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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
6
A crowded old listing shows help wanted for trades and carpentry and rent and sale notices. It names various workers like a boy to learn a trade and a carpenter Randall and hints at rooms for rent and acreage for sale near Seattle with interurban access and Meadowdale listings.
The page highlights land grants and ranches around Renton and Seattle with notices for free land to the poor, acreage near towns, and multiple property bargains. It lists tracts near Trunia and Lake Washington, houses for sale, fronting streets, and terms, with agents D Hillmes and Robert Maltby advertising various parcels and homes.
A garbled assortment of sale notices and ads from West Seattle and Alaska listings. It mentions government land irrigated ranches, homes for sale, beaches, and a variety of property details, along with lenders, real estate firms, and contact hints for buyers and buyers. The text references multiple properties, owners, and brokers across regions, with prices and terms blurred by OCR.
The Empire Transportation company withdraws its Seattle agency and ceases all coast business. D W Burchard, longtime Seattle representative, resigns to join Northern Commercial company and Kosmos line steamboats. He will serve as Puget Sound and British Columbia district agent, choosing Seattle as his home. The Empire line operated the Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Conemaugh. Conemaugh left Seattle December 14 1903.
Reads like a dense market listing with prices for beans, onions, potatoes, greens, fruits, and dairy. Also includes references to clippings on butter cheese and various commodities, plus scattered stock quotes and ads for medical services.
City council members and possibly Beatty Electric push a new tactic to force J A Moore to build a tunnel under the Washington hotel before awarding the street railway franchise. Plans include regrading Virginia Street between Beck and Westlake to create leverage, with a 82 foot cut proposed. The scheme extends to Stewart Street and Thirty-fifth and Thirty-fifth avenues, signaling a large undertaking. The Moore franchise decision is to be revisited next week as City Engineer Themeon awaits the committee’s views from Europe.
A reception aboard the tug Messenger, owned by Tidewater Consolidated Coal, honored its mission to Alaska amid plans to deliver cheaper coal north. Guests included President T. D. Bradford and actress Miss Charlotte, with Captain C E B Morris commanding the overhauled vessel bound on a 1700 mile trial trip to support barges for the company.
John Linderman, age 24, wins 9700 in damages and 500 return of his investment in a scheme selling a supposed magic butter recipe. Judge Tallman finds Kathrina Berg liable as the instrument through which the deal was made, citing losses from quitting his business and preparing to expand the venture.
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