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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1921
Page
5
Classified fragment showcases driving work and training ads, auto repair and parts sales, watch and clock repair, portable houses, coal and wood delivery, used cars and trucks, real estate bargains, and hiring notices. Listings mention Elliott and Garfield areas, multiple phone numbers, and standard class notices.
Classified ad segment lists multiple real estate offers and business opportunities. Notable items include a nearly new Colonial cottage near Fremontville offered for 1550 with immediate possession and no mortgage, a 6 room house in Fremontville, a $1100 California lot advertised for 956 cash, and various real estate, car service, and business sale notices. Also includes loan offers, employment queries, and business purchase inquiries.
A mixed directory listing from The Seattle Star shows law attor neys J P Ball and J L Reynolds with patent services, Pad ent attorney Fred Gorin, and Pierre Barnes. chiropractors Turner and others. money lenders including The Reliable and American Jewelry Co. real estate loans. car and piano services. physicians offering treatments. stonography and violin repair. all local in Seattle with addresses and contact numbers.
Two men held up Oscar Wallen at 201 First Ave on Friday night between Main Street and Second Third Avenues. They took Wallen’s overcoat 26 dollars in cash his gold watch and chain. Wallen said the bandits did not show a gun and fled the scene.
Police hunted a so called mystery truck in Ravenna cemetery Friday night after a Ravenna street car motorman reported a strange truck loading at twilight. Officers found the vehicle gone and suspected an undertaker moving tombstones rather than bootleggers.
San Francisco Sept 24 Joe Fusky a San Quentin inmate was ordered deported for a statutory charge against a Sacramento girl The deportation warrant has been zerced and the news comes from Commissioner White to E E Grant of the State Enforcement League.
The state refuses immunity to six men charged with looting a government liquor vault worth 35000. Patrolman Parker allegedly refused to sign an affidavit, jeopardizing a grand jury indictment. The men, tied to a Cow Lake raid on September 11, remain free on bail and face charges of possession and transportation of liquor.
City hall workers plan to push a pension bill for the next legislature. Civil Service Commissioner B A Northup said a report on compulsory retirement ages would be published shortly.
R B E Furse assistant superintendent of railways said rumors that the municipal railway trestle at Whatcom Avenue and Spokane Street is unsafe are unfounded. He added that recent "go slow" orders for West Seattle car motormen were for worker safety on the structure.
Thomas Atchison, an auto driver arrested with alleged bank robbers, is jailed on a charge of carrying concealed weapons filed Saturday. He may be held in Seattle as a witness and is not believed to be connected to the $24 000 theft.
P J Alexander 21 was found in the North Pacific railroad yards after being seasick on his train and falling on his face when stepping ashore. He had been hired only days earlier as a brakeman.
A dense listing shows births and deaths with names and residences across Seattle and nearby areas. Entries include James L a girl at Ninth Ave and W, Calvin M a girl at 8632 20th Ave S W, and many other newborns with corresponding addresses along 1st streets and outlying towns. The deaths section records individuals such as Frederick J Chandler and Mary A London plus multiple elders with ages and street locations.
The local wholesale fruit and produce market was well stocked on Saturday with fancy stock. Retailers were not active while jobbers cleared odds and ends and offered stock at lower prices. Concord grapes quoted at 40 cents for a six pound basket and other varieties at 1.75 to 2.25 per pound. A small shipment of pickling cucumbers moved at 1.75 per peach box. Quoted vegetable, butter, and other items remained steady.
Local Democratic chairman M W Taylor denounces waste and inefficiency in city and King County payrolls. He targets $1500 in $2500 jobs, cites ferry and automobile expenses, and urges hiring only workers worth the pay while promising real tax relief if three businessmen restructure the budget.
A 1921 roll details incidents where pedestrians, including Mrs. Marie Brosted and others, were struck by autos at city intersections. Injuries range from minor bruises to sore shoulders. some involved unknown or uncooperative drivers.
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