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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
6
A flood of property notices and ads details of farms, tracts, and homes near Riverton, Meadorwald, and West Seattle. Listings show acreage from five to eighty acres, waterfront lots, cottages, modern homes, and subdivision opportunities with payments plans and nearby car lines. Major agents include Maltry, Nichola, Winship, and Manson, highlighting auctions, sales, and investment potential.
Rural lot offering multiple acres with barn and partial clearing, all fenced. Located within minutes of electric walk and marketed by Colman Colman Realty and Guion & Co real estate agents.
A fragment list of properties for sale and land plots with prices and terms. Includes vacant lots near Howe Street, Queen Anne locations, cottages with low down payments, and farm land options. Also mentions a ranch on Whidbey Island, camping sites, and a waterfront tract near Interurban line.
A long inventory list details prices for fruits vegetables dairy meats and grains, with regional items like Wenatchee apples and Oregon butter. It also includes commodity quotes from Chicago and New York markets, and notes a French fleet returning to English waters with royal ceremonies at Cowes.
A long list of vegetable and fruit prices shows beans garlic spinach lettuce and tomatoes among items with per cwt per sack per dozen and per case pricing. Regions include California Washington Florida and Minnesota with items such as bananas dates apricots grapes and apples also noted.
The Roosevelt children should be treated as ordinary American youngsters not public property. The president criticizes photographers writers and tourists who seek to film or interview the kids arguing such publicity would spoil their naturalness and mislead the public into overestimating their importance.
Mrs. Jennie Hodge wife of Deputy Sheriff Bob Hodge of Black Diamond wore a gold watch with initials on a strong chain and a gold pin during the Auburn ball game Sunday. After the game she found the watch gone and a search of the grounds failed to locate it, with suspicion falling on a thief who cut the chain and removed the pin while she watched the game.
Smith replies to residents accusing county commissioners of neglecting duty to protect the trout in Green river from coal dust and refuse. He states the mines employ 500 to 1,000 men and the dust must go somewhere, adding no formal complaint has been received and restraining action is not the commissioners’ duty. In Doiran incident, twenty peasants were murdered by Bulgarians in Macedonia.
A morning blaze at the Hopkins boarding house in Dallas claims the lives of Mrs. Taylor a 60 year old and her 12 year old granddaughter. Mrs. Hopkins is severely burned as investigators begin to determine the cause and scope of the fire.
Westlake Improvement Club plans meeting to discuss blocking an exclusive street car franchise on Westlake Avenue. Members circulated reasons to keep the thoroughfare open for municipal or competitive street car service, criticizing Seattle Electric Company president Jacob Furth for delaying Westlake development.
The weekly Commonwealth appears in a new form with additional departments and lively reading matter. New editor R. W. Emerson, formerly city editor of The Star, promises distinctive handling of public questions and a fresh paper spirit for readers.
In a Tong war at a Chinese theater in New York City on Saturday night three Chinese men were killed and many wounded. Police restrained further carnage as about a hundred Celestials were jailed amid wild Chinatown unrest. The attackers chose the theater as the site and opened fire with giant firecrackers and 45 caliber revolvers.
In Gazelle California a masked robber held up 15 men at a saloon lining them up to demand cash. He took 100 dollars from the crowd and 68 from the register. In Gervais Oregon three masked men robbed a saloon stealing 350 dollars in cash and some jewelry.
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