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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
6
The Star lists rates for classified ads including Situations Wanted. Base price is 250 for 18 words with additional space and per line charges. The newspaper disclaims accuracy and cannot assume responsibility for telephoned advertisements.
A historical notice outlines a classified ad pricing method: one cent per word with a 150 word minimum, counting actual lines for length, seven insertions for the price of six when paid in cash, and all lines or fractions counted as two lines.
Classified fragment lists P H Mullen at 6409 Ballard Avenue opposite City Hall with a Ballard 306 phone. Main office on Seventh between Union and University, phone Main 1060 and Ind 441.
Do not trust newspaper time tables for train departures and arrivals. For accurate times call King Street Station Information Bureau Sunset Main 2740 independent 111 for schedules and details.
A garbled 1920s city directory fragment lists dozens of names with ages and towns including Ballard Seattle Chicago Vancouver and Georgette. The passage references addresses in Seattle and nearby towns and contains ads for undertakers and professional notices.
A fragmented text shows abstractors and attorneys offering services with garbled phrases about home placement rooms and business options. Names like Booth Whittlesey Hanford Abstract Co and Haller Brock appear alongside scattered ads for banking, bicycles, clairvoyants, and dentists. The piece reads as a collage of 1946 era notices with minimal coherent detail.
Listings advertise S-acre garden tracts with deep loamy soil near a station and stores at $60 per acre and up with easy terms. Other ads note one to five acre lots, near interurban lines, with city water, farms near Green Lake Station, and several small houses priced to sell.
Property on the line between the Mound and Lake Washington north of the city is advertised for sale. Up to eighty acres of prime land near Green Lake is offered at reduced price, described as the best land in the area with views of the lake. The notice hints at a streetcar interurban line nearby.
Fruit land values surge as investors seek profitable parcels in California. Advertisements promise high returns per acre and quick payoffs, citing farms and government land options.
A distressed sale advertisement offers lots in Whiteman's Addition Appleton for 1300 dollars including street and water. The notice promotes investments and urges visits to the 707 American Bank Ridge office for purchases and terms, with emphasis on a life protection angle and a plan to provide a home upon death. The ad lists the company address and hints at nearby Greenwood Park.
Fragmentary OCR hints Century Realty Co in Afakima area planning a real estate development or land project. No dates or entities clearly identifiable due to garbled text.
Real estate ads offer a $160 to $100 cottage on a five room lot with garden fruit trees and city water, near transit, plus other properties including a four room cottage, a 60 ft lot near Wallingford, a cheap chicken ranch with farm livestock, a modern house for sale, and multiple waterfront lots with low prices and payment terms. Many list owner contact details and encouraging terms.
The piece discusses a public question on governance and reform amid accusations of predatory wealth and calls for stronger anti trust and tariff actions. It cites Roosevelt and Bryan, questions why abuses were allowed, and critiques Republican control while urging the people to push for decisive reforms to empower citizens over corporations.
John H. Marburger, a Ballard resident aged 61, was found dead at his home on 61g av. N. W. A carbolic acid trace was found near the body. The death is reported as self inflicted tied to unemployment. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at Ballard chapel under Ballard camp No. 176 of the World Inlaw at Crown Hill.
Overnight entries at Meadows include five furlong maidens for 2 year olds with names Guard Rall Adriana Lecouvreur and Dredkin among others. second race lists Emma G Royal Queen Royal Rogue and Bannatyne with Jockey Mounce. third race features seven horses including Tore Wap Massa Mirrer Fred Bent. fourth race Magrane Sea Lad Midmont Chatk Hedrick Prestige The Englishman Fair Fagot. sixth race seven and up includes Nappa Excitement Altar Boy Liberto Yellowstone Col Jewell Dr White Taxer Arcourt Cobbleskill Bon Ton Fantastic Edwin Gum.
Public market ad lists leg of lamb at 40 cents per dozen and ham at 1 shilling per item, crab apples nectarines tomatoes and many vegetables priced per pound or bunch. Promises diverse fruits like apples, pineapples, oranges, lemons, cabbage beets lettuce onions carrots and meats including mutton chops porterhouse and shoulder steak with multiple bundles and bulk quantities.
The clipping lists prices paid to producers for various meats and produce including live chickens at 63 cents per pound, pigeons at 2.83 per pound, and hogs at a per pound rate. It also shows dressed veal at 10 to 11 cents per pound and various fruits and vegetables with per unit prices such as lettuce and cucumbers.
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