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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1904
Page
4
Numerous listings for furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in Seattle area with private board options. Also multiple ads for houses flats and acreage for sale or exchange, including waterfront and meadowdale tracts, and rental stores and offices near First Avenue and Second Avenue corridors.
A dense mix of personal ads and business notices including vapor baths cosmetic cures legal notices auctions and loan offers. Names such as MISs HOWARD SEVERANCE and MISS SMITH appear among services for facial treatments mantua making and health cures. Also listed are auction sales and various shops offering millinery laundering jewelry and abstract services with contact addresses.
Phone Your Want Ads To The Star. Our carrier will call in your neighborhood to collect the ad amount and issue a receipt. Ads cost 6 cents per line of seven words or fraction thereof. Minimum 15 cents. Cash paid to the caller on insert day. Six insertions for the price of five.
Be a Lion and Pioneer from Townsend reported at Clayoquot bound for the wreck site. A pasting collier sighted a four masted schooner in distress suggesting Captain Lara and crew abandoned ship before the wreck reached shore as it turned turtle.
A six bout boxing program at Germania hall by the Phoenix Athletic Club drew a solid crowd. Eddie Parks defeated Charlie Ward in a science contest while Ward fatigue ended him. O'Brien fouled Cove, who won by decision in a hard fought bout. York Gleason delivered a three round flurry before a fourth round KO on Fred Carstens. Fred Merrifield stopped Tommy Overt after a two minute exchange. Chris Davis dominated Dick Holbrook to claim victory. Mage ager Lavigne oversaw a show that pleased the audience overall.
Special to The Star reports Mrs. Ocelig Gracie gave birth to twins Wednesday in Hoquiam. The event marks the first recorded twin birth on the reservation in living memory, prompting local elders to seek signs amid traditional beliefs about twins and tribal customs.
A midnight blaze at Delaney's restaurant in Sedro-Woolley swept through six buildings before volunteers gained control. Residents escaped in night attire as property loss ran high and insurance coverage was minimal.
The Westlake Boulevard Improvement Club meets this evening at its hall near Westlake Avenue and Harrison Street to review the plan for filling the new thoroughfare and intersecting streets. City engineers’ estimates on earth needs and costs are expected, with assessment proceedings to enable simultaneous work on Westlake Boulevard and Second Avenue for cost savings.
April 8 Hoquiam reports North beach clam beds disappearing at five to six tons daily. Diggers show rapid proficiency with some men collecting four pounds in a single bite and others earning two to six dollars per day at a cent per pound rate.
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