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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
7
Public notice for sale of two farms near Des Moines with 20 and 40 more acres, features include timbered balance, orchard, berries, multiple wells, barn, and a country road two miles from town. Price 6500 dollars with 3000 cash and favorable terms to buyers. Listed by M Wright owner and Carrie Ap Freon.
Classified notes describe farms for sale including 18 acres with poultry and dairy amenities, 264 acres rich bottom land with Holstein herd, and 1000 acres on the Evergreen highway. Prices range from $2,400 to $60,000 with terms offered and canal land opening nearby. Listings mention objects like stock, implements, homes, and riverfront parcels in Washington state marketing.
A jumble of listings details garage storage, cigar and soft drink shops, a lunch counter with apartment, corner grocery, barber shop, wood and coal yard, printing plant, meat grinder, and other small ventures. Several prices and payments are noted, with firms Hubbard & Easton and Lindsay & Wright referenced for brokerage. Offers emphasize independence and home-style setups with modest daily or weekly incomes and lease terms.
A noisy 1930s style page listing attorneys at Law firms with free consultations and moderate fees, plus various loan services offering quick confidential money on furniture, stock, and jewelry. Notable entries include TY BALL BST a, EF Becher Downsik, and Sanders Co with contact details, and several chiropractors and medical ads.
A course titled embracing Drogless Therapy is offered for a single tuition. An illustrated catalogue is available on request. Day and evening classes begin February 16, 1920 at American University or AGL Scott, 1194 A 7th Ave. Prone East $085.
A fragmentary notice seeks the address of Jorgensen at 620 Union Street and lists a wanted adoption for a newborn within two weeks, noting a Ballard maternity hospital reference and Room 323 Hotel Arlington Seattle.
Portland market report lists creamery prices 64 040 per pound and various local goods. It notes selections such as extras and broilers with per pound prices and dairy items including cheese tripiets at specific cents per pound.
New York on January 24 quotes show coffee at 16 to 16 2 3 cents per pound and sugar at 2.75 to 2.75 dollars per pound. The report lists various grades and refined prices in a rapid market bulletin style.
The notice lists tide times for Seattle on Saturday January first with first low tide at 2 05 am and 12 58 am high tide 108 feet, second low tide at 1 10 pm and second high tide at 6 31 pm 16.3 feet.
A rare Stradivarius violin valued at 500 dollars was stolen from a public library on Friday afternoon. Theo Audett of 18 Roanoke Ave reported the theft to police on Saturday, noting the thief also took a pair of music books.
County Auditor Norman Wardall announces auto license renewals start Monday January 26 at the County City building. Renewals only through March 1, with 1919 licenses at half fee for those upgrading to 1920, and required vehicle details for each applicant. 44,532 licenses outstanding and staff will process up to 1,000 renewals daily.
Murphine, superintendent of public utilities, announced February 1 enhancements to ferry line patrons. The Perry line will extend from California and College to the Faufilleroy Mark street car line then to an elevated roadway at First Ave and Yealerway, cutting travel time. A new bus line from 36th Ave & W to W. Henderson St will also begin, benefiting over 1,000 West Side residents.
The Seattle Bar Association presented an oil portrait of Superior Judge Albertson who died October 5 1917 to King County Superior Court on Saturday. Judge Frater presided as all nine superior court judges attended. The piece by KR Cleveland Coxe will hang in Department No 1 alongside portraits of other judges.
A Bird of Paradise aigret seized by customs collector Drumheller at Seattle port, hidden aboard the steamship Bikton from the Orient. The feather, prized at hundreds of dollars, was to be smuggled into the United States. A Broadway chorus girl audience is referenced as upset by the confiscation news.
More than 100 Spanish American War veterans in the Bolo club unanimously back Walter F. Meier for corporation counsel Philip Tindall and Robert B. Hesketh for three-year council terms A T Drake for two years and John Carroll for one year Hesketh Drake and Carroll seek reelection status is noted for the slate.
Mrs. Marion A. Forrest mother of W. C. Bamby was killed in Oakland California on Friday morning when struck by an automobile driven by Harold Graves a University of California student from Berkeley. News reached Seattle Saturday through her daughter Mrs. Forrest who was active in Eastern Star circles. She leaves children in Seattle Yakima and Minneapolis.
A dispute on First Ave and Pike St ends with Patrolman J D McClurg detaining 53 year old Charles B E Smith after he says a pocketbook found on the street was his. He is booked on an open charge pending investigation.
Mrs. Thomas Vogle reports theft of a $10 bill from her purse at Vike St market. She describes her disgust and notes she was seeking change when the money disappeared into the crowd.
Deputy sheriffs J. C. Connor N. L. Love and Karl Hamage conducted a Thursday night raid at 2109 First Ave and 2311 First Ave finding bonded whisky in the rooms of Heavie Lee and Cora Bergg. The two women were released on bail.
EUSTRATTIOS KALLANTIS a Greek national overseas with the A F for six months sought an American identity. He is now known as Kelly Sam Kelly. Superior Judge A W Frater performed the inhang Friday.
A late 1920s courtroom scene shows multiple defendants in oddball disguises and charges. The judge scolds suspects while addressing a bootlegger and a man posing as Mildred Harris among others.
Huntner, dressed in cowboy regalia, claimed to be a deputy sheriff while patrolling Auburn with a self styled chief deputy George P. Heller. Both men were jailed as deputies investigate their involvement in robberies and other crimes. several accomplices reportedly fled.
Brief items from Chicago Pittsburg London Aberdeen Spokane Spokane Vancouver etc report diverse outcomes. Items include a $1,000,000 suit linked to race riots a warehouse loss of $300,000 a field marshal Haig retirement a gold find a mayoral or official arrest a pension bill a syndical trial a prison sentence and Pershing’s Sacramento visit plus an aircraft purchase for a Nevada ranch.
Dora Derry Nye files in superior court alleging Claude Herman Nye deserted her for another woman and wrote love letters to that woman. She arrived August 12, 1912. Attorneys are Hell & Thompson.
Ten men indicted for alleged narcotics violations under the Harrison anti narcotic act. Named defendants are Lae Sing Yee Sing Ize Kum Lun Wong Seock Ah Chuck George Ward Louie Suey Mar Mun Louie Lee and Ah Suey. Bail set at 500 dollars for each defendant.
Councilman William Hickman Moore arrived at the county city building in heavy boots to inspect the Rainier valley right of way. He planned a personal tour for appraisal but postponed the trip due to a downpour mixing snow sleet and rain.
A federal grand jury indicted Dr. Jay King of 122 2nd Ave and three others on drug possession charges. Lee Hing Yee Moy and Seattle based Yee Moy were arrested on government warrants Saturday morning and released on $500 bail pending arraignment before Judge Jeremiah Neterer.
A relief from the cold wave developing in the Northwest is forecast to move southeastward into the Central States tomorrow. Weather bureau officials in Chicago report arrivals delayed by heavy lake-effect snowfall. traine delays of one to four hours were noted as the system advances.
John Skaw from Vara Pinland arrives in 1900. His wife refused to join him, hindering his citizenship papers. He filed suit in Superior Court Saturday, claiming divorce is needed to become a citizen.
Serfin Cartifenl a patient at the city hospital was robbed of a fine army overcoat by another patient who was discharged Friday afternoon. The incident occurred Saturday as the hospital underwent remodeling and left the victim desolate.
Funeral services were held for Anna M Rudolph 29 wife of Henry Rudolph of Bennett Manufacturing at 9 am Saturday at Hutterworth chapel following her death Thursday evening at Harvey apartments 2615 St Cherry et.
Senator James A. Reed charged that Herbert Hoover acted as a go between Colonel House and the British government before the United States entered World War I. Reed said Hoover was so close to Britain that he served as a convenient connecting link.
Wireless dispatches report the Powhatan, brought into Halifax harbor by the Lady Laurier, lost the tow line and drifted free. The incident occurred as the vessels approached port, leaving the Powhatan adrift until line reattachment or escort.
Robert of Lock, 35, was arrested by Detectives A. A. Brown and L. C. Harrie Priday at Third Ave and Washington St with a bundle of tools in possession. He faced charges tied to attempting to prove ownership Saturday to avoid prosecution.
Hugh C. Hamilton, a 345 year old grocer in Fresno, is held in the city jail. Detectives Ernest Yoria and C. C. Fortner arrested him at 723 Marion et on telegraphic information that California authorities held a serand larceny warrant for him.
Thieves entered the offices of G. K. Gotterdam at 301 Yale building on Third Ave and Union St during the night and stole a camera and an automatic revolver. New York dated January 24.
Fresh eggs sell at 36 cents per dozen in a steady market with weekly fluctuations fading. Demand remains strong as supplies rise, while prices for city creamery cheese stay dull amid cold weather and expensive California vegetables. Hog and cattle arrivals were light, leaving stock markets quiet yet slightly firmer by week end.
Wholesale prices listed for vegetables and produce including Cabbage Celery and Lettuce plus fruits like Grapes and Oranges. Also shows meat and dairy prices from shippers and local centers with items such as Hatter dairy products and various poultry and meat cuts.
RCC Hull manager of the Mer chants Exchange and J A P Henderson of Hoffman Motor Car Co presented 60 students of the Washington State Nautical school aboard the cruiser Vicksburg in Lake Union with a complete athletic outfit contributed by Seattle shipping concerns.
W R Robinson 31 former local manager for Grace Co died in New York reports received here Saturday. He left Seattle June 1 to become vice president of the Northwest Trading Co with offices in New York.
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