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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1921
Page
5
A garbled page of classifieds shows requests for drivers mechanics clerks and service personnel, with mentions of recruitment ads for shipping repair and public service posts. The jumble lists salaries addresses and job types across several cities, plus watch repair and clock service notes.
Mercer Island property notes include 400 acres near Lake Washington with a range of 2 to 10 acre parcels on county roads. Also listed are waterfront tracts with boat service, hillside views, and numerous small parcels suitable for homes, farms, or development. Prices range with terms available and several plots advertise beach access and schooling nearby.
An advertisement notes a four apartment, four room building at George Town with a corner lot and modern features. It advertises rental potential and monthly income, inviting inquiring buyers to contact the listing party for details.
Directory listing for attorneys at law and patent services in Seattle. Includes multiple firms with addresses, telephone numbers, and services. Mentions consultations, reasonable fees, and physicians with specific treatments. Contains fragmented OCR with several names and firms.
Frank Kinnair of the Seattle Retail Grocers association declares the group will launch a new Seattle Food Show to educate housewives on economical use and buying of Northwest foods. The event opens Wednesday in the Arena and follows recent Northwest product exhibitions and a buyers week for merchants.
Magnolia Bluff residents urged the school board to open a district school after two local children were injured when an army transport bus collided with another vehicle nearby. Currently Magnolia district students attend Interbay School about two to three miles away, a trip parents call dangerous over high viaducts.
Senator Wesley L. Jones told the Seattle Chamber of Commerce council that world events and war lessons demand continued national spending. He praised current administration for economy and noted further cuts are unlikely while expenses stay near current limits.
The state sues the Seattle Times alleging use of trading coupons without a license on May 18, allowing readers to obtain a garage lamp from Hawks Accessory Co. at a reduced price, in violation of state law.
A. M. Jones of the Piggly Wiggly Washington Co. announces plans to open 31 stores in Seattle, aiming for one outlet per 10,000 residents, as the chain expands from its Memphis origins.
Louis Mark Duncan was found guilty of attempting to kill Noy Pierson on July 138 and, by Judge Otis W. Brinker, received a sentence of five to six years in the state penitentiary.
National Guardsmen removed from duty at Fairholm where they enforced fire regulations in Olympic National Forest. Mrs. Mary M. Lovering dies at her home 4316 Latona Ave and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Federal agents halted a lucrative liquor operation on the steamship Victoria this Saturday forenoon arresting three crew members and seizing $250 worth of liquor. Purser W. A. Hopkins and two colored stewards Cumby and Harry Butler are jailed for safekeeping while charges are prepared.
Gustaf Lindberg former director of the defunct Scandinavian American Bank and wholesale grocer here was arrested Friday after an information filed by Prosecuting Attorney J. W. Selden charging that $13 000 was taken from the bank illegally. The charge was filed in the superior court.
Dallas dated report states Lieut. J. F. Armstrong and two enlisted men Sergio Gibson and White from Post Field Fort Sill Okla were killed when their plane at about 150 feet above the aviation grounds spun into a tailspin and crashed Friday.
A small oil soaked shack was to be burned as a stunt at the police and fire men's annual field day in Denver. Last night small boys set the shack ablaze, and firemen fought hard but failed to save it, prompting outrage from the crowd and participants.
Los Angeles hosts a honeymoon for star May Allison and her husband, director Robert D. Ellis. The couple wed secretly at Greenwich, Connecticut last Thanksgiving and are now staying for an extended visit at Beverly Hills pursuing their long-awaited leave.
A local market lists a 40c Supreme Blend Coffee offer associated with Hansen, a 40 Economy Market tag appears nearby. The note hints at a promotional price or catalog entry for the product in the shop's display.
Seattle independent dealers accuse the Pacific Coast Coal Co of restricting coal supply to push prices higher while claiming ample daily output. Wiley Hemphill of the company defends the supply and offers to prove available stock at new low prices.
Herbert Howland, a noted military writer and statistician, died at his Medford home from heart disease. The report notes his prominence as a military writer and statistician. A separate item mentions Magnolia Bluff teachers scheduling their first district meeting Monday at 8 p.m. and that more than 60 cases await grand jury review Tuesday before Judge Jeremiah Neterer.
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