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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1905
Page
6
A historical ad page lists agencies, services, and notices including Bagley’s Drug Store at Second and Pike, a savings bank, law firm Beattie and associates, clairvoyants, medical ads, and small real estate and property notes. The jumble sketches a midcentury urban classifieds page with business names, addresses, and service mentions.
Real estate ads describe affordable house options near Lake Washington with terms like 0 down and small monthly payments. Listings include farm land near Beattie and Tacoma, summer campsites on the lake, and close in farms with second bottom land and county road access. Various brokers, including Crane & Co and Weaver, promote parcels, city lots, and acreage with financing and down payment options.
Western avenue markets open with light activity due to gloom. Eastern Washington crops and vegetables show brisk arrivals with varied prices from beans and beets to California fruits. Prices listed include bananas 2.50 to 3.50, eggs 28 to 29 cents, butter 23 to 24 cents, and sugar around 5 to 6 dollars per bag.
A detailed price list from Downing Hopkins & Co. covers groceries, live animals, canned goods, cereals, and feed. It includes spring lamb at $9, dressed veal, poultry, fish, nuts, dried fruits, and a wide range of grains and seed products with per unit and per ton or per bale figures. Names of commodities span meats, dairy, produce, and farm feeds.
James B. Dill is profiled amid his travels and business philosophy while visiting New York hotels and friends. The piece notes his view on opportunity for educated youth, the rise of the steel trust, and Dill’s role as director of the Waldorf Astoria. The Detroit section outlines brick as the staple street pavement, its durability, inspection norms, and planned municipal brick plant with millions of bricks purchased annually.
The plan to cut canal costs by extending from Shilehole bay to Lake Union at 25 feet depth with one lock was presented to Major Burr Major Langfitt and Captain Kuta of the U S engineering board at the Chamber of Commerce. Noted supporters urged the project while officials said 25 feet would serve most coastwise traffic and that finishing to Lake Union would spur industry, shipping and rail access, despite river and harbors committee budget limits.
The article traces a nine month campaign against Moore and Gilman over their street railway franchise. It details repeated council maneuvers aimed at raising costs or denying routes from First avenue to Broad street and Fourth avenue, with proposed exclusions and staged valuations. The piece notes Gilman and Moore faced capital hurdles and that current opposition mirrors earlier tactics.
Waterfront rumors spread about the Pacific Coast Steamship Company steamer Spokane with reports claiming a collision with a rock on the return from Alaska caused a leak and led to her scuttling. The rumor adds to ongoing speculation on the cause of the ship’s loss.
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