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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1921
Page
5
A collage of rental and sale notices for furnished and unfurnished houses and cottages in Queen Anne and nearby districts. Listings include three room cottages, two to three bedroom homes, six to nine room cottages, and multiple large lots. Also present are classic car ads including Mitchell and Briscoe models with financing, and builder opportunity notices in Interlaken and North End areas.
This ad promotes a one time business opportunity promising liberal wages from the start and increasing with competence. It requires a $1000 investment secured by a written agreement and cites about a quarter million dollars in assets as assurance. The manager is reachable at 228 Lyon Building Washington.
An established firm offers a $2,000 secured investment to a mechanic or helper. You will receive a dry open position with good wages and a share in the company profits. A written agreement guarantees full return of funds if dissatisfied. Details from Mr. Hodge.
Aggressive notice lists multiple job and business offers including partner and helper positions with small cash asks. Mentions manufacturing selling beat specialties, candy and stationery business, and a milk route for immediate sale. Includes contact hints Kenwood 2699 and address 650 We Line Place.
Warren Jose, 29, and his wife Betty, 22, vanished after driving away in Mrs. EB Jones's auto on Sunday. Police sought them Monday as Mrs. Jones reported the mystery and feared foul play. Mrs. Jane said the couple had always had use of her car and never stayed away long.
Eddie Hubbard Seattle air mailman hops from Lake Union hangar to greet the liner Empress of Russia as it arrives in Victoria Monday morning.
Monuments Puget bound marble and granite care with Virginia and optician and optometrist IW Edmunds Fraser-Paterson Go Physicians Surgeons Dr FP N Freer Chronic diseases specialist for men 05 percent Third Ave Piano tuning now $3.00 repairs John Strom Main 7846 plastering Ballard 48038 razor blades sharpened Spangenberg cutlery Violin repairs Violin repairs Vinay 1615 3rd
Straw hats on Sunday rain on Monday. Seattle zoning commission completes survey. May festival in Collins playfield for South End children. Norway independence day celebrated by Seattle Norvemen. Washington National Guard officers meet June 4 and 5. Holt couple seeks divorce after 23 years. Samuel Hill returns from London to Seattle May 20. U S geologists sail from Seattle May 17 for Alaska exploration. Beattie police raise 250 for Children's Orthopedic Hospital bed. Chamber of Commerce president urges unity to keep Pacific fleet in Pacific. Endowment gift of 5000 for memory bed at Children’s Orthopedic Hospital. Graves registration bureau seeks location of all soldier dead. Health week for babies June 14–17 under Federation of Women’s Clubs. Three picture shows for children at Pantages Saturday 10 am. Films of Washington industries to be shown. Sailor Siekemeyer shines at embroidery. Seattle Association of Credit Men meets to hear R M Semmes. Britain refuses Ireland freedom say Rev Hawkins. Cash prizes offered by state forest division for student essays on forest protection. Essay limit 300 words to forestry division Olympia. Federal Judge Cushman denies citizenship to Rev Elis Kovanen who offers wartime service alternatives.
C. H. Schwers was removed from a jury by Judge King Dyke after 11 fellow jurors accused him of withholding conviction because the prosecuting witness was deemed untrustworthy. Schwers cited chronic illness as the reason for dismissal, while women jurors recalled his remark that supporters of conviction were no better than the witness.
Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas sent warnings Monday morning to 13 for hire drivers in Seattle. Drivers must file a bond with the secretary of state and obtain a permit before operating their cars. Douglas warned of merciless prosecution if the warnings are ignored.
Schwabacher Hardware Co. annual picnic at Miller's Beach drew 254 employees for a day of sports and dancing. Women’s nail driving contest and three legged race featured amid a tug of war won by married men. crowd joined in community singing.
A federal sale in the customs case fetched 2400 pounds of unmanifested tobacco from the Philippines for 3 cents a pound and a 7 dollar hollow legs piece, a 6 dollar leather traveling bag, plus minor items. The Spring Cigar Co will owe 18 cents per pound internal revenue tax. Proceeds totaled 150 dollars for the government.
Mrs. Helen Hartfiel, a 21 year old widow, fights to prove Count Alberto Sichofsky’s Polish citizenship and noble title while he sits in Los Angeles County jail awaiting a 13 year term for alleged illegal entry and grand larceny. She plans to wed him this year claiming a spiritualist’s blessing despite his guilty findings.
Wire briefs report Maj X F Blauvelt Q M corps acquitted of mismanagement charges at disciplinary barracks. Other items note Alphonse Willem collection sale shift to Brussels due to French art taxes, Spokane manslaughter conviction sentence postponed, Warren Kite aviator killed in collision, Grand Coulee dam irrigation plan support, and Gary Indiana death by burial alive after theft.
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