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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1920
Page
14
A founder offers a shack plan at Little City Farms in West Seattle. Build the front two rooms for $100, then move in and finish quickly. Pay $900 cash plus $15 monthly to become owner. Free map and circular offered.
Quantities of U S Army shirts olive drab blankets white blankets bath towels and tents are on sale. 3 500 regulation olive drab U S Army reclaimed wool shirts and 1 000 boy s size are included in the lot. Mail orders will be filled as rapidly as possible. The sale conducted by Camp Lewis Wireless at 416 Hinckley building Seattle Wash.
Spargo, desk sub editor for the Watchman, discovers a murdered man in a lane near Middle Temple, with a scrap of paper bearing the name Ronald Barrister of King's Bench Temple. Inspector and Driscoll suspect robbery but no valuables found. Spargo identifies the victim as Ronald Barrister, known to him from previous Watchman coverage.
Journalist Spargo meets Detective Rathbury at Ronald Breton's chambers in King's Bench Walk. They learn of a murdered man found in Middle Temple lane, with Breton’s name on a torn scrap. Spargo later attends the court, while Ronald brushes off the inquiry as he prepares for his first brief.
Display features Dresses of Navy or Maroon Serge with full plaited skirts and contrasting madras collars. Size 8 only priced at $6.35.
Seattle announces a new central exchange building to be completed after March 1 1921. District Superintendent McNally of the Pacific Telephone company states the $1 000 000 eight story nerve center will be at Third Avenue and Seneca Street.
A 1900 Cataract washer automates washing by an oscillating rubbing action that pushes water through garments in a figure eight, cleaning in eight to ten minutes with no housekeeper attention beyond loading hot sudsy water and switching on electricity. Clothes move to an electric wringer, then to rinsing water beside the unit, withwringing into a blueing bath and a final wring and drying step to complete laundry.
Superintendent A R Allen and his wife startled burglars at the Falea Paper Co offices 1018 Fourth Ave Saturday evening. They frightened away the inside men after noting the blinds down and the safe’s combination knob knocked off.
Hen J. Cole proprietor of the Liberty pharmacy at 1014 Third Ave, was arrested by a dry squad eight days ago on federal charges for lacking a valid retail license. The store was locked up and Cole is accused of selling grain alcohol to dry squad agents posing as a customer.
State Republicans will meet in Seattle on February 12 to outline plans and set the date and location for the state convention. In the evening they attend the Lincoln day banquet of the Young Men's Republican club at Masonic temple.
BE S S Kromery, 40, a painter, mourns losing his corn whisky mash when officers raid his home at Rennier Ave and Norfolk St. Saturday. He was taken into custody by the dry squad after the raid. The man is described as self reliant and avoids leaning on others.
An advertisement promotes rubber lined capes with silk lined hoods to protect hats on rainy days for girls aged 4 to 14, priced at 3.95. It also notes downstair’s store ribbed black cotton stockings sizes 6 to 10 at 40 cents a pair.
Mayor Fitzgerald urged putting before voters a proposed bond of 750000 for park and playfield improvements. He noted no betterments since 1912 and stated the need in a letter to the council.
State editors may hold their 1921 meeting aboard an Alaska bound steamer if proposals from the annual banquet of the Washington State Press association at the university are adopted Saturday night.
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