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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1905
Page
6
Salvage of a cluttered classified page listing money loans on personal property and real estate, savings bank ads, and several commercial notices. It mentions real estate for sale or exchange, timber claims, and suburban land listings near Renton and Beattie with prices and terms.
Five room cottage with modern amenities near improvements and streetcar lines. Includes boat and fishing access on Lake Washington, close to Seattle and interurban routes. Also advertising land open for settlement with thousands of acres, fertile and irrigable, priced to move. MALTRY Alaska Building advertises Ballard properties and rural acreages with terms and nearby amenities.
Brick broom cottage in Lake Washington district offers a solid home with a view and proximity to a good school. Describes excellent unity and best terms for a fine residence. Price not specified.
Monday morning's market opened with strong demand and plentiful leftovers. Prices largely declined beyond butter, cheese, and exotics, with ample supplies for pickles, huckleberries, cantaloupes, greens, beans, and fruits, plus a wide range of vegetables and dairy from Yakima and California sources.
A garbled page lists multiple Seattle properties near Queen Anne Cap, Lake Union, Madrona, and Volunteer Park. Descriptions include cottages, 4 room and 6 room houses with modern amenities, verandas, electric light, and corner lots. Offers mention down payments and monthly terms, with emphasis on view and proximity to car lines.
Market update lists closing figures and intraday ranges for copper steel rail and numerous railroad and utility stocks. Notable names include Atchison U S Steel Reading Pennsylvania Union Pacific and Erie with trading values and noon sale totals totaling 621 406 shares.
An advertisement describes Cascade Orchards near Leavenworth on the GN Railroad, listing 0 acres on the Wenatchee River and a near-complete irrigation canal. It touts prime winter apples, easy water rights, and subdivision options with Orchard Improvement Co. offering land improvement for a fee plus 15 percent profit.
Mrs Etta Webb Kidder seeks a restraining order and divorce from her husband James Kidder alleging he and a hired man Seth Morris conspired to oust her from a milk ranch with 64 cows. She claims the couple sold the property without her consent and she remains with three children and a baby. Affidavits were presented to Judge Gilliam and decision was reserved for Monday afternoon.
J A Moore sues to stop a steam shovel at the Second Avenue regrade operated by Erickson, claiming nightly noise disturbs guests at the Washington hotel. A temporary injunction barred the shovel, with further hearings set for Monday afternoon and night in Judge Gilliam's court.
Aug. 14. Wilmington reports a local political figure, Thomas T. Postles, a negro who runs a second hand shop and has become a power broker. In a deadlocked council, he bent aid of Democrats to place his picks for city auditor, treasurer’s clerk, market clerk, oil inspector, and bailiff, appointing his son as treasurer’s clerk and another colored man as bailiff, fueling fierce Republican backlash and possibly affecting the Senate race.
Early Monday Cyrus Walker refused the top price per front foot for Seattle realty. Fr F Evans, a real estate dealer in the New York black, bid 528000 for a 120 foot lot on the southwest corner of Second and Madison opposite the 12 story office building under construction. Last week a bid of 4166 per front foot for a Second and Seneca lot was topped by this 4400 per front foot record.
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