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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
5
A collage of classified notices shows help wanted jobs and business openings, furniture ads, rental listings, and a sequence of sale pitches. Includes positions for a housekeeper and various sales or skill roles, plus furniture, rugs, phonographs, and real estate offerings with prices and contact cues.
Real estate ads urge buyers to engage quickly for affordable farm lands and small homes near Seattle's Lake Burton area and in Yakima Valley. Listings include 20 to 70 acre parcels with improvements, irrigation, barns, and price examples from 4 466 to 9 000, plus motor autos and mortgage details.
A dense page lists stocks and bonds with prices from various banks and brokers, followed by business opportunities and restaurant listings. It also shows notices of vessel name changes, mortgage offerings, and property occupancy protests in a mid 1920s city.
Tacoma police arrest Roy Rice in a Wednesday night shooting of uptown grocer Roy Up ton. A 38 caliber automatic pistol was found beside Rice's bed as officers recover. Investigators say a dispute over a debt preceded the killing.
The Ways and Means Committee began framing an emergency tariff bill on agricultural products. Chairman Fordney said the duty will be high enough to prohibit imports for about a year, likely affecting wheat, cattle, frozen meat, beans, peanuts, soybeans, wool, and sheep.
The Filliott Bay camp of Modern Woodmen of America announces officers elected for 1921 Consul A. E Whitestone past consul Harry J Allen adviser Alex Carlson clerk Frank Skinner banker Dr W H Pittwood assistant clerk J Allen Henderson escort Johnson watchman A F Leibert sentry BE Frostman and trustee C N Webb.
The steamer Prince George will depart Prince Rupert at 7 p.m. on December 23 instead of midnight. It will reach Vancouver at 8 a.m. on Christmas Day, announced by J. B. McGuire, G T Pacific passenger agent.
A morphine addict writes to the White Cross asking aid to quit and to aid in stopping dope peddling. Police Inspector Hane Damm receives the letter and promises secrecy and no arrest if he is contacted via The Star. Inspector Damm is noted as a member of the White Crow.
Mrs. Welch sues her husband Joe Welch claiming he refuses to return a silver fox fur she owned before their October 1979 marriage. She allowed display in his store window at 1447 Westlake Ave. The suit seeks the fur or $1,000 in damages.
The city engineer's office is preparing plans and estimates for the Montlake Avenue Bridge. City Architect Daniel Huntington drafts sketches describing a future structure viewed as one of the city's most beautiful. A bond issue for the bridge may appear on the March ballot.
A compressed catalog from The Seattle Star lists attorneys at law, patent attorneys, jewelry lenders, optician services, physicians, piano repair and tuning, rug cleaning, window cleaning, and home maintenance firms. Entries include addresses in Seattle with some business names and services such as money loans on valuables, barbering, and carpet cleaning. The collection reflects urban professional services and consumer vendors active in the city.
A coroner s jury exonerated Deputy Sheriff Asa Lee in the Wednesday shooting of Mrs Mary Howard at 1312 20th Ave 8B The jury found she died from a revolver shot fired by Lee while attempting to arrest her and that Lee acted within his rights Neighbors and family testified Mrs Howard often fired her handgun without provocation including a time a patrolman was resisted while serving a warrant last year
Frank Monegan was stabbed in a quarrel over a coat at 710 Thomas Street. E. J. Cunningham is held on an open charge, accused of the stabbing. Monegan remained in city hospital Saturday. The coat belonged to a woman at the same address and had been locked in a room by Monegan. Cunningham allegedly tried to remove it, triggering the fight.
The supreme court has taken under advisement the case challenging the soldiers bonus bill. Arguments ended yesterday. The measure was referred to a referendum, adopted by voters last month, proclaimed by Governor Hart on November 38, and led to a test suit.
Three Japanese men Uyeminami Asa kura and Hosokawa sought mandates to force Seattle to issue junk shop licenses. Judge Calvin Hall ruled the license ordinances invalid as they left license issuance to unchecked city council discretion.
Hearing for J. O. Secord druggist at 2300 Jackson St was postponed a week after his federal liquor law trial. British Columbia information aided a raid on Secord's store where agents found wine and whisky for beverage use. Authorities moved to deny Secord a permit to keep alcohol.
Walter J. Dener, a winch driver on the Goodrich, sues the Pacific Steam Ship Co claiming loss of smell sight and hearing from an injury July 4 1920 when four and one half tons fell from his winch near him. He seeks 40000 damages.
Hearing on a motion for a new trial for Nick Shears convicted of embezzlement while acting for Eastern insurance companies was set for Thursday by Judge Tallman in superior court. The offense occurred over a year ago. Deputy Prosecutor Patterson urged speedy disposal, saying he has uncertain hopes of resolving the case before he dies.
Superior Judge Boyd J. Tallman permanently restrains Center and Vashon Island school directors from consolidating with another district. The injunction follows a lawsuit by Center resident T. N. Thompson. The case highlights ongoing local district reorganization efforts.
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