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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1921
Page
5
Classified ad fragment shows male wanted help with driving car washing and general labor. Mentions seven years experience in driving any coach or touring car and good references. Also notes decorating and labor skills with unspecified prices and contact details in Grafton area.
Numerous small ads list rooms for rent with kitchens and views, one room for house keeping, and several house and garage offerings. Other items include old furniture, pianos, sewing machines, clothing, tools, wood, and autos for sale or trade along with notices for teaching, real estate, and job opportunities.
Directory style item listing patent attorneys chiropractors jewelers loan brokers and medical ads. It notes Frederick Patent Attorney J W Maupin Pierre Barnes Theo Furner Edith Moore R E B Sargen Puget Bound Marble Optician J W Wamunda piano tuning Dr Angus Bruit and more with contact notes and addresses across Seattle and surroundings.
Federal agents seek alleged organizers behind the Aug 29 theft of 3 500 quarts of government liquor from a Wiliettave vault near Cow Lake. Six men held in Seattle jail include Curtis Berndal A L Dickey Carl H Martin Clarence Linde Jack Livingston and William H Murray owner of Eagle Transfer Co. Investigations say others aided the operation and a large truck remains unfound while two autos and multiple transfers are admitted.
Patrolman George Reynolds raided a local crap game Sunday and arrested four participants amid frantic pleas to luck. The pot totaled $1.49 in silver.
State Highway Patrol under Major Louis M. Lang arrested more than 500 drivers on Sunday and Monday for lacking valid state licenses. Patrols, begun Sunday, stopped motorists and found 50 to 60 could not show evidence of having applied for the required license.
Patrolman W. D. Gibson aged 36 was badly cut on the arms when he tried to arrest a Black man for disorderly conduct Saturday night. He plunged his arm through a window pane in a failed attempt to land a left hook on the man’s jaw during the fracas.
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed BE A. Hannnan’s grocery at 4404 Rainier Ave shortly before midnight Sunday. Loss is estimated at 2500 dollars. stock insured for 1200 dollars. The building is owned by J. E. B. Dier of California.
Man held here for police in Portland Oregon to face grand larceny charges. Kuiper arrested Sunday by Detectives Leary and Blaine on instructions from Portland authorities.
Grease from a skillet overflowed and gutted H. T. Lind’s home at 3511 Cloverdale Street Saturday night. Estimated loss $1900. Solomon Berger, 60, and 19 others detained by police after a streetcar pocket-picking incident at 2nd Avenue and Pike Street Saturday. Washington State Hotel association to hike Mt Rainier on Tuesday and Wednesday. Fred H. Turner, ex-Seattle resident, held in Buffalo on shooting and robbery charges. Tuesday noon American Legion to hear Senator Miley Poindexter at Meves cafeteria. George 8. Kahin, BBB attorney, to attend a Denver conference.
The downtown Seattle streets fill with shoppers and a vivid fashion display as windows unveil gowns, hats, and nursery settings at 10 am. Models in blue black pink and satin showcase kid attire and adult styles while onlookers comment on lighting and evening glam.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse opens at the Blue Mouse theater with Rex Ingram directing Vicente Blasco Ibanez’s tale. Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry star as Desnoyers and Laurier in a Argentina to Paris wartime romance with a large cast. Four showings daily at 12, 3, 6 and 9.
Twenty four Seattle business men arrived in Lewiston Idaho for a two day trip to extend trade and deepen relations with Northwest districts. Delegates from Moscow Grangeville Pullman Clarkston and nearby towns hosted them and Spokane Commercial Club greeted them on arrival. A banquet at Lewiston would focus on trade extension before the group heads to Walla Walla and back to Seattle.
The coroner's office ruled the death of Dr A D Douglas proprietor of the Sterling Dental Parlors at 104 Pike St as due to acute alcoholism. Douglas was found dead in his office Saturday night by janitor F Moss.
Earl Hebert a cattleman from Oak Ridge died at 7 p m after being shot in the groin Saturday afternoon near Oak Ridge. Elmer Yeoman of Creswell mistook him for a deer and turned himself in to Sheriff Fred Stickels. Hebert died while en route to Eugene hospital.
Gladys Allen, a 14-year-old girl from Seattle, eloped with Albert Darigot, 21, and was arrested Monday in Duna muir California after police traced them from her Seattle home at 2408 Fifth Ave W to the depot in Seattle. The couple was taken into custody and will be returned to Seattle for handling.
Washington's livestock products rose from 15.54 million dollars in 1909 to 44.07 million in 1919, a near tripling, according to U S commerce figures released to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Oregon shows a smaller rise from 14.40 million to 36.16 million in the same period.
Word received in Seattle reports the death of Judge Elmon Scott, a member of Washington State's first supreme court, who passed away recently in San Francisco.
Affidavits presenting facts for and against the temporary injunction issued August 25 were read by Judge Griffiths in superior court Monday and continued through the afternoon. The injunction prohibits picketing on Pacific Coal company property at Franklin. Miners seek immediate vacation of the injunction, while Pacific Coal asks for a permanent order. Representing the miners are Attorneys Griffiths and Rummins. for the Pacific Coal company are Farrel, Kane and Stratton.
Fragmentary OCR listing officers and staff titles from a banking institution. Names such as Richard P Callahan and others appear alongside roles like cashier assistant manager foreign department and trust officer. No cohesive event or outcome is available in the readable text.
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