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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1919
Page
6
Classified items reveal Studebaker cars offered as nearly new with heavy discounts and a broad mix of real estate and miscellaneous ads. Listings include trades for equity, Yakima Valley land openings, stumpage near Kirkland, and entries for lost items with rewards.
New York October 17 The United States War Claims board will deliver 11 000 000 yards of cartridge silk to Rt V1 Mallison Co New York wholesalers An option on another 11 000 000 yards may exist at 72 cents a yard The unfinished gray silk must be finished and printed raising wholesale to about 2 a yard Fabric dealers say it could be used for bags clothing and even shoes Someday people may wear silk head to toe due to this new supply.
Realty News notes John J. Eliott Co of the Leary building has listed Meridian ave acre tracts just north of the city, four blocks east of Edmonds highway and Oak Park school. Adjacent land shows high soil cultivation with strong prospects, and rising interest in returning to farming prompts a rapid sale outlook.
Mrs. Cade reports a thief took a wedding ring and $8 from 207 West Crockett Street. She saw the man in the yard after the robbery. Officer N P Anderson investigated but could not locate the suspect.
William Harrison of Emo Ontario asks Seattle police to locate his son Wellington Harrison believed hidden in a machine shop or garage in Seattle. The father says they have not heard from him in two years and provided no description.
Charles FE. Butner, 27, a soldier from Fort Flagler on a furlough, vanished the day of inquiry about a Helena, Montana ticket. His father, P. E. Butner, 2117 Seventh Ave. W., reports the man left the family home Saturday afternoon with $200 and did not return for dinner, just after re-enlisting.
London report notes Lady Rhosdda widow of the late England food controller may join the house of lords due to new women’s privilege. The article adds that experiments show hen feed cost 18 to 19 cents per dozen eggs.
Tom Gunn, famed aviator, returns to America claiming China faces civil war due to Japan’s actions over Shantung. He says North and South China split over Japan and a boycott harms exports, with secret preparations for a likely costly conflict and a looming breach in unity.
A collection of humorous vignettes and anecdotes from New York, featuring Lloyd Gotto Carmichael and a boastful chauffeur tale, Padre Gleason and a pledge joke, Blythe’s theatre complaint about spats, a writer’s war reminiscence, and a Baltimore hotel waiter yarn. The pieces mix celebrity figures and social satire with playful irony.
City officials and inspector C. Rick allege a faction of Japanese vendors at Farmers' Pike Street Market misrepresented locally grown produce to dodge the regular market charge. Vendors must pay 10 cents daily rent, and T. Uwasak faces arrest on the charge after bail was seized in police court.
Adolph Wolfe a 13 year old wounded in the back while playing football at a South Seattle playground Friday remained hospitalized Monday with injuries to the intestines and kidneys. Detectives searched for two men seen near the field and tested a report they fired earlier. the boy lives at 2930 10th Ave.
Conrad Bjorkman, labeled an alleged Wobbly, was arrested Friday in the NPL yards at Auburn by Deputy Alfred Nielsen. He is scheduled for a Monday hearing before Commissioner R. W. McClelland on charges of failing to register for military service during the era described.
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