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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1920
Page
7
A collage of old Seattle Star classifieds shows hardware pricing for red cedar siding and flooring, fur and jewelry ads, autos, real estate listings, and craft goods. Entries mention Williams Co hardware, Alaska Fur Co, Rodan roadsters, Junction Realty, and various agents, with real estate, machinery, and farm offerings across Seattle areas and West Seattle.
Classified list of items including wood cords vacuum cleaners sewing machines pianos mattresses and upholstery services. Also cookware coal hay slabs and furniture buyers seek household and office items. Local dealers like The Belltown Furniture Co and Howard Ewing Co advertise wholesale pricing and services.
Frank Waterhouse & Co presents a large assortment of used and new cars at Pine and Bellevue in Seattle. Buyers urged to avoid mortgaged or privately offered vehicles and to have examinations. emphasis on condition and variety across roadsters small cars touring cars and E cars.
An 1921 notice urges quick purchase of land at 20 dollars per acre before price rises after January 1981. Only 117 tracts remain from 183 sold and 600 offered, with prospectors from Yakima Sunnyme and Wenatchee to view the land. Excursion on Sunday promotes buying now, Sparks and Dye advertise at 1220 Broadway Ground Floor.
Classified style clipping lists multiple small business opportunities and notices. Suraiman stores offer a drug store setup with fixtures and stock valued around 1500 dollars, plus a 2500 dollar asking price. partnership auto repair shop seeks a reliable partner. oyster culture venture with government survey data promises 200 dollars monthly. a 14 room house in Queen Anne Hill for 400 cash. various personal notices seek help or loans and property financing.
Classifieds list numerous farm parcels in Washington state from Duvall to Poulsbo with prices from 500 to 8000 dollars. Properties include improved berry land loam soil creek access and grain, plus 260 acre stock farm with springs. Businesses offered include repair shop auto garage and a restaurant and a millinery shop with monthly earnings. Advertisers name McKenna Lumber Co and Van Arsdale & Co.
Directory entries include attorneys patent clinics dentists chiropractors banks loan brokers dance teachers optician and more. Notable names and firms appear with addresses and phone numbers across downtown Seattle, Pike, Union, Second and Fourth avenues and adjacent buildings.
A young wife of one year sought magistrate aid after her husband had his lawyer write a letter accusing her of failing in wifely duties. The letter demanded she show a sweeter disposition toward her husband in the future. In a separate note, the article states that women constitute 73 percent of Japan’s factory workers.
A Berlin woman, after 26 years, told police in Spandau that her husband murdered a little girl and, earlier, her two brothers. Police arrested Behults, linking him to 11 murders of men women and children. Also notes New York state and Texas National Guard sizes.
In Winsted Connecticut editor Joseph Durand declares the Saturday Night will not publish death or funeral notices stating we don’t believe in dying. He adds that it’s all right with Hd Jones the undertaker but no joke with us.
The pick of the best herds of horses from Idaho Montana and Nevada has been sent to China to improve the native stock there.
London inquest reports John Williams aged 72 had heart valves so tough they resembled bone a medical officer said amid the testimony. The unusual condition shocked witnesses and was noted as remarkable.
Official figures place the French Army at 8 473 officers and 696 000 men for 1921. The text notes a separate historical claim about Chinese astronomy during the reign of Yao in 2957 B C.
In a New York Central waiting room a woman clutched a hat bird as a cat lurked. The cat sprang onto the bird and hat, provoking loud screams. Linemen intervened to pull the cat away, ending the scene as the woman rode the rest of the way bareheaded.
Five year old Jimmie Vaughn sports a heavy black beard resembling that of a grown man. Despite attempts with tweezers scissors and patience his facial hair persists. His mother began shaving him twice weekly to manage the beard while doctors call the condition unusual and expect it to fade with time.
Miss Katherine Steffen of Detroit can hear by placing a finger on the telephone receiver to feel the pressure in the metal plate. She says touch allows her to perceive rhythm and melody as others hear with their ears, helping her converse while at work.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin two high school seniors Wilmer Schuessler and John Collins swallowed live goldfish after a crowd raised between five and six dollars. The stunt, performed in an ice cream parlor, included tasting ice cream afterward.
London report notes Christmas food costs likely rise from 12 months ago with meat dried fruit sugar eggs butter flour bacon oranges higher while tea tinned goods rice and oatmeal may be cheaper.
The article notes a tie between two candidates for a position and the decision to draw lots to determine who gets the job. It mentions the White House wiring including over 170 miles of wires, 3,000 incandescent lights, a bell system, and a private telephone system.
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