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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1920
Page
7
1 000 piano offered for 300 dollars from C C Ben Co located at 1609 Third Ave. Also shows classified ads seeking help and various items for sale. Mentions postal service opportunities and opportunistic job leads in Buffalo and Danville area.
The Seattle Star lists diverse rural parcels for sale including a 2-room Bell level tract with $60 down and $10 monthly, 40 acres near Monroe Creek with partial timber and gravel value, and multiple 6 to 16 acre plots near Beattie and Beattie west of town. Firms Miller and Mann, Clifford Land Co, and Aldarwood Aron advertise acreage with easy terms, near schools and town, some with fruit trees and cleared land.
Classified fragment lists business opportunities and personal ads from Bremerton Washington. Items mention a lunchroom manager position, bakery mortgage, real estate loans, job ads for mills and radiator shop, hair waving services, and a tool works relocation notice with Western Tool Manufacturing to abolish a plant at 106 W Nickerson St. Also includes notices to interested parties and protest filings.
In Chicago on November 1 authorities pulled two bodies from Lake Michigan, a well dressed woman about 28 and a 4 year old girl. Police could not determine if murder or accidental drowning occurred or if the woman leaped in with the child.
New York nightlife endures after Prohibition era changes. The piece surveys late night venues around Broadway, noting cafes that beckon, high prices, and secretive drinking practices. It highlights persistent social scenes, quirky eateries, and the shift in venues like Montmartre and Lambs Club as the city adapts.
Cc B Ruffcorn faced Justice Brink er s court for shooting ducks before sunrise. He claimed to be a good sportsman with hunter’s licenses. The judge pressed for a $10 fine to support the game warden’s work, and Ruffcorn agreed to pay.
Thirteen Japanese individuals linked to an admitted smuggling ring were arraigned before U S Commissioner Robert McClelland. The hearing was set to continue into the afternoon. Miss Leeta Manning, longtime passport clerk, resigned to join Senator Daniel Landyg’s law office.
The Pacific Coast Coal Co applied to King County Commission for a franchise to transmit 13 000 volts over public roads from the Hyde mine to the Black Diamond mine in King County. A public hearing date was requested.
Nicholas Anderson faced a $350 fine after pleading guilty in federal court to violating the Volstead act. Federal prohibition agents had already seized his three homemade falcons on October 6, reflecting his breach of the federal dry law.
Charles W. Taylor of Maplewood New Jersey plans a boycott after stocking a Pullman compartment with provisions for a trip to St Petersburg Florida. He says he will no longer endure delays and poor dining car service. He will travel with his son and daughter to avoid dining car hassles.
About 600 Stanford University alumni living in Seattle will attend the Washington vs Stanford game at Denny field next Saturday. Bam Schwabacher leads the Puget Sound Stanford club and asks the Stanford student body to provide a special footing section. Alumni will greet the team on arrival Friday morning and a banquet is planned at the Hotel Washington Annex Saturday night. Former Stanford students wishing to root for their alma mater should contact L. McCormack at 06 Lowman Building.
Three men named Otto Watson 28 Peter Twaine 36 and Eric Walden 26 were arrested in New York after posting circulars calling for overthrow of the capitalist government and a Soviet state in the United States. Police charged them with criminal anarchy and investigate their links to a Wall Street building they claimed to worked in shortly before a bomb explosion.
A city report details four pedestrian accidents this year. Vincenzo Carboni was cut on the head after a collision on Rainier Ave and State St with Jim Shamada’s car. Oliver Anderson, playing near 23rd Ave and Madison St, was knocked down by S G Powell’s vehicle. F M Pafikratz reported striking a man at Third Ave and University St. the victim declined to name. Clara H Polk, 10, was slightly bruised after being hit near Ravenna Blvd and 10th Ave NE by C Ellingwood’s car.
Sacramento on November 1 reports A. M. Long proprietor of a shoe store was arrested by the shotgun squad after a downtown chase. His wife was later arrested as an accomplice. Police say Long confessed and that his shop was a meeting place and he acted as a fence for robbers and safecrackers across Northern California.
President Suzzallo informs the Alaska Chamber of Commerce that the university will welcome Alaska men and women next term despite overcrowding concerns. He says the university feels a special obligation to assist Alaska residents.
In Allantown Washington, Frank Worthington paid $300 after federal prohibition agents seized his two stills and 80 gallons of mash. The raid underscored enforcement actions against illegal liquor operations.
London reports that butter prices will rise sharply this winter though the ministry of food denies a $1.87 per pound cost. Current price stands at $1.10, with officials predicting it will not exceed $1.37 per pound.
Blancre M. Rutter also known as Mrs. Jack Moss was charged by the prosecuting attorney with attempted grand larceny after allegedly trying to pass a worthless check for 60 at the Bon Marche.
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