Help Wanted Classified Fragments Across 1920s Advertisements
A mosaic of job ads and notices lists positions from clerks to drivers, postal work, and general labor. It mentions civil service exams, railroad mail clerks, and miscellaneous employment openings alongside furnished rental offers and real estate listings.
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VANI
J. Leon
Civil Service
um-Bon Candy Co
Ladelphia
Nelson
Batra Strong
Loughney
HALY
Raliwey
Ulars
Geral Woodsman
Oss
Archie
Eneral Woodsman
Lumber Co
Casa Y
Rhodes
Spokane
Stafford & Schwarn Weisfield
Acreage for Sale Near Des Moines and Seattle
Readable listings describe several farms and acreages for sale in Iowa and Washington. Properties include 4.5 to 20 acres with improvements such as barns, a chicken house, orchard, garden, running water, fenced land, modern dwellings, and outbuildings. Prices range from about 1 976 to 4 725 with various financing terms and notes on location near Des Moines, 4 miles south, and Seattle area.
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26Th Ave
Boston St
Anne
North
Lake Burien
10Th Ave
Agg
W. Sidney
G. H. Miller
Richmond Beach
Wash
Bath
Ollinger
Empire Fok Hoom Om Investment Anting
City
Alderwood Manor
Seattle Heights
H. A. Goodpfrellow
Sonttity
Larry
Decatur
Swanson
Des Moines
Mul Rehaser
KE MO J CO
Seattle
amaLny
Burydale
Tate Road
Urke & Warrar, Ince
New York Mock
Elliott
Kiteap County
Northwestern Land & Inv
Ira
Marion
Multiple farm listings and business opportunities posted
A chaotic classified page offers 40 acre farms near Mt. Vernon, waterfront Puget Sound plots, a 6 acre tract with creek, 1 acre houses near downtown, 10 acres with cleared land, and various business ventures including a garage, gas station, small grocery, and a 18 room rental. Names include JEN LAND, NORTHERN RAVINGS. Other entries mention Elliott g226 and 603 Ben ard Tidy.
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Eany Clearin
New York
Hamean
Wil Law F. B. Oltinger
Tie Empire Mtg
Jor MN
Third Ave
Hungalaw
Arden
Mr Smith
Pine
Loren
Grosary
Hunt
Ae Burke
Balary
STAR
Haylbrook
Burke
Jerma
Yale
Third
Union
Vurnisher
Mr. Behling
Pike Place
For Sale Real Estate Owner Drawing Phinney
Modern bungalow with complete furnished interior including high grade furniture and built in buffet. Vega lot 40x100 newly painted exterior. Furniture features $275 Victrola, leather Davenport and club chairs, dining set, sun fast draperies, and sewing machine. 1919 terms offered with 3,960 price and easy payments. Sunset 01/13.
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Furniure
Belle Beach Seeks Divorce From Bootlegger Husband
Belle Beach files for divorce from William Beach on grounds of bootlegging and abuse. She requests custody of their children and alimony, seeking a reasonable child support arrangement and a court order to pay.
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Belle Beach
William Beach
Mra. Beach
Beach
Modern Don Juan Bets $6000 On Pacific Coast Journey
British pair Hugh and Malcomb Hardyman travel by any land or sea route to the Pacific, chasing a titled poet who bets he will kill 1,000 dames or forfeit $6,000. The wager requires they avoid trains and pay their own way, with the escort passing Yonkers amid talk of the bet.
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New York
San Franisco
Hugh
Malcomb Hardyman
Old Country
Pacific Coast
Don Juan
Yonkern
Bad Check Artist Sought After Grocery Fraud in Seattle
A man who passed bad checks to two Seattle grocers Tuesday remains at large. He victimized K Hiraga at 903 Dealer Way for groceries and cash $15, then J Dai at 2026 E Madison St for $9.58. Police search continues as authorities investigate the scam and possible accomplices.
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Seattle
K. Hiraga
Hiraga
Bogun J. Dai
Madison Et
Dai
Shut-Ins Told to Sign Up for Wayfarer Transport
The Wayfarer transport for shutins is set for next Wednesday night. Dr. Loope, Capitol 2267, invites 66 volunteers with autos and 48 responses so far, with 17 needing attendants. 65 total to be provided. List of volunteered drivers and names follows.
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Shutins
Wayfarer
Dr. Loope
Capitol
King Shutin
Gentral
Star
Shutin
Shutina
Loops
J. L. Vaughn
George H. Thompson
Hazen J. Titus
Shirley T. Young
L. G Burna
Rowalie Arnold
Oscar Christingen
A. D. Winsor
Estelle Bright
M. J. Robinson
B. F. Woodman
Robert Lee Saunders
Shut-In Mrs Urch Joins Wayfarer Party For Invalids
Mrs. Della Urch, a Seattle shut-in, is excited to join the Wayfarer party organized by The Star and Dr. Frank R. Lappe for invalids to view the Passion Play. She praises fellow Sunshine Guild members who cope with weakness, and notes her own resilience despite ten years of bed-ridden condition from lead poisoning.
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Wanda Won Kettler
Della Urch
Asd
Mrs. Urch
Wayfarer
The
Star
Frank R. Lappe
Sunshine Guild
Invalids
Seattle
Mrs. Arch
Mia Arch
Four Men Held for Robbery in Grand Central Hotel
Four men arrested by Detective M J Cleary in a room at the Grand Central hotel 214 Firat Ave S are linked to multiple recent room burglaries. Accused are Joe Jang George Crawford Frank Kremline and Harry Le Roy. Victim John Anderson reported robbery of a Victory medal discharge papers after being drugged. Police say stolen clothes jewelry pass keys and burglary tools were found. They face trial in superior court.
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M. J. Cleary
Grand Central Hotel
Firat Ave. S
Joe Jang
George Crawford
Frank Kremline
Harry le Roy
John Anderson
City Officials Launch Gum Removal Campaign
City leaders unveiled an efficiency drive to scrape gum from under city hall chairs. They said wasted time spent searching for empty chewing gum spaces hurts worker productivity.
Thief Steals Purse From Home on Dibble Avenue
In broad daylight a burglar entered H. G. Taylor’s home at 1722 Dibble Ave while the family was in another room and escaped with a purse containing 77.90 in currency. Police are seeking the suspect.
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Abolg
H. G. Taylor
Dibble Ave
Taylor
Lookit Loot Looters Parade In City Street
A fragment describes a line of soldiers marching along Second Avenue on Wednesday. The first and second lieutenants wear Sam Browne belts under new army regulations, strutting with chests out as if newly promoted.
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Leutenant
Sam Browne
Second Ave
Man Paints License Plate. Bailed on Charge
Henry Winters, 56, an engineer from 1228 20th Ave North, allegedly painted his old license plate gray to avoid fees. He faces jail time as police seek to arraign him before Police Judge William Gordon Thursday. Winters is released on $25 bail.
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Henry Winters
20Th Ave. N
William Gordon
Winters
Girl 8 Arrives at Yosemite Valley by Air
Virginia Varney eight years old reached Yosemite Valley by air today becoming the first child to fly into the region. Chief Ranger Townsley assisted her from the cockpit as she clutched her sawdust cat Wuery the mascot. The Varney family traveled in two planes from San Francisco with Andy Andrews piloting one craft.
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Yosemite
Cal
Virginia Varney
Yosemite Valley
Ranger Townsley
Virginia
Lizzie the Ford Bursts Out In Back Yard Crash
Mrs. Robert H. Scheible warned her husband about car mechanics. He supposedly put the gears in backward and twisted Lizzie the Ford’s tail in the Scheible yard at 5523 20th Ave. The car lurched, lurched again, and the garage door crashed as exhaust billowed and the vehicle spun toward the starboard.
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B. Groff
Robert
Robert H. Scheible
Lizzie
Scheible
20Th Ave
Ford Collision Over Car Sells For Ten Dollars
Lizzie drives a Ford through the garage in a wild clash as boards fly and tools scatter. Scheible, nursing a lump on his nose, jokes the battle is over and offers the car for sale at ten dollars.
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Lizzie
Scheible
Congestion at Muny Beach Is Eliminated
Park officials state new entrance and exit streets at the lower southern end of Madrona bathing beach relieve traffic. The restricted area now holds more than 400 cars, according to R E Chapman, superintendent of parks.
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Madrona Bathing Beach
Park Board
Woman Roots Night Intruder In Mayor's Office
A mysterious intruder broke into the mayor's private office last Tuesday night and was captured by stenographer Miss Mary McWilliams after a chase early Wednesday. He was released on his personal recognizance. The culprit turned out to be a bat that entered through an open window and could not find its way out. it took more than 26 minutes to capture the flying rodent.
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Mary McWilliama
Marine Engineers End Strike With Wage Cut Return
In San Francisco on July 20 the marine engineers union voted 430 to 50 to resume work on privately owned steam freight vessels. They accept a 15 percent wage reduction as proposed by Admiral Benson and will operate under the open shop system. Non union engineers who filled in during the strike are to be kept on.
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San Francisco
Marine Engineers’ Union
Admiral Benson
Laborer Franks Siito Injured by Street Car Collision
Frank Siito a 59 year old laborer was severely bruised when struck by a street car at First avenue and Pike street while crossing tracks with groceries. He was taken to City Hospital where he is recovering.
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Frank Siito
First Ave
Pike St
Siito
City Hospital
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Bottles labeled Lung Germine seized
In federal court judge Neterer signed a confiscation order Wednesday after a public notice inviting objections to forfeiture went unheeded. The two dozen bottles labeled Lung Germine are to be forfeited to the United States.
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United States
Neterer
Pawnbroker Rests Suit Against Seattle License Law
Asakura a Seattle pawnbroker sues in Judge Frater's court to stop enforcement of the 1921 alien pawnbroker license ordinance. The suit argues the ordinance violates the 1911 US Japan treaty. Asakura says he continues business at 526 King Street despite threats of arrest.
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Seattle
United States
Japan
R. Asakura
A. W. Frater
Harry W. Carroll
City iPtroller
William H. Searing
Asakura
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Seattle Star Daily
Seventh Ave
Tee
Rinafon
Pears
Ravertie
S Andience Berth Weet
Orust
Pane Seomes
Almine
Garfield
Ged Makers Co
Phila‘a
Alki
Prosec
Alkiave
Milner
Jeff
Pike
Faust
Isfield
Opte Moore Theatre
Tina ‘Nowell
Columbia
Pia “Sumner
Meer Ne
Cedar Watch Piles
MceMur
BR Williams
Gevenne
Hicken
Oo B Williams CO
Smith Pant Co
Kenwood
Sam Weisfield
Wasse Kavanag
Nygard
Duwamieh
J. Brinton
Scripps-Hooth
Maxwell
Rainier
ScuntiTy Motor Sales
Henry Mosabach
Dhat Ave
Thackeray
Marion Saleak
Sali
Rainier Ave
Columbia City
Secon
Green Lake
Humber
Kirkland Pl
Greeneway
Marton
Billett
Phinney
Green Lane
Iwin
Eliott
Nort Phitney
Clifford Land CO
Intercat
Gomaer
Jessen
Marden
Weat
Te Gonone
Peters
West
Queen Anne
Oood
Seabon
Ballard
Conritt Realty CO
Bik
Verare
Wood
Nécurille
Grace Lee
Eighth Ave
Ian
Bes
Fordson
Ford
Davieg
Boland
T. Suter
Thira ‘Ave
Main
Yeas
W. K. Morse CO
Leary
Cherry Valley
Seely & Its
Beco 306
Noas Trunk Road
Seattle Sey
Tl My
Work Upmans, Chanea
Nicoulin Et Seaboard Bidg
Andy
Wiewell
Benard
Mt. Vernon
Jmp
Umatilla Reservation
Puget Bound
AL Woedy
Charles Somers Co
Alaska
of Exer
Idaho
Sound Rubber
Boswell Mining
Beacon Coal Mines
King Airship
Icccsees
Burk-Tex
Waah
Trojaan Oil
Ban
Wante Agae Wit
Lennon
Cherry
Idaho Gold & Ruby
Hale Oil & Products
Boewell Mining
Burk Tex
Wenite
Hubby
Martigtin
Maller
Beattle Co-Operative Company
Parker
Castile
Sompiels Honera
Pioor Taft
Feepey
Peteu
Lander
Wye
Lake View
Globe
Rene Wide
Rurae
A. Willeiksen
Bunnet
Merita
MTG. Co
Aaklis
Balath
LYON
Central Agency, Inc
Mies Gall Wilson
Chicago
Charles Wencheke
St. Paul
Holland
Los Angeles
A. G. Frisbie
Fresno
Theosophical Society
California
Puget Sound Machinery Depot
T. B. Skagen
State Department of Business Control
C. Moore & Co
State Hospital For the Insane
Seattle Star Directory
Maupin
Aradlimstke
KR Wangen & CO
Leary Ride
Cotetwal Ba
Learie
Apel Jances
J. Giwnan Electric Co
Effott
Gezhis
Sas
R. B. Sargent
Sentral
Optician
Optometriat
Edmun
Fraser-Paterson
Rarumatism
Dra
Freer
Braden
Ianoning
Strom
Epler
Fiows
Finlay
Srd
Salk—Auta
Oakland
Anteed
Austin-Moseley Company
12Th and
E. Pike
Charles Chambers
Chambers
Tromper
Muny Beach
ENY
Jeremiah Neterer
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