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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1906
Page
6
An advertisement touts suburban Panther Lake properties near Beattie Wash with several lakefront and clearing options. It highlights nine to six acre tracts, easy terms, and mall delivery, urging quick sale.
A jumble of real estate and business notices describes Fairview Station and Puget Sound regions. Listings advertise riverfront tracts, farm parcels, and homes near Duwamish Valley with terms like cash or monthly payments, plus multiple offices and a Seattle bank ad.
Real estate offers near Lake Washington feature two and three acre tracts within minutes of town. Listings include cleared jewel like land with brush cleared, easy terms, and proximity to Interurban car lines. Several properties boast orchards, barns, outbuildings, and timber, with farms priced to include livestock and household goods. Corroborates indicate agents MALTRY, MAHONEY, and CHARLES ADAMS handling sales from a local office near Kenny Meek, promoting rapid sale of available tracts and improvements on Cedar and fir timber sites.
A jumble of property notes shows acreage near Leavenworth and Wenatchee Valley listings. For sale are farms, 4 to 7 room houses, ranches with barns, and lake area tracts with water access, terms offered by multiple agents and owners.
Fragmented classifieds describe multiple farms for sale in Snohomish and Kitwap counties. Properties include 4 acres near Bellevue and Lake Sumeasoni, 80 acres with creek and bottom land, and 11,000 Lerma acres in Kitwap with small house. Prices range around $1,000 to unspecified terms.
Near Puget Sound a land tract sale offers parcels of up to acres with monthly payments. Prospective buyers travel by Great Northern train to Columba street and meet Wheeler at the Meadowdale display in COLALAN BUILDING for showings and arrangements with a small deposit held while terms are set.
Sale listing notes a new house with six rooms on Rainier Boulevard, about a ten minute ride from In Avenue. Price listed as cash only. Ownership described as up-to-date with potential for immediate transfer.
An OCR messy notice advertises real estate near Lake Washington with 5 acres lake view parcels, cheap rates, adjacent lots and sidewalk access. It mentions Calhoun Wing Inc and W Dunlap as contacts, with scattered lines about hot sales and money offers.
Cleared lots with bearing fruit trees and berries, grand lake and mountain views near Jackson and Halmer Heights lines. Various homes feature modern amenities, prime lots on Beacon Hill and Madrona Terrace, with terms like cash or rent-style payments. Agents D. McDemmot & Bon advertise 4 and 15 Downs Block listings, Hunset Main 11%.
Multiple property offers including two corner lots with bay view and a cottage in Madrona Park. Listings mention car-line access, duplexes, room houses, and prices around 640 to 1300, with owner terms and deadlines implied.
Properties on sale include four acres nearby with winding streets and boat service, offering one acre half cleared with a four room house at 820 cash and balance. Gifford Realty Trust lists multiple homes and lots with down payments and monthly terms, with sales pushed by various agents and offices in Seattle and Atlantic City.
Rival construction gangs of Hill and Harriman clash along the north bank of the Columbia River using dynamite. A noon blast injures one man and flings debris at bystanders while deputies order restraint. An armistice is declared as legal condemnation talks proceed before a judge.
In Ballard a labor dispute escalates as seven men are discharged for refusing two hours overtime. The remaining workers refuse to return unless those fired are rehired, and the company replaces them with new hires. Police chase a deserter of the army amid tension surrounding the strike.
W E Armstrong, formerly with Phalen and Armstrong general merchandise, has formed a mercantile and manufacturing company to operate at West Sound among the San Juan islands. Brighton church hosts a reception for a new member as Rev J W Mitchell takes post and George DeLong pays $56 to secure rights to purchase the Black place near Kildarton Station from F W Black.
Lester W. Pease an epileptic patient at the Stockton asylum fell into a cistern last night and drowned in eight inches of water. His home is in San Francisco.
E H Overman of Seattle tied to a fictitious passing scheme, alleged to have defrauded in Salem and planned to place daily papers aboard a trans Pacific steamer. He had worked for Graham Hickins and later Metropolis Press in Seattle and was arrested after leaving Seattle two weeks ago.
April Batt announced Rio Grande and Western Railroad has taken options on property in Ogden canyon and will build a line through the pass into Wyoming. The route aims to tap coal regions in Jackson Hole country. The line will be miles long.
A blaze in Oakland during funeral services at the Ladies' Relief home forced the evacuation as young orphans and their companions were rescued amid the flames. The incident occurred last evening and damaged the adjoining building.
Japanese marriages face scrutiny as women arriving on steamers are subjected to months of investigation by immigration authorities. Inspector Estell orders local offices to log arrivals like the Nomuras from Fresno and Seattle for inquiry into their living arrangements. In other news, A. F. Morris, earlier charged with fraud, is acquitted. Boston reports the cruiser Washington achieving 22.378 knots on a speed run yesterday.
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