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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
6
Classified page lists rates for advertisements including situations wanted. It states the tar cannot guarantee accuracy or assume responsibility for errors in state phoned advertisements. The rate shown is 18 words for 250 with additional space at 3 per line.
A historical newspaper advertisement explains rates: one cent per word with minimum charge of iSc, counting actual lines on set, seven insertions for the price of six, and all caps lines counted as two lines.
Classified brief lists contact details for Ballard Agency with two office addresses and phone numbers for central and main offices. No events or actions described beyond the notice of offices and their telephone lines.
Do not trust printed time tables in newspapers. For train departure and arrival times call King Street Station Information Bureau Sunset at Main 2740 independent 111 for current details.
OCR reads list of individuals with ages and places such as Sa . Breene county Cal Tomiye Dinuba Campbell Tamar Japan Seattle Warren Vashon Tacoma Minneapolis and Seattle. Mentions several couples and families with ages 14 to 49 and dates like July 36. Ends with references to wives and a twin daughter.
Fragmentary funeral notices report the services for Susan Pressier at Ronney parlors and Tony J Clever ge, with interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery. Remains of Sprague and other names appear in scattered lines, mentioning Butterworth & Sons funeral home and local burial arrangements in August.
An eclectic page lists steamer Monticello schedules for E convention events, job ads for U.S. Marine Corps recruitment and newspaper staff, plus notices on goods for sale and services. Classifieds include sewing machines, furniture, horses, and business opportunities with contact details and locations across Seattle area streets and addresses.
A garbled listing shows rooming house and store for sale or sacrifice, contact details, and a bundle of ads for services and real estate. It includes references to loans, electrical therapy, optic and medical items, patents, photographers, and transfer services amid messy OCR text.
Classified offers trumpet irrigated orchard tracts and five acre parcels near Green Lake Seattle, with terms from cash to monthly payments. Listings include water front and building sites, bicycle shops, stores, and investors seeking parcels, in addition to multiple mentions of interurban access and practical farm land near Bremerton.
Advertisement touts affordable housing tracts near Green Lake with quick access to the lake and potential for significant appreciation. It presents a cost of around 1400 dollars per acre and argues investors will gain much more in a few years, urging purchase of city lots close to the lake.
The New City ton peninsula area near the navy yard offers limited land tracts at opening prices. Buyers can pay with easy terms while jobs expand as decks bend and construction starts. Prices show large lots from $26 and up with $1 to $2 monthly options.
The notice promotes immediate car service to Palisades on the lake and paving at Laurelhuret with a building boom drawing buyers daily. It urges potential buyers to visit branch offices at Basins Park and the University car line to discuss deposits and profits.
Readable fragments describe Beattie area property offerings near a lake with two percent finance and short ride to centers. Mentions 016 month and convenient terms for the OQhotee garden tracts with potential berry culture in a Beattie neighborhood.
Real estate snippet promises 12 minute ride from Pioneer Square with car lines and double track. Limited units near harbor views at Pine View, with price increase to 8100 after 36 days. Emphasizes weekday work access and convenient location for workers.
Chicago Aug 11 Related returns show Governor Deneen carrying 64 counties and former Governor Yates 38 with a margin near 164000 votes. In the Senate contest Hopkins leads over his closest foe by 24891 with 44 counties still missing.
United Press reports fires across Northern Idaho cause extensive damage in timber areas. Over 200 workers have been sent to aid the firefighters as flames rage. In Lima, Peru, President Pardo clashed with former prisoner Sealass Pilerola, who insulted him and was arrested before escaping custody on the way to the station.
Bargain note claims 160 cottage lots near the navy yard sold by a development company. Promotion promises water front property within six blocks of the yard, free abstract and perfect title, with weekly payments and quick sale, urging buyers to act now before prices rise.
A garbled notice states 30 lots sold yesterday to buyers seeking to leave renting, promoting a web driven purchase plan with a low down payment and monthly payments. It mentions PF PAY COMPANY INC and an address 604 Mehihern Hidg.
Real estate ads advertise multiple parcels near Fort Lawton and Wallingford car lines. Listings include four room cottages on 60-foot lots, water-front opportunities, and 10-acre Arcadia Orchard tracts. Prices range from $40 per month to $1,000 down, with trades and trades considered. Local agents Matthew or Hillman promote free excursions and showings from Times block.
Be Your Own Landlord offer markets rent payments to yourself with low upfront costs. Advertises houses near Greenwood Park Lota and Woodland Park car line with cash options of 10 and 6 monthly terms, free deed on death, and a 104 Mehihorn Nide contact for byowner sales.
The Northwest lumber industry backs the Build Now campaign as car shortages constrain shipments to the East. Millmen resist plant shutdowns to avoid machinery damage, while rail car access and lower prices tempt builders to erect homes and small structures, aided by publicity from the chamber and the American Lumber movement.
The University of Washington board was asked to appoint Captain Frank H. Lord as assistant to the president. List of other recommended faculty includes J. McCaustland of Cornell City in economics, W. W. Swanson of Chicago in German, and E. Senter of Illinois in French. Also named are G. F. Senter and Edith S. Mi Washington among others.
The Meadows overnight entries show races at six furlongs five furlongs and longer with selling purses and handicaps. Notables include entries like Silver Wedding Fair Annie and Micaela in early races and a mile and a sixteenths Eagles Handicap later, with multiple 3-year-olds and up in selling events.
A reader objects to water waste from lawn sprinkling noting three times as much water used as needed. The writer blames children for much of the excess and observes in residence districts that sprinkling is often left to them.
A cluttered market list shows weekly specials including cabbage at 1c to 2c a pound, oranges at 2c to 40c per dozen, lemons 20 to 85c per dozen, and various meats such as mutton chops 12% to 16c per pound and porterhouse sirloin steaks 12 to 18c per pound. Also featured are apples, pineapples, beets, lettuce, and scallions with multiple bulk prices.
The Western avenue price list lists poultry live weights at 18 to 20 cents per pound for hens and 16 to 20 cents for chicks, cattle at around 4 cents per pound for steers and wethers, hogs at one cent per pound, and dressed veal around 10 to 11 cents. Local fruit and vegetables include raspberries at 45 to 90 cents per 10 pound box, lettuce and onions priced per crate or per dozen, potatoes per ton, and cucumbers at 40 to 60 cents per unit.
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