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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
6
Classified ad offers Rich Farm Land at 20 per acre and three chicken ranch tracts north of the city. Describes prime fruit land, easy clearing, near station, stores, post office, and school. Prices 25 troops? and 9250 and 9100 per tract with various terms. Lists Lawson Geer office contact and Alaska Building.
Mrs Patrick Campbell returns to Beattie at the Moore theatre with The Second Mrs Tanqueray. Her beauty and gowns enhance Pinero's social tragedy, set against a noted revival after five years away. Also mention of excursion boats to Pier 2 with daily round trips.
A colorful canine? No a lobster named Fanchon stars in a Ge Randolph Chester tale in this week’s Saturday Evening Post. It sketches a French cafe scene with Pierre the chef and a vivid crustacean performer.
A fragmentary notice warns about a test on Sunday April 14 near Hemlock Ave, with directions to avoid being taken to the line end. It mentions Saturday evening and Sunday papers, a contact number, and streetcar conductors. The message references Ravenna Park Grocery as a location marker and cautions riders about the end of the line at Hemlock Ave.
Fragmentary listing touts plots with water views near sound, mentions low payments and monthly terms. Notes include addresses and vague terms like two car and cottage home potential, with prices ranging from 250 to 650 and references to a lake and mountains.
Take Steamer Reliance and Coleman dec fam of Columbia to view small defiant homesites on Round minutes from Heatile. Four boats daily. Lot 402119 at $55 and up with terms $1.60 down and $1.00 per month. Pick a lot by April 12. start payments within 90 days. Tickets at the wharf or 410 Epler Brock. ORM & CO Inc and Johnston & Co advertise city utility work and sewer/water inclusion with $1 cash and $16 per year estimates.
A Beattle review lauds the Faust in concert form at the Dreamland rink praising soloists Arthur Middleton John Miller Genevieve Clarke Wilson and Hose L Gannon for carrying the performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra amid solid chorus work. The piece surpasses prior musical offerings in Beattle this year and shows capable direction by Charles Oscar Kimball with strong vocal and orchestral effort.
Judge Tallman grants divorce to Mrs. Charlotte Qaas from J A Gase on the ground of cruelty in superior court. The case followed withdrawn and amended complaints filed months earlier and a quiet resolution ended what promised sensational features.
A dated order from Postmaster Stewart directs Washington state post offices to send all surplus funds to the Seattle office. The plan, effective July 1, envisions about $1,000,000 annually moved to low banks and then to the San Francisco real subtreasury or a proposed Seattle facility.
Mick Hird, an automobile chauffeur, was arrested yesterday by Patrolmen Howaldt and Kuntz on Pikest. He faces a charge of exceeding the juvenile limit and was cited for driving 20 miles per hour. He will be tried in police court next Tuesday under state law. The report ends with distressing notes about relief in Keep Lake.
The corporations committee will meet next Monday after noon to consider revoking the Wallingford avenue streetcar franchise due to noncompliance with the franchise ordinance. Councilman W H Weaver of the Eleventh ward seeks action against the traction company amid ongoing franchise disputes. The text includes funeral notices for Mrs C B Edetes vard and Claudie Raymond Cade with services at Lakeview cemetery and Butterworth Sons chapel.
Claudie Raymond Cade seven months old son of Captain and Mrs. Harry Cade died at 137 Lakeside Avenue on April 4. Toranosuka Sakamoto aged 29 died in the city on April 9.
The funeral service for Jennie Johhneaon will be held Sunday at 3 PM in the Butterworth & Sone chapel with burial in Lakeview cemetery. A separate item notes a lecture on sanitation by Dr. P. F. Bourns at the Bon- officer parlors, addressing members this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Vincent Savin a policeman was suspended for five days by Acting Chief Ward after insisting on his seat on a Capitol Hill streetcar while paying patrons clung to straps. Savin was reprimanded by Sergeant Jack King and resented the rebuke as a personal slight. The report to the acting chief followed.
The street committee of the council approved an ordinance on Monday evening. The measure requires the costs of improvements to be borne by property owners whose lots lie in unsanitary areas. The last legislature had assigned property duties, and the ordinance targets parcels affected by low-lying conditions.
J. W. Smith, a Northers conductor, picked up a gold watch at Piretav and n st on April 7. He was the rightful owner of the repaired lawn mower by Piper Taft, with a phone listing Tel 1038 for mower adjustments.
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