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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
7
Real estate ad promotes platted Woodin homestead parcels at Woodinville ten miles north of Seattle. Tracts front Bear Creek with railroad access, school, churches, stores, and easy terms 10 percent down, rest monthly. Viewings scheduled as salesmen meet buyers at the brick school office between 10 and 4. R Mines Alaska Building.
40 acre improved farm for sale with 10 room house barn silo and multiple outbuildings on a paved road near Redmond Washington. 15 acres in cultivation with fine orchard and creek, clay loam soil, productive and in a good farm district. Price 2600 cash with long balance at 6 percent. near towns and schools.
A summary of 1919 economic outlook noting policy shifts in Europe and new bonds, rising cotton goods prices, and strong profits for AT&T and locomotive firms. Labor unrest looms with coal strikes possible and a push for farm credit, while Butterworth fugitives linger in city investigations.
A compact directory listing several Seattle area professionals. It names attorneys, patent specialists, a hospital, chiropractors, and a podiatrist with addresses and brief service notes. Entries include free consultations, moderate fees, and contact numbers.
Frank Martinez a Mexican convict who robbed the Fogel Bailey jewelry store on December 28 1919 was sentenced by Superior Judge Boyd J Tallman to serve one to fifteen years in Monroe reformatory on Saturday.
Seventy five thousand square feet of floor space at Fourth Ave and Columbia St was being loaded with autos and accessories Saturday for the 1920 Automobile Show opening for a week at 10 a.m. Monday.
Pacific Ammonia and Chemical Co. sought to reduce taxes from 3253.25 to 1215.50 in superior court Saturday. The company argued a clerical error caused County Assessor Frank W. Hull to value its property at 45500 instead of 17000, overstating the tax.
Two staples on the local wholesale market advanced in price Saturday morning. Butter rose 2 cents per pound with bricks at 66 cents and cubes at 65 cents. Dealers cite local shortages as the cause while potato prices climbed to 126 dollars a ton. Arrivals included two carloads of Black Diamond grapefruit and shipments of celery and cabbage from California. Grapefruit ranged 7.50 to 8 dollars per case. celery split 8 dollars for Northern California stock and up to 10 dollars for Southern California. Cabbage held at 4 and a half cents, while bees remained easy at 40 cents for fresh ranch and 37 cents for pullets.
Wholesale dealers report prices for vegetables and fruits including cucumbers lettuce and celery with figures for imperial valley washington and mexico regions. Items listed include apples oranges lemons grapes honeycomb and other produce with prices per crate hamper or cage and several entries show per unit rates.
Coroner's jury rules the death of John McFarlane 24 due to an unavoidable accident from defects in deleting apparatus at Skinner & Muddy shipyard. McFarlane, Axel Johnson 41 and Harry Anderson 40 died when a crane boom collapsed Tuesday. McFarlane resided at 1509 Ninth Ave. Johnson lived at 611 N 644 and Anderson at 408 Wall St.
Fred Knaus, city fighting department contract agent, joined eight others from the AEF in Coblenz and bought 20 000 marks as a speculation. He later invested another 100 dollars in marks. News of a monarchist uprising left him unsure whether the marks would soar or crash, potentially leaving him financially ruined or flush.
In Chicago Levi Bamley declares he may not live to see a full prohibition era while in Minneapolis prices for whiskey rise 80 cents a drink and beer 2 quarts. Federal agents arrest William Bickel and six associates after a Yellowstone hotel raid. they post bail of 500 dollars and await March 23 proceedings before Commissioner R W McClelland.
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