Burke and Farrar's office. Also stock and bond listings and equipment ads.
An old classified-style notice touts a 4%acre lot with city utilities and a ready-to-move home. It offers $100 cash and $100 monthly balance with other terms, mentioning Lake Burien access, car routes, and multiple nearby conveniences. Contact Kenwood at Milwaukee and St. Pearl and Co. 512 University Way.
A 16 year old negro bootblack Robert Walkin and a 26 year old mechanic W B S proved to be carrying loaded revolvers. Detectives Treay and Brown and Sergeant Newton with patrolman McCarty arrested them at Maynard avenue Weller, and at Harvard avenue respectively after searches revealed a revolver.
Dolores M. Johnson, known as Dolly, was involved in a jail fist fight with Lucille Brown in the county jail’s women’s section. Sheriff Matt Starwith reports the clash followed a prior dispute, with Dolly allegedly calling Lucille a hophead. Both women were separated before serious injuries occurred.
Fire swept through San Diego, Gal, Dee and two Tijuana saloons along with two cafes. Mexican officials accuse government enemies of setting the blazes. The Sonora, Black Cat and Savoy saloons burned to the ground and liquor stocks were destroyed. The fire was checked after hours of effort.
The suit of Michael Vena of Vena Construction Co against Nick Paotella and wife was continued five days after nine days of litigation until December 12 by Superior Judge Boyd Tallman. Vena sues for pay alleged due on extras in building a house for the defendants.
Miller, of the American Legion Lee, was appointed shipping board storekeeper on Thursday. The role pays $1,800 annually and assigns him charge of supplies secured from lading vessels to be distributed to outgoing weavers, per L. F. Root, acting manager of the operating department.
Charles H. Lyon and Geo W. Rawson were severely injured when Lyon’s car skidded on Rainier Avenue at Dawson Street, swerved across the road, struck a telephone post, and threw Rawson to the pavement. Lacerations of head and body and other bruises were reported.
EB Armstrong takes office as special agent in charge of the Treasury Department for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He succeeds G E Channing who died by his own hand in California last summer. Armstrong arrives from London where he served as U S treasury attaché.
San Juan Fish owners announce the Starr now carries passengers cargo and mail to Western Alaska. A luncheon will be held at pier 7 Friday at noon to celebrate the new government service.
J L McPherson is dismissed from the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce by President Robert Meyns after a board meeting. No successor named. McPherson says little, noting possible future comment. The dispute with executive secretary Christy Thomas is cited as the underlying cause.
The Women's Hellenic club will host a Christmas bazaar to raise funds for the new St Demetrius Greek church. It runs Thursday through Sunday in the church basement at Yale Ave and Thomas St with hours 2 to 6 pm. Santa Claus will distribute presents to children on Christmas Day.
Four additional men were ordered to join 14 caretakers in the United States Shipping Board fleet of 18 laid up ships in the harbor. The total now reaches 30 workers, all Americans, with most licensed, according to L. F. Root acting manager of the operating department.
Railway chief Henderson announced a trackless trolley will be brought to Seattle and shown here within two months. A representative of a major trolli bus maker is in town to arrange the trial with Henderson.
Alexander Fair was fined 500 by Judge Jeremiah Neterer in federal court after pleading guilty to violating prohibition laws. Dixon Hines and Norman McDonald were charged jointly and forfeited their bail of 9600.
In Phoenix, Roy Gardner, famed mail robber, claimed he stole funds on November 3 to fund spiritual development for the afterlife. Dr. Ray Ferguson of the Arizona insane asylum testified for the defense that Gardner acted under a delusion, desiring funds for his wife and child and his own spiritual growth.
In Grand Rapids on December 8 the bandits who robbed the Michigan Exchange Bank of $10,000 and killed a policeman remain at large. They, with a woman accomplice, are believed to head toward Detroit in a stolen car. The gang’s vehicle crashed into a freight train but the occupants were uninjured. they then escaped in another passing car.
Members of the chamber of commerce will host Education week at a Friday noon luncheon. Speakers include Dr. William A. McKeever Mrs Cora Stewart head of the illiteracy commission National Education association and Dr Joseph L Pascal director of the American Institute of Optometry New York.
Two sealed verdicts opened in federal court found George Wineholt a taxi driver and Roy X. Smith a longshoreman guilty of narcotics possession. Sentence was deferred.
Mayor Caldwell and City Engineer Dimock were guests of honor at a luncheon hosted Thursday by the Seattle Real Estate association in the L. C. Smith Building restaurant.
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