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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1921
Page
3
Fragmented classified notices show job requests from general labor to skilled trades, rental ads, lost and found, and small business services. Entries mention work by day or contract, carpenters, upholsterers, and repairs, with contact hints in mid city listings and local phone references.
Classified notice lists Barred Rock large pullets, hatching eggs, setting hens and farm stock with prices. Also promotes a two day sale of used cars at Frank Waterhouse & Co Auto Dept Pine at Bellevue, noting prices cut in half and various makes available.
Auction style classified item blitz lists numerous autos and real estate offers from security motor sales and other dealers. It highlights trade‑ins, rebuilt trucks, high cash for late model cars, and cheap houses near Seattle with flexible terms and Sunday openings.
A dense string of small ads offers waterfront property, stock and equipment for sale, baking and plumbing services, a meat market, furnished rooms, a tire shop, and various business opportunities. Items range from a stock list and oil bids to housekeeping rooms and a lunch room for sale with contact details for prospective buyers.
Mrs. Orville Roeb of Hubbard Lake reportedly became mother to triplets and twins within one year, joining five other children with the oldest aged eight.
LONDON May 20 The Kinsha flagship of the Yangtee river squadron was sold for 16000 dollars in a routine sale.
In Leigh Scotland on May 30 Walter Shepherd a 14 year old clerk was struck over the heart during a football match and dropped dead.
The OD Motors Co on Bellevue at Pike and Pine advertises a removal sale with several renewed cars. Listings include Velie sport model, Cole Aero Eight, Liberty sedan, Cole Dhummy Fondotee, King 8 7-pass, Dort touring and roadster, Maxwell touring, all priced to clear. sales target this month with trade ins encouraged.
A note on tuba the local coconut drink, described as containing a kick and seen as a source of liquid refreshment while coconut trees grow. The piece frames tuba as a traditional beverage linked to island life.
F C Fuppe of the Bungalow cafe plans a banquet for Miss Frankie Kiolet who will host the finals night at the Bungalow. The banquet for the 11 finalists will be at 7 30 P M with Fuppe treating the winner and her guests.
A Lynden Washington rancher requests work for an ex serviceman through the Star Employment Dept. He seeks a reliable ranch hand who can hoe, drive a team, and work the rest of the season at 26 dollars per month. He can use one or two men.
London reports a resurgence of women inventors with 211 patent applications filed last year. Most filings concern practical everyday articles and reflect rising female participation across innovation.
Directory style item listing multiple Seattle firms and professionals including patent attorneys Frederick P Gorin, engineering consultants Reynolds and Reynolds, a jewelry loan broker, auto repair shop, building and remodeling, piano tuning, optician, physician Dr Freer, psychologist Madame Till, and other local services with contact details and brief descriptions.
President Harding told a Memorial Day audience at Arlington amphitheatre that protecting America comes first yet rejects selfishness. He praised fallen soldiers and warned against imperial ambition while urging restraint and universal justice. The speech framed the U S role as guardian of liberty on every continent and called peace achievement through shared purpose.
A Northwest girl will win a scholarship to Bryn Mawr College summer school for women workers in industry in Virginia from June 15 to August 10. Four Seattle girls applied: Hazel Fingers, Rose Valcanda, Rose Nelson, and Letta Mae Perkins. The Class A theatre will donate profits from June 4 to cover travel and wage loss for the winner.
In Tacoma on May 30 W L Jamison hotel and restaurant proprietor notes 22 college girls taking a teachers exam shared breakfast totaling 2.90. He quips birds eat heavier than that.
The welswitchia, a plant native to South West Africa, is reported to live over a century. Experts note its slow growth and sturdy structure contribute to its longevity in arid conditions.
The belief that lightning victims bear photographic tree imprints is explained away as pink marks from tissue changes. The Lancet notes these are simple traces from branching electrical discharge and tissue heating, not images formed by the body.
Oregon state grange convention will run May 31 to June 3 in Eugene with hundreds of delegates. Delegates will be housed in private homes if hotels fill. A big parade Tuesday leads the program and more than 34 motor truck loads of pure bred livestock will be exhibited on a reserved street section after the parade.
In Turnbury Scotland Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta Georgia, American ladies golf champion, was defeated three up and two to play by Miss Cecil Leitch, the British champion, in the opening round of the British ladies open championship held today. The early match paired the two reigning champions.
New York May 30. Charles W McDonough of Ridgewood seeks divorce alleging his wife Edith began changing her religion with her clothes ten years ago and harassed him for not changing. Fires in the United States over five years destroyed property worth nearly $1,500,000,000.
New York items recount odd records with humor and crime notes. Bema Habib reportedly set a difficult record within police context. Joe Lane's wandering habit leads to a wife’s drastic search method with sewn return addresses in his clothes.
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