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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
5
Classified notes list 1920 and 1918 autos including a Reo sedan and a 1919 Oldsmobile. Dealers Hamill Nagdahl and Henry Mosabach Auto Co advertise cash for late model cars plus a 1520 22 Bellevue trucks section with rebuilt vehicles.
Property ad seeks exchange of four apartments with rents over $1,200 yearly for a bungalow plus cash equity of $4,000 and a long term mortgage balance. Contact Witney with Jordan Co at American Bank Building, The Pacifics Agency, 4100 Arcade Title. Acreage details unclear.
Advertisement notes land at Skagit Bay selling up to January 2 1921 with price raise to $26 per acre after January 1 1921 and $17 per acre before. Twelve hundred acres offered across 600 tracts initial, 383 sold, 117 remaining. Excursion on Sunday January 2 1921 invites buyers from Yakima Sunnyside and Wenatchee to inspect remaining land. Also lists cars for sale and real estate ads with local dealers and contact details.
Six acres for 750 dollars near Interurban Station to be sold this week. Several listings offer five to six acre tracts with houses, water, soil, and timber, near Seattle, Des Moines, and Des Moines district. Includes 1019 Third Ave broker ads and cash terms with monthly payments and maps.
Classified notice offering 1 1 2 interest in a garage with $1 500 cash, promising over $260 monthly, plus storage value and rent details. Also advertises a half interest in an auto repair shop for $250 and a small grocery and dairy with house and stock valued around $1 000 to buy or rent, with terms and contact Hubbard & Baston at 627 Seaboard Building.
Ad lists grocery and living space with rent and price details. Mentions commercial investment offers and quick sale of a bungalow with fruit trees. Also notes opportunities to start a business, loans, and partner inquiries. Numerous OCR garbles remain.
Telegram from Washington reports the death on Christmas day of A D Rust Jr 86 father of F A Rust a labor movement figure and Mrs A M Lotta known as Grandma Rust. They previously lived with their daughter Mrs Lots in Wear Seattle and moved in 1918 after their 60th wedding anniversary to Lanham Maryland where Grandma Rust survives.
Atlantic City dispatch reports a post office break in at Port Republic twenty miles away. Postmistress Amanda Blake, alerted by noises, hurled a lighted lamp at the intruders. The ensuing explosion scattered flames over the burglars who fled in pain.
The coroner's office warned the public after an investigation into three deaths by gas asphyxiation last week. Four others narrowly escaped. inquests will not be held. The ap dus appeared in good working order, and Deputy Coroner H K Mac Donald attributed the deaths to victims' carelessness.
A compact directory page from The Seattle Star listing attorneys at law, patent attorney Frederick P. Gorin, accountants, chiropractors, dance instructors, loan brokers, jewelers, opticians, painters, physicians, piano tuners, razor sharpening, rug cleaning, well digging and window cleaning. It names firms and addresses across Seattle and nearby districts.
The Chamberlain Kahn fund will allot Washington 6783.79 for 1921 anti vice work, but the state must match dollar for dollar through legislature. Congress has cut 1920 levels in 1921 funding, forcing states to double their appropriations to maintain efforts. The Interdepartmental Social Hygiene board urges continued funding to preserve health gains.
Readers from diverse backgrounds envision using sudden cash to help others. A 65 year old miner would endow a home for dead broke prospectors, another would fund a monument for a former mayor, and a Santa Claus trust. Essays are limited to 125 words, due December 21, to be read at the Seattle Life Underwriters Association event.
Final deportation orders for va Prinz, a Russian stowaway who arrived in Seattle on the steamer Cross Keyes November 2, are postponed pending a department reconsideration appeal filed by her attorney Simon L Wienk. If sent back to Vladivostok, her fiancé Lloyd Jacot of San Francisco would follow and marry her there. The immigration case also seeks to keep her until the appeal result is received. The Labor Department had allowed entry to marry Jacot if passport rules were waived. Anna Lapfina’s case, brought with Eva Pring, remains under Washington review.
In Oceanport New Jersey the pet rabbit Byng owned by Mrs. Ella Fields defeated a neighboring cat with a powerful kick. The cat lunged to grip Byng and was struck hard on the neck and ribs, then kicked around the lawn until it died. The tale marks Byng as a local sports hero among residents.
Coroner to hear evidence at 10 a m Wednesday into the Christmas morn death of Ernest O Sundblad of 115 N 105th 41 struck on the Coun try Club road by the car of D N Schoonover 329 N Tord st a former policeman Sundblad was walking with Julius Hilstrom 330 N 104th when hit Schoonover said he was blinded by oncoming headlights
The King County total tax levy for 1921 reaches 21,338,615.82 dollars, a rise driven entirely by voters approving higher school taxes. City expenditures edge down slightly, and county spending declines notably. Distribution shows Educational 7,761,617.03. Municipal 7,603,255.89. County 2,522,677.27. Roads 1,872,211.60. State 1,578,954.53.
Attorney Arthur E. Carr and Winter Martin were admitted to practice in federal court on Monday. The motion for admittance was filed by Ben L. Moore, a former assistant United States district attorney. The text also notes the Janaca bird among Pacific islands as a beautiful, unusual species.
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