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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1920
Page
7
Classified ads describe homes and land near Seattle area with terms, prices, and financing. Listings include S-room bungalows, country tracts, lake views, and acreage near Rainier, Orcas, and Lake Washington, with monthly payments and trade offers.
Weekend land sale notices invite trips to Til a Bay area to view tracts priced at ten dollars per acre with round trip fare. Excursions depart from Seattle area offices with limited seats, promising stump free lands near Mount Vernon and Lake City, near paved avenues and schools. Also advertised are 40 acres near University area, with improved facilities and land sales via H. Hendinckeon and Jouaneon Service Co.
A collage of classified ad text shows properties for sale near docks and beaches with terms and prices, plus business and equipment notices. It references a range of sellers including D. F. Bush and Frank Grunert, with requests for ranches, coastal land, and diverse goods from welders to auto wheels and oil companies.
A collage of real estate and business opportunities lists tracts for sale near Woodinville and Bear Creek with city water lights and transport access. It promotes five to forty acre farm parcels on easy terms, plus listings for rental rooms, a private lodging house, a chicken dinner house, and small businesses in Riverside and Seattle area commerce hubs. Trade names include F H Kelly John J Elliott and Peterson, with contact points in Seattle and nearby towns.
Skinner Eddy will build no more ships in Seattle as the entire yard equipment apart from buildings and the site is sold to M Hartle & Co of Portland. Docks and plant dismantling are underway with reports estimating the deal at over 1 million dollars. The yard, founded in 1916, produced 76 vessels and held wartime delivery speed records. An official said plans are not ready but no further shipbuilding is expected in Beattie.
A taxi driven by Joseph E. Sullivan of 15239 Boylston Ave collided with a motorcycle piloted by P. W. Biel of 3993 Meridian Ave at Eighth Ave and Olive. Biel was released from City Hospital. Sullivan reported two sprained wrists and was treated.
The week saw strawberries dip while eggs rose one cent with ranch eggs at 47 cents and pullets at 42. Cantaloupe rose slightly as strawberries declined. Herries moved flat and demand kept the new potato market steady with no price change Saturday morning.
The Seattle Star presents a crowded directory page with listings for produce sellers including Imperial Valley tomatoes and various greens, fruit and meat prices, law and patent firms, loans and money to loan ads, optician services, plumbing supplies, and other local classifieds. Notable names include Burke Building lawyers, Frederick P. Goins patent attorney, and J N Shafer plumbing. It notes prices for onions, cabbage, and meat, with references to local markets and services.
A June 19 market listing from BAN FRANCISCO shows various food and commodity prices. Rutter-Extras at S98 per ib, prime firste. Kege-Ectras at two per dos with extras. undersized pulieta and other items priced per unit. Cheese-Californica Mata labeled fancy with per ib pricing, including firsts and finbe Der ib.
A scrambled June timetable lists vessels and routes including waterside departures to San Pedro Tacoma Seattle London Yokohama and Kobe. Entries show ships such as Drake Diablo City of Seattle Hastum and Maendasan Maru with various ports and times, creating a chaotic mix of ships and timings.
A detailed listing from Westlake markets shows stall numbers and a wide range of goods with prices. Items include canned tomatoes, evaporated peaches, evaporated apples, tapioca, pepper, naptha, beef, beans, peaches, coffee, milk, salmon, halibut, mackerel, sardines, cheese, jelly, marmalade, peanut butter, and various produce. Prices are given per unit or per pound, with stall-specific offers and specials noted throughout the page.
Daniel Bishop faced a charge after his wife accused him of putting arsenic in her breakfast at 303 W. Mercer on June 9. He testified in Justice Brinker’s court that he kept rat poison on a kitchen shelf and could not explain how it entered her food.
Chicago on June 19 saw buying and light receipts push grains higher with strong demand. July corn opened at 1.79 and ended at 1.91, September corn rose to 1.71 and July wheat traded around 1.04. Provisions closed higher with bar silver quoted in London at 50.5 and New York at 99. one cent.
M Endo, a second hand clothes dealer at 2309 Washington St, reported a man who posed as a policeman and took a suit promising payment later. Endo asked police to locate the suspect and recover the item.
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