Rates for Classified Advertisements
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
6
The Star lists rates for classified ads and notes it cannot guarantee accuracy or assume responsibility for errors from telephoned advertisements.
Classified brief shows a 25 cent 18 word situation wanted ad with three additional spaces per line, laid out in a single column format as a historical classifieds entry.
One cent a word minimum 150 charge. Extra words charged per word. Seven insertions cost six words when paid in cash. All caps or fractions counted as two lines for classification records.
Classified notice lists Ballard Agency operated by P. H. Mullen at 5409 Ballard Avenue opposite City Hall with contact Ballard 306. Main Office located on Seventh Avenue between Union and University with Main 1050 andInd 441.
A mix of notices lists marriage licenses and civil records across Seattle and nearby towns. It includes names such as Thomas Patrick Plunkett and Minnie Alves Georgetu, Max A. Wieter and Ida Classen, with ages and hometowns noted, plus funeral and probate references and a large classified auction listing.
Property listings describe 20 single lots in A C Jen Ravenna Park Ada with lawned, cleared land overlooking the park university fair Union Bay and mountains. Auction to begin August with selections possible at the office. prices around 200 dollars per lot and 1 dollar for each additional lot. Owner signals sale via Empire Bank contact numbers and office details provided.
Real estate listing offers a four room plastered bungalow on a corner lot four blocks from Fauntleroy station. Includes large closets pantry and neighborhood amenities. Priced at 1650 dollars with monthly payments available.
A Ballard real estate notice lists multiple small modern and four room houses on First and Firet avenues, Chestnut and Whip streets with cash prices from 700 to 1 400 and various lot details. It names Young and Broneg Scandinavian American Bank building Mellara and a Ballard phone listing for inquiries.
Century Realty Co lists properties in West Beattie and Yakima Valley orchards offering land for beet and fruit production. The ad promotes new orchard sites, promising favorable prices and terms, with references to location near Pokr Tawi and a monthly payment plan.
Real estate ad offers 10 per tract with six tracts available. Special price requires $20 down and $16 monthly payments.
Real estate notices advertise multiple properties near Seattle including 26 minute ride to business centers, lake views, and one to seven room houses with terms such as 10 per month. Listings show prices from 500 to 2600 with various locations around University district and Rainier Beach. A four room house for 500 and a 13 room location are among offerings with parking and garden potential.
Otto Wegener raised funds and pursued leads for years to clear Craemer once condemned in a murder case. The search spanned North America seeking Jack Quincy Hackett, with Mrs Craemer and Craemer’s supporters kept hopeful for justice. A reprieve came moments before execution, and Craemer later worked as prison warden while Wegener prepared an appeal.
Real estate offer lists a few tracts priced at 5699 with easy terms. Location details point to the first station north of Fauntleroy, six blocks east, near THE EVER offer. One acre tract priced at 3.6 dollars per acre.
Five lots offered at Latona and five on the northwest corner of 401y and Ragiey Streets, with cement work and water additions paid. Price advertised at 62.350, lower than a year ago. A. and W. Co. 107 Boston Dick Main 566. Ind. 1984.
Overnight entries list races at The Meadows with multiple horses entered across six events including a 1 1/16 mile Everett Handicap and a one mile selling for 3-year-olds and up. Names such as Diamond, Abbey, Liberto, Col. Jewell, Adela A., Cadichon, Edwin Gunn, and Capable appear among the entrants with varied weights and purses noted.
Mrs Angelina Myers will mark her 100th birthday next Saturday at her daughter Aura Putman’s home 2906 BE Wardet. A birthday dinner will be held with her daughter four grandchildren nineteen great grandchildren and Seattle Degree of Honor Chapter No 7 members invited. Governor Mead and Mayor Miller are asked to attend.
In police court, Patrolman Doyle was alleged to be liquor influenced when arresting Mr and Mrs Robb at a rooming house on North First Avenue. The defendants were charged as disorderly persons. Evidence against the woman was limited to two saloon sightings. Mr Robb’s connection was not shown, and they were discharged.
W C Watrous general superintendent of transportation for the Great Northern Railway with headquarters in St Paul arrived in Seattle last night in his private car Al with his family. He is touring the coast lines for inspection and reportedly fell from a ladder after climbing high. A Life magazine caption notes the incident with a mysterious line about a woman at the bottom.
Sacrifice offer on a five room modern house with concrete foundation and good basement. Double construction bath toilet electric lights gas on lot 600 by 100 near Green Lake Station. Reduced from 3000 to 2000 cash. Thib this a snap Armitage Dros Green Lake Station.
Appleton Investment Corpora offers a 3 bedroom modern house on a large, cleared lot near Pioneer Square two miles from center. Priced around 4000 with terms. office at 18-M American Bank Building and contact Bast 693. Car service, water and air costs noted. 14 total rooms? (text partially garbled).
Chicago August market notes show open high low close figures for wheat futures and oats with Sept and Dec contracts. Prices appear as 044 9444 97K 38 for wheat and 96% 99% 95%6 for Dec wheat amid scattered odd figures.
In Santa Cruz County California, Howard Trafton seeks judicial action as Wal Stone, architect and builder, is detained. Stone was arrested July 20 by local officers and held in county jail. A writ of habeas corpus is mentioned to challenge confinement.
The monster balloon commanded by Count Zeppelin ascended about 40 feet and rose toward the north after leaving Mayence. Experts tracked the voyage with government observers noting speeds near 60 miles per hour and endurance tests as the craft aimed to reach Metz and then Fiie before continuing its voyage.
Thomas A Edison plans a temporary furlough from Llewellyn New Jersey to tour the Pacific Coast perhaps Alaska. He will pursue scientific study free from routine work and will travel with his wife leaving in August.
Public market prices show cherries selling at 15 cents per pound while plums and radishes move quickly. Lettuce 3 for a quarter, lemons 20 to 36 cents each, apples 1.60 to 1.75 per box, oranges 20 to 40 cents, and various vegetables including cabbage onions turnips beets and potatoes listed with multiple bulk prices. Meat items feature mutton chops and shoulder steaks priced per pound.
The list records prices paid to producers for poultry meats and produce, including live and dressed weights for hogs and cattle, veal, and assorted fruits and vegetables. Entries note various per pound rates, crates, and per ton figures, with scarce notes on items like logenhernis and raspberries.
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