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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
15
Seattle dealers advertise a mix of autos with prices and terms for REO Overland Buick Chevrolet Studebaker and more. Highlights include 1919 Studebaker 6 passenger at 3800 miles, a 1918 Overland 4, a 1917 Ford Touring, and realty and rent options alongside vehicle sales.
Notice of new torpedo station east of Seattle in Keyport area sparks real estate ads from Clifford Land Co. and others. Listings describe four room homes, bungalows, and multiple acreage tracts in Thurston and nearby counties with affordable down payments and monthly terms.
A string of real estate listings and farm parcels in the Bremerton Tremerton and Seattle area advertise low down payments and monthly terms. Properties include five to ten acre plots near navy yards, berry land near Bremerton, and 40 acre cleared tracts with houses and outbuildings. Listings mention prices from 400 to 5200 with monthly payments and low cash down.
The town of Ribemont in Aisne France devastated by German bombardment seeks Seattle to be its godfather and aid rehabilitation. 827 homes in Miedmont were ruined since August 1914. the mayor was killed resisting invasion. Seattle committee of France Amerique invites Mayor Fitzgerald to confer at an announced conference time.
Councilman Carroll and food expert F N Foot discussed inspecting hundreds of tons of canned fruits and vegetables offered to the city. If Foot approves, city may buy and sell at cost, possibly in City Hall park or corridors of the county city building at night, with temporary tables. Also legal notices concern garage lease protests at 7 Ninth Ave, Denny's roadway Addition, due before November 7.
Proceedings center on removal to New York of Christian Trosevig and George Francis Howe for alleged misrepresentations in selling copper mining stock. Preliminary hearings before U S Commissioner McClelland set November 7 for further evidence as witnesses, including W L Gazzam and J B Macdougall, are summoned. Rowe favors removal to New York.
Two minor crashes were reported to police Friday morning. Howard McClinton, a schoolboy, was struck by a car driven by A Baker and injured in the foot near College Street and 14th Avenue. A Cascade laundry truck slid down a hill and hit Bert J Mitchell’s car on West Spokane Avenue, injuring Mrs Lember who was riding with him and knocked her unconscious.
Seattle youths aged 17 to 21 may join a free nautical program aboard the U S S Vicksburg. The ship will be stationed on Lake Washington and the school aims to be operating by January 1 with graduates eligible for merchant marine officer ranks after physical and mental examinations.
Pete Eckrum of 236 West 49th Street reported the theft of $400 from his coat on a hook in the pilot house of a halibut schooner at Olson and Sunde wharf Ballard on Friday. Several unindorsed checks were also taken. Eckrum gave police two names of men he suspects.
Students report for work at the Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy the state’s only institution for training aides in healing by occupation. Miss Harriet Sartain serves as dean offering courses in weaving stenciling block printing modeling bookbinding wood carving toymaking and basketry.
A man learned a tenant was dying at a Newport house and used the information to obtain an option on the premises. He watched the house daily, then rushed to the landlord in a taxicab, paid the deposit, and secured possession.
In Kalamazoo Michigan on October 31 a jury of women, including prominent society members, found Josephston not guilty of deserting his wife Sarah Alice Johnston. Foreman was James B Balch, wife of Kalamazoo's mayor, and the deliberation lasted about twenty minutes.
Police seek James Doyle a 29 year old hop head who escaped from the city jail during the night. Doyle was arrested by T J Clark and Officer A G ran on October 19 at 12th Ave and Jackson Jr for disorderly conduct.
Mrs G Jarvis of 408 Harrison reported to police Friday the loss of a purse containing 56 dollars on University street between Second and Third avenues.
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