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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1907
Page
6
A dense OCR page shows buy sell and trade requests across the United States. It includes real estate, business opportunities, wanted ads, and price items from multiple tiny lines and sections referencing firms such as Kellogg Realty Co and People's Bank. The text is garbled with misspellings and partial names but conveys typical classifieds content.
A jumble of ads and notices lists loans, employment, matrimonies, auctions, real estate exchanges, medical ads, and personal notices. It mentions private money loans on improved property, a sale of furniture and carpets, a Fox terrier for sale, lawyers and public listings, and farm land exchanges, all reflecting a bustling late 19th or early 20th century classifieds page.
Fragmentary record describes a half price sale of timber and coal land and a retirement near Renton with mentions of one million and Boston. Details are unclear with misread words and broken names.
Fragmentary notes describe an ongoing dispute over Yakima fruit lands and a Vedter related litigation. Mentions price pressures, a 4 year term, and a figure labeled Hutchington with unclear context. The garbled text implies legal action affecting orchard holdings and market pricing.
Real estate notice advertises five and ten acre tracts at ten dollars per acre with terms described. Includes names and location hints and an emphasis on low price for agricultural or development use.
Property listings describe acre tracts with water access and clear land, offering monthly payments and per cent terms. The ad promotes choice home sites with trees, sidewalks, and water on each parcel, featuring eight chooseable tracts near Temple Road.
The Volunteers of America set up a charity box on the wall of the United States shipping commissioners' office to collect sailors coins for the Washington Children's Home. Sailors drop small change into the box for the cause.
M. M. Page, a noted cattle businessman, bought an automobile recently and, eager to test its capabilities, failed to register it with authorities. Police officer Faltenbure spotted the vehicle on Pike Street, observing missing numbers and lacking required owner details as the Nebraska Navy Yard steamer Tourist stood nearby.
Slogan urges saving for children and future independence with 4 percent interest at State Bank of Beattie. Ad copy mentions various local names and odd phrases, including property listings, court dates, and public notices. A train passenger incident and a pharmacy exam update appear amid chaotic OCR text.
Fragmentary text mentions Eagle Harbor and a person named Reaney with unclear context. The readable elements hint at a waterfront or harbor scene possibly tied to a person named Pye or Bachenee, but details are too garbled to determine event or outcome.
A fragmentary text notes a cash amount of 175 dollars and a measurement of 16 feet with unclear items and references. It mentions a phrase about a release or sale and values tied to a possibly older trade context. The readable parts indicate a financial or property transfer with unspecified parties and terms.
Fragmentary bids mention cash payments of 250 and 144 with a balance to be paid. The text references a location near a ree damaged alley and a two block distance from a main road, with a quoted price of 63208 and a balance of 85 per.
An old notice advertises cash letters totaling 1100 dollars with three large rooms and a black iron stove, on a lot just under half an acre, one and a half miles from Pioneer and near Greed Avenue. It lists price seven thousand dollars with cash down and balance due later.
Classified ad notes a modern S room bungalow with fine view and sturdy build. Asking price 47,800 cash or 226 monthly, near Beattie Everett interurban line, Green Lake area. Listings mention 465 Oriental Bleek and other real estate phrases from The Times.
Merritt Realty Co Ballard Branch advertises a pleasant lot on Berend Ave with a new plastered cottage, cement walk, and a neat two or more rooms. Terms include 9 percent monthly on down payment with sight of a large parcel and splendid view, priced to sell on sight.
Coney Island endures after a massive blaze swept 35 acres and damaged 206 buildings including Steeplechase Park. Amid the disaster the pleasure district kept up its gaiety as tourists and locals faced losses yet continued the season.
United States customs officers seized about 90 power launches on Lake Washington for lacking required four lights with one 16 feet above water. The crackdown targets lighting regulations, possible changes anticipated. Chief of Police Wappenstein and Judge Gordons party were among the launches inspected. inspectors plan further actions tonight. Rowboats and canoes must show a white light when collision risk exists.
County commissioners plan a three story addition 60 by 10 feet to the Georgetown hospital at an estimated cost of 40000 dollars. The overcrowded building has struggled to treat the large patient load over the past year and will gain modern fireproof arrangements to improve effectiveness.
The first regular monthly Labor Temple meeting drew a large audience to hear V. Bydney Strong speak on The Life of a Minister. Grant Hamilton followed with The Walking Delegate describing duties and tasks faced by labor representatives.
Prominent local dealers announce the navy yard will be open daily for visitors. The Schubert pianos are sold exclusively by D and Johnston Company, pioneer dealers in the area.
Police say M. H. Olson an engineer is the thief who twice burgled Mrs. Levison at Green Lake. July 26 C Zimmerman reported a $600 diamond and $100 watch stolen from his room. Earlier missing items were linked to Olson who identified the burglar and pawn tickets were issued for the diamond.
A large black straw mushroom shaped hat lined with pale blue straw is shown with a blue enamel buckle on the right side. Three large black feathers hang from the buckle sweeping left and back, attributed to the Pacific Squadron at the Navy Yard.
A garbled OCR row lists numerous names and ages with Seattle and city mentions amid stray phrases. It opens with licenses and follows with scattered partial names, ages, and locations, then shifts to a debating English trial remark about chicory and coffee and impacts on weight.
G H Brown Pit 221 Piie It Every home It's a modern necessity. near Piano House sells all the world's best at lowest prices. Easy Johnston Company, 908.
A complete line of camping hunting and fishing goods for the most active sportsmen at Piper and Haleatore 1024 Secondary.
A brief notice reports Geo H. Woodhouse facing a trial over a bold claim tied to AU Valveraiy. The short item notes the case proceedings and involved parties in a local legal notice tone.
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