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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1921
Page
5
A dense listing of rental notices real estate offerings farmland and acreage deals, houses for rent and sale, furnished flats, and miscellaneous ads. Includes specific addresses prices terms and contact points across Seattle area and nearby towns.
A jumble of classic car classified lines offers a 1921 Nash on a Columbia, Ford touring cars, Chevrolets, and trucks for sale at various prices. Dealers and contact points tote addresses such as Broadway Pike, East 874, Arcade Building, and 1608 11th Ave.
Forty acres with twenty acres cleared and in cultivation. Barn holds 36 tons of hay and a lot of corn. Includes an Apache and Ceeewa barn room house with good run and outbuildings. Ten cows, a good heavy team, full line machinery and tools. Price $8,500, free and clear. Will consider Seattle home for Herman SCTINORDIER O12-14 White Bidg.
The Seattle Star directory lists stock and bond buy and sell names, local businesses, piano tuners, beauty and hairdressing schools, personal care services, and a variety of advertisements for shops and services including petroleum coal, self-bailing lifeboats, and power equipment. Notable entries include Pacific Oil Self-Bailing Life Boat and The Butler School of Hairdressing with contact details.
Thieves active Tuesday night robbed several residences and an automobile. Arnold Cooper found unknowns stripping his car after entering his garage. The robbers fled in a car with stolen plates from T Brumfield. A diamond ring vanished from Harry Fargin at 619 Sixth Avenue. J Hartman reported a Colt pistol and hunting knife taken from his 636 16th Avenue North home.
The will of Harry Lippmann Seattle insurance and real estate man read in Judge King keman's probate court. Estate valued around $20,000 with $19,600 left to wife Mrs Hearth Lippmann. Minor children Edith Olive Jean Marie Julie Elizabeth and Richard George each receive $100. Mrs Lippmann named executrix.
An absent minded burglar forgot his keys leaving 12 master keys on a Ballard car. The keys are now at the Lost and Found bureau of the railway and can be claimed by calling for them. A stray clipping also notes a Seattle loan firm promising quick, confidential personal loans with weekly payments. A funeral thanks to Marine Corps and Ladies of the American Legion accompanies a note from Mrs. Anna A. Beil.
Reports show federal state and local governments opposing the Ku Klux Klan east of the Mississippi while organizers push on recruiting thousands in cities. Grand jury in Cleveland begins Klan probe. Oregon and California branches report limited activity. Washington plans pursuing a congressional inquiry. Imperial Wizard William Joseph Simmons confined to bed with laryngitis awaiting return to work.
A 48 mile an hour gale tore from moorings at Lake Union sweeping an airplane into the water and damaging signs and a plate glass window. A roof fire at 204 11th Ave N threatened an apartment house until the fire department controlled it. A mast was torn from a yacht on Lake Washington and several newsstands lost stock while light poles toppled. Harbor patrol tended small craft as the storm waned.
Police search for Earl Gray sixteen and Roger Merle fourteen who vanished from their homes Tuesday. Earl left with a blanket roll and a soldier’s outfit from 5407 32nd Ave W and may have headed to Tacoma. Roger, from Richmond Highlands, was last seen toward Seattle wearing a dark suit and khaki shirt.
After a tense pursuit through several blocks, a purse snatcher fled with a bag carrying money and jewelry valued at 30 dollars from Mrs. Margaret Hanshumaker in front of her home at 421 Summit Ave N. Neighbors chased but could not catch him.
President Frank Bayley announced that Fred Lockley of the Oregon Journal Portland will address the Sunday club this Sunday at 2 15 p m in the Y M C A auditorium His topic will be Lifters and Leaners.
More than 50 delegates led by District Superintendent W. W. Newberry met at 9 a.m. Tuesday for the first annual conference in the Christian and Missionary Alliance church at Third avenue and Cedar street.
The first regular meeting of the general economics class organized by the University Extension Service will be held in 1043 assembly room Henry building Thursday at 6 p.m. The foreign trade class will be in the same room Friday at 6 p.m.
The Seattle Engineers' Club invites fellows and friends to a Thursday gathering to discuss a certain matter. The notice mentions house committees surprises and other interesting topics as part of the agenda.
Despite Tuesday night rain and wind, hundreds visit the Seattle food show held in the Arena. Experts demonstrate meal serving methods while exhibitors offer sample lunches. The show runs through the week with daily musical programs from 2 to 5 PM and evening bande concerts. Dancing runs 10 to 11 PM each night until Saturday.
Seattle youths Joseph Curtis and Munroe Sharp, both 22, were arrested in Spokane for grand larceny after being found with freshly killed ducks and an automobile later identified as a Cadillac stolen from T. H. Gowman of the Washington Annex hotel. City detectives took custody and the pair, held on 1500 bail each, were returned to Seattle to face trial in Judge C. C. Dalton's court.
A J Stanley 53 Seattle pioneer and business man dies after a two year illness. He came to Seattle in 1882 from Hastings Minnesota and lived on Yester way. He owned a stationery store at 809 Third Ave.
Sheldon Raymond, 27, a steeplejack of 439 23rd Ave, was taken to City Hospital after becoming violently ill at 2 a.m. Wednesday. He claimed a cup of coffee in a Third Ave cafe contained poison and doctors appeared to confirm the diagnosis.
Two men were found at work in a Chinese curio store at 216 Washington Street early Wednesday morning. Patrolman V Allamersch frightened them off as they bent over the safe. The proprietor Chin Back reported $6 missing from the cash drawer.
A Seattle reader argues banks are harming employment by withholding loans. He cites his food plant with a $10 000 monthly payroll and $500 000 invested capital, blaming banks for not funding payroll and expansion. He compares high reserve levels and government bond holdings to low loaned amounts, urging local institutions to support unemployment relief and economic development. He signs as John J Hastings 1721 East 68th Street.
A train backed up injuring a rider whose knee and foot were badly lacerated and bruised. The incident prompted medical treatment at the scene as responders secured the area.
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