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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
6
A brief Situations Wanted notice appears with a line about 260 for 18 words, plus space for additional per se. The ad reflects a small classifieds item seeking employment or posting needs, typical of historic paper layouts.
City Hall listing shows P H Mullen at 6409 Ballard Ave ODP and Ballard 306. Main Office located on Seventh Ave between Union and University with Main 1060 and Ind 441. Classification cannot be given after 4 o clock daily.
A garbled OCR listing multiple individuals with ages and locations across Washington and nearby areas. Names appear with legal age markers or approximate ages, alongside towns like Seattle Snohomish Spokane and Beattie Penryn Cal. The text blends many misspelled surnames and unclear affiliations, yielding a scattered roster-like snippet without a unified event.
The fragment notes a death and mentions relatives including the wife of J Heappel and a son Lawrence t Sregher with addresses and hospital references. It lists undertakers and local business names such as DEATH NOTICER Chairman C Chairman 95 and Butterworth Sons with locations Moore Theatre and Ewing Fremont North Green with phone numbers.
A cluttered ad lists P light and S light windows, cupboard doors, front door frames, and related hardware. It mentions guaranteed fit, low prices, and a variety of window products, plus machines and attachments for sale. Also notes an orchard sale interest and a business chance contact.
Fragmentary note references a new proposition and savings investment. Mentions New York and a vague “ravenmans” term. Lacks coherent entities, dates, or concrete actions to report as a standalone news item.
Ad listing offers cheap housing and business space from 20 cents to 1 dollar with options including rooming houses and stores. Mentions Marion hiding a GPS, prices for sacrifices, and directs to Denard and Tore lee for details. Includes scattered notices about attorneys and services with contact references and a variety of vendors.
Readable fragments advertise 5 to 20 acre tracts for sale near Green and Puget Sound with prices from 150 to 408 per acre. Terms include cash down and monthly installments. Names include Funk, Wayman, Goodfellow & Bonk offering acreage and boat service proximity.
The ad fragment pitches ranch and five acre plots for sale with prices from 256 to 1 000 per tract, promising an unbeatable view and easy access. It mentions five acre tracts near Green Lake Station and a 40 acre ranch with dairy cows, spring water, and easy terms, urging buyers to act now.
Lot fn170 describes a newly completed t room house with hard plaster and good finish. A large bear is noted with no fruit trees but berries, and room for chickens and men. Located four blocks from car end and five minutes from Seconday. Price 91.600, only $600 cash. A cheap home
Listed at 1600 dollars, this one bedroom apartment offers a large room and bath, newly papered interior, one picture of and berries, located half a block from a main street and very close in. Cash price 460 dollars with 12 dollars per month financing.
Classified note promotes a four-room cottage on a 60-foot lot half a block from Wallingford car and six blocks from the university. It promises a high, sightly location and offers a price for a few days only. Contact Jensen at 404 Hinckley Block.
Bargain priced five room cottage on a 40 by 108 foot lot with alley access and city water. Includes garden berries and fruit trees with sidewalks. Located three blocks from streetcars and 30 minutes from business district. Asking price 1500 dollars, only 100 dollars cash, balance like rent. See owner at 600 Coleman Building.
Bremerton Development Co. offers waterfront lots near the Navy Yard City with $50 terms and $1 weekly payments. Advertises large dry dock project, proximity to Charleston dock, and free abstract title. Includes address 1009-10 American Bank Building.
Friday card at Mendowa lists five races with selling events for two year olds and up. Notable entrants include Ak a r Ben, Lovey Mary, Redwood Me, Johnstown and Geo. Kilborn among various stakes and allowances.
Congressman Wesley L. Jones, a U S senate primary candidate, will visit Seattle on August 24 26 and 26. The Jones league executive committee will arrange a meeting with details to be announced. Local headquarters confirmed the trip and venue timing.
A promotional notice touts the “Beauty Spot” near Tacoma as an ideal home or investment, offering easy streetcar access, river views, and abundant water and scenery. It stresses low down payments, monthly installments, and a public excursion to the property, with multiple office contacts listed for National Land Investment Co. and partners.
An item offers property one block from a new car line in Meridian featuring city water and fruit trees with berri Lee owner at 401 B. 60th. Also promotes a free excursion to Bremerton Sunday with tickets available at D. Hill’s office in Times block and advertising by the entity firm running tours.
A mutiny rumor grips the Palatine guard in Rome as Pope Pius seeks to disband the soldiers amid alleged misconduct and disputes over promotions. The unrest follows reports of discontent within the ranks and questions about leadership.
New York firms submit bids to supply 6000 ports in a major contract. The price is expected to range around seven million dollars, with the winning bid to be announced soon.
United Press dispatch reports that agents of the migration bureau, aided by Missioner Hart H. North, have begun a campaign to curb the traffic in women in San Francisco as part of a broader effort to eradicate the evil trade.
Police search for identity of an unknown man believed killed. Capt. James McNair reports a severed head found and tied to a case involving the New York subway system and a railroad company as details emerge from the investigation.
Rolling beef at 3 conte per pound and eastern creamery butter at a pound. Peaches 76 cents, pork sausage 26 cents, Red June apples box 30 cents. Savoy cabbage and red cabbage a head. Radishes and turnips discounted. Celer etalk and beets listed with prices. Head lettuce 30 cents, lemons 30-30, apples 91 per dozen, oranges 40 cents per dozen. Potatoes new 1 cent per pound, onions 12 cents per bunch, carrots 3 for a penny, summer eggsplant priced. Mutton chops steaks roasts shoulder steak listed with various prices.
The notice lists prices paid for live poultry and dressed meats including hens, chickens, and pigeons, with per pound rates. It also shows fruit and vegetables on Western Avenue such as raspberries, blackberries, berries, lettuce, cucumbers, beets, and potatoes with assorted price ranges and boxes.
A field by field market bulletin lists numerous stocks including U S Steel Anaconda Copper and Union Pacific with varied prices and totals. It also covers Chicago grain trading with wheat corn and oats options and opening figures alongside highs and lows.
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