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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1921
Page
3
Classified ads describe diverse Seattle area listings including rental homes with modern amenities and partial payments, farms and 40-acre tracts with low down, and several 3 to 6-room bungalows with terms. Notable agents include GEORGE W. WHITE and VAN ARSDALE & CO, with properties near Fauntleroy car line, Rainier Ave, and White Center.
A notice lists Carter and Donald with the address 208 Columbia Street, Elliott. The fragment provides a street-level detail for a local record.
Sealed proposals will be received by Seattle Public Works for purchasing from the city of Seattle their Kent farm on the White River north bank about one mile northwest of Kent. Land subdivided into five tracts offers cash or installments, with blueprint available, bids due February 1921 at County City Building.
Classified snippets advertise job offers and investment chances in Seattle area. Prospects include guaranteed salaries of 150 to 200 monthly, profits sharing, and secured returns with references. Offers cover repair shop positions, a suburban theatre sale, cigars and confectionery with living quarters, and multiple rooming or groceries ventures with low rents and quick sale. Potential buyers urged to act immediately.
A woman from 526 25th Ave S was struck by W. H. Garnett's auto at 12th Ave S and Jackson St. A dairy truck driven by John Olson hit a pedestrian near Fourth Ave entrance to the county city building. A boy, Hugh Gorman, 7, of 2620 First Ave, was injured, possibly fracturing an arm, by William J. Henry's car at Fifth Ave and Battery St. Mrs J Johnson was bruised by Frank Kalke's auto on Broadway between Pike and Pine.
Western Washington Near East relief committee district officers led by L B Booth of Washington Life Insurance Co met Wednesday afternoon at relief headquarters 339 Burke building to speed up plans for aid to Armenia in what was described as a desperate emergency.
Proceedings before Superior Judge Austin Griffiths weighed the constitutionality of a city ordinance banning keeping and selling intoxicating liquors. Prank Bock seeks to bar Police Justice Gordon from hearing a cider sale case, with lawyers debating preprohibition origins and current validity.
Federal court testimony alleges Captain Locke of the Sophia refused to give the evacuation word, while Capt. Harrigan of the Cedar testified his steamer stood by ready to rescue passengers with hot coffee and care. The 1918 wreck in Alaskan waters cost about 350 lives.
An IRS compromise accepted in the Fred Luzon case shows charges for operating a still will be dismissed upon payment of 350 dollars. Similar cases pending would be prosecuted under the national Prohibition Act.
Mrs. Louise Peete announced that a mysterious “Spanish woman” injected into her defense will play a central role in the murder case against her for Jacob G Denton. She insisted she will not call the woman Spanish, naming Denton as the spouse he claimed to have married.
Crowds attend evangelistic services by the Argue trio at the Pentecostal temple on Third Ave and Bell St. Evangelist A H Argue cites healings in other cities. Miss Argue and Watson Argue play slide trombones. messages are given by the Argues. services run nightly for a month or longer, with Sundays at 7:30.
Trustees adopt resolution urging removal of the section of the governors code that would terminate the Veterans Welfare Commission on March 31. David F. Tilley notes ongoing business should be settled before closure, without extra funding.
Paris reports that a bitter clash between French and British premiers in the Allied Supreme Council prompted David Lloyd George to threaten he would never again return to Paris. L Oeuvre quotes him resisting criticisms of his stance on German disarmament.
City fireman J. McSlawrow told a man to leave his yard at 2127 Seventh Ave W. Tuesday night. The intruder struck him on the left cheek with a whisky bottle, knocked him down, then was revived by the spirits from the bottle as McSlawrow searched for the neighbor he blamed for the disturbance.
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