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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
6
The Star outlines rates for classified advertisements and cautions against errors in telephoned ads including Situations Wanted. Base rate is 260 for 18 words with additional space charged per line, and the policy states it cannot guarantee accuracy or assume responsibility for errors.
Help wanted and all classified ads offered with one cent per word minimum charge. Accounts charged by line count as set. Seven insertions for the price of six when cash is paid. All cap lines or fractions counted as two lines.
Classified notice shows Ballard Agency contact details for P H Mullen at 5409 Ballard Avenue opposite City Hall with a phone, plus main office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University with two phone lines. It includes an advisory about time restrictions stating no tr en after 15 o'clock daily.
Readers advised to call Ki Street Station Information for exact departure and arrival times. Sunset Main 2740 is listed as the contact number for timetable details.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous individuals with ages and locations including Spokane Seattle Renton San Francisco and Mill Valley. Several pairs appear with ages from 11 to 34 and single entries note countries or affiliations. Data is incomplete and shows mixed names, ages, and places without clear context or event.
Jagged OCR fragment lists several domiciled names and dates, noting multiple mentions of wives and children. Entries reference addresses such as 209 Battery St and 1831 Reventhay Way with August dates and mentions of a son or daughter.
The obituary column lists names such as McCormack and Miller with ages and dates in August, noting residences on James Street and Sixth Avenue North. Funeral details for William Miller are given from Sacred Heart Church with interment at Calvary cemetery, plus mortuary and undertaker references.
A jumbled page fragment lists events, lost items, housing to rent, and sales in Seattle area. Entries mention a boat schedule from Galbraith’s dock, a Scotch Caledonian society picnic, a hidden nugget rumor, housekeepings rooms for rent, plumbing and carpentry ads, and job or sale notices. Names include Randall and Andrew Peterson, with locations Green Lake, Seventh Ave, and Times Block.
Gasoline launch offered with bargain terms and contact details for purchase. Also several classified items including doors windows sewing machines, feed and farm equipment, a Sealing machine, horses and harness, a fresh cow for sale, and miscellaneous business chances listed with partial addresses and phone numbers.
A jumble of ads lists loans from $200 to $1,000 for investments and home purchases, rooming house options, and various agents. Other entries include selling a grocery store and a store at Queen Anne 65, contact numbers, and notes about clairvoyants, tailoring, and a hotel on First Avenue.
A jumble of property offers and services appears with 5 acres of land near a road, cheap homes, rents, and terms like down payments 44 dollars and monthly payments. Also listed are patent attorneys, photographers supplies, real estate dealers, moving contracts, used typewriters, watch repair, and an exchange offer trading a piano for a lot.
An older man and a younger man from Seattle advertise seeking marriage partners. One advertises a working man with a home and aims to meet a working woman for matrimony. The other seeks a less mature partner with print matrimony details.
An OCR fragment shows a corporate line for The Northwest Freehold Co Incorporated listing related banking and internal identifiers. The readable elements include American Bank and numeric codes 4444 4043, suggesting an archival or registration entry.
A striped notice warns owners of Falía Ades Lots to pay and secure their titles, noting recent city acquisitions and new improvements tied to the expedition as making the area highly desirable for buyers. The alert emphasizes urgency for residents to act to avoid losing property.
An assortment of land parcels is advertised including 10 acre blocks at $900, one to two acre lots near Beattle and city lines, and a 1 acre site near main streets. Listings cite soil quality, cash deals, and nearby streetcar lines. Contact numbers provided for Fox & Broberg and related agents.
Property listings show 2 acre parcels priced around 4006 with trades for city property and nearby offerings. Advertisements from Appleton Investment Corpora and area agents promote waterfront and corner lot options in Arcadia Orchard and East Wilsell markets with contact details and local phone numbers.
A garbled classified-like snippet mentions Chetee garden treete and a 1600147 right te ety near Darinese center with a 86 minutter ride. It references Pacific City and Tacoma Interurban, plus W. KR KELLEY with a cash add surcharge and a three-block from Fotine address.
Articles of incorporation filed at Olympia establish the Seattle Stock Exchange. Directors include A O McFall A B Severance J F Kennedy Col J W Ivey and L F Jones with temporary offices in room 12 of the Post Intelligencer building. Kennedy also serves as secretary and says the exchange will trade mining and other commercial stocks and has drawn applications for over 560 seats, some from New York.
The pilot boat Lady Mine arrived in port with a jagged hole in its side and damaged rigging after a collision Saturday night with the Koamos Line steamer Badmus near the bar lightship. Crew say the liner veered to port, striking the Lady Mine on its port side while attempting to fetch Pilot Von Helmes.
The Meadows overnight entries list races with horses names, numbers, and weights for the day. Includes first through sixth races with details on purses, distances, and participant horses such as Queen Alamo Korosilany Adalbert Belle and Convent Bell among others.
A new song issued this morning by Liberal Printing of Seattle dedicates the work to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Music by Prof. Adolph Edgren and lyrics by George F. Lippy. It is the publishers first music print and they have opened the west’s only music-printing house west of Chicago.
San Francisco merchants say Southern Pacific and Santa Fe have raised rates with extra switching charges beyond published schedules. They will file charges at the interstate commerce commission meeting next week. Seattle merchants are charged 3 dollars per car for icing while California merchants pay 75 dollars.
J. J. Slavin western passenger agent for the Santa Fe at Denver was found unconscious on the steps of an elevated station in downtown Chicago. His annual pass and 30 cents were recovered. valuables worth several hundred dollars were missing. He recalls drinking at Jim Corbett's saloon and authorities believe he was drugged.
An electrical storm of unprecedented severity in years struck San Dingo August 10 between 4 and 5 pm. At Coronado tent city the downpour routed about 2,000 people living under canvas at the summer resort.
Prescott Arizona August 10 Mark Smith was renominated for congress by the Democratic convention with 175 votes to 42 for his opponent Brady O Neil of Mariposa county.
Readers respond to a matrimonial question published by The Star asking if they would marry their husbands again. Letters praise steady kindness and financial support while one criticizes neglect and flirtations, revealing varied views on marriage 현실.
The Anti-Saloon League received a letter from Gov Mead campaign managers proposing that if the league endorses Mead for the Republican nomination the 68 state newspapers now backing Mead will support the local option fight. The league conference considered asking all state chapters to decide whether to support local option independent of endorsing a governor candidate.
Col Marion P. Maus today assumed command of the Department of California U A succeeding Gen Frederick A Funston who moves to Fort Leavenworth Kansas to lead the Department of the Gulf Maus a long time frontier Indian fighter is well known in California for two decades along the Pacific coast his last post was San Francisco directing the banking district after the 1906 fire and he earned commendation for securing the district. Maus 58 years old and a West Point graduate joined the army in 1870s.
The 19th session will convene in San Francisco on October 6 to 10. J. B. Case of Abilene Kansas signs the call with other officers outlining topics of general importance for discussion.
The Chicago grain market shows varied prices with oats and corn mixed. Delays and unclear OCR details obscure exact figures for wheat and soybeans on August 10, with some entries partially unreadable.
A newspaper market notice lists boneless cottage ham and smoked sturgeon prices, various meats by pound or cut, produce such as celery cabbage onions carrots and potatoes, fruits including apples lemons and pineapples, and assorted flowers, all marking items on sale tomorrow at the market. The list uses fragmented pricing and unit notes typical of a bygone market page.
Prices paid for ten producers include dressed hena per pound live poultry and veal per pound. Butter at local ranches, eggs at 81-306, raspberries at 1.08 per 10 lb box, blackberries and raspberries noted. Vegetables list cabbage lettuce rhubarb green onions potatoes cauliflower cucumbers with varied per unit or per ton quotes.
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