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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
6
Fragmented OCR lists names and terms about patents and abstracts with unclear phrases. It mentions Somers Co and Actor pace, Latent Attorney, and references to physicians and locations like Arcade and Second Ave. The text is garbled with numerous misspellings and partial sentences.
Listing offers camp space for sale or rent at Aiki Point landing near the bridge. Features include new tent, finished pial chairs, sanitary couch, mattress, and other furnishings. Advertises price below cost with telephone contact through Aiki Point grocery. Includes misc details about rent, items, and location.
Real estate ad listing affordable acreage and cattle height plots with clearings and improved sites. Promotes tract sizes and monthly terms at 163 Sud Ave, South Butler, inviting buyers to inspect cleared home sites with mature trees.
Property description notes a four acre river area near Pioneer Square with level ground, washed and leveled terraces. Mentions purchaser Robert Malthyt and a price range around 50 to 71. Aimed at buyers seeking proximity to town and water access.
Classified notice advertises river bottom land and lake view acreage with road access near university area. Claims a new car line and water levy issues, urging readers to visit an office today to view the property and learn more about land being sold in 82 days.
Chief Wappen presided over a speeding case against William Sanders who was arrested days earlier and tried this morning. Sanders was found guilty and fined ten dollars. Warrants were issued for several others on similar charges as authorities pursue multiple arrestees in what appears to be a campaign crackdown. Steamer Victoria is scheduled to sail tomorrow at 2 PM with 36 passengers and a freight cargo. City real estate listings highlight several properties for sale on Map and Third Ave in Allingford, including a modern treem house option and multiple lots priced around 8000 to 11000 with down payments and monthly terms.
The article notes Zion City in turmoil after John Alexander Dowie's influence wanes. Judge Landis orders the sisk factory sold, ending the era of the industrial religious merged town. General Overseer Voliva plans a farming community of 25 000 or more acres, shifting from manufacturing to agriculture and religion.
The text advertises property in the Mt Rainier Addition with lots offered for sale near a car line at Ina and Wash streets and Fairview avenues, noting locations and timing in a partial fragment.
K Ishii, a high ranking Japanese diplomat, is en route on the steamer Asia from Seattle to San Francisco and is expected to visit this city. He is on a government mission investigating Japanese immigration and how immigrants are being received, per Chief Inspector Lynch of the local immigration office.
Judge Tallman refused Heslip's request to bar arrest by Chief Wappenstein. Heslip, a saloon arrest for vagrancy, was ordered to leave town. injunction deemed improper remedial path though arrest is anticipated. The narrative includes unrelated comic dialogue from Everybody’s Magazine.
Preparations are complete for William H. Taft secretary of war to arrive in Seattle on September 8 by boat from Tacoma. C B Wandell of the Chamber of Commerce has arranged a Rainier club reception for September 9 hosted by local officials and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific delegates. Mrs Taft will accompany him and be a guest during the Seattle stay, with Metcalf’s visit plans not yet arranged.
The Welsh community in Seattle schedules a Labor Day picnic at Woodland Park with sports and amusements. J. D. Jones will marshal the day, Hugh T. Williams chairs the reception committee, and D. C. Botting leads the sports committee. Noted speakers include Webster Davis A Moses Rev William Prosser and Rev J M Hughes. John W Jones from Scranton will sing with the Cambrian quartet.
The conference of mine managers and superintendents in the state and Vancouver Island with miners union representatives, scheduled for this morning, was postponed.
Postponed discussions extend into today with a brief session and no scale agreement. Miners demand higher pay while operators resist. A 20 percent wage increase is among the requests, and a longer stoppage is anticipated over several days.
A man sought for opium smuggling fled through Chippewa lanes evading arrest. Officers pursued and found the suspect had dropped his coat and fled, leaving behind a considerable quantity of opium. The incident ends with the smuggler at large.
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