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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1919
Page
10
Warren B. Bullock outlines coal delivery by motor trucks, detailing fleet composition, truck tonnage, and use of automatic dump bodies. The article notes labor savings from motorization, fleet efficiency, and strategic use of bulkheads to split loads for multiple deliveries.
Fragmentary ad copy describes auto advertising matter over a row. Mentions Second Ave shipyards and vantage points. States ICU costs higher than alternatives. Includes quoted line about ICUs being more expensive than using.
A. B. Eldridge of Edridge Buick Co, local GMC truck dealers, urges merchants to keep expanding ship-by-truck deliveries. He argues overland trucking began as a war measure and should continue, offering direct customer service, prestige, faster shipments, and lower overall costs, boosting profits.
The Harrison direct steamer Orator will replace the Musician as the next vessel to sail from a United Kingdom port for Puget Sound. The Crown of Alicia is en route from Grand. Our Ferris type ships will carry 1,500,000 feet of lumber each to England.
William M. Hartford of Shields Livengood Motor Co. argues that prospects exist in every field for motor trucks. He says dealers can teach salesmen to locate buyers, and that prosperity now rests on truck use as competition and peace boost demand.
The Rev Cortland Myers denounces flirting with employed married men as deadly folly, calling the man a corrupt figure and urging women to resist and reject advances. He warns of social ruin and likens the employer to a predatory threat. He speaks at Tremont temple on True Love.
Following a council president's censure over attending a farewell banquet for Hulet Wells Jude 3 Col Roosevelt Post No 24 Veterans of Foreign Wars the group asks the city council judiciary and department efficiency committee to recommend Lane be censured. The issue comes up in regular session Monday.
Four hundred taxi sidecars will ply Paris streets offering minimum fare of 11 cents or 6 cents per kilometer by distance. The move aims to expand urban transport and reduce travel costs for residents and visitors.
Today marks the summer solstice and a citywide girls event at Woodland Park. Girls over ten will gather for games at 1 20 pm then bathing at Green Lake 2 30 to 4 pm, athletic contests 4 to 7 pm, dinner and dancing 7 to 9 pm, and a night street dance on Fremont Avenue.
Reports showing the past year as one of the most successful in the history of the institution were read at the Washington Children's Home Society annual meeting. Andrew Chilberg presided. Trustees elected for the coming year included Lewis F Lowe Andrew Chilberg Reginald H Parsons John Schram Frank Waterhouse Mrs A H Calvert W S Elliott W D Vincent Mrs Zoe L Varney and J L Buxton.
The board of public works Friday let contracts for street improvements totaling about $500,000. Jahn & Bressi secured a $182,943 contract to complete paving in the First to Seventh avenues district with an extension to 12th avenue and King street. Frank McHugh will pave Rainier avenue from 57th to Ryan street for $159,480. Jahn & Bressi also won $66,850 and $104,956 paving jobs on 32nd avenue Northwest and 50th street respectively.
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