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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
7
A confidential employee of a large film concern says studios will produce a long motion picture sequence detailing Col Roosevelt from his college years to the police commissionership and leadership of the nation. The plan, if true, aims to wet the colonel's career and bolster his presidential bid.
A telegram from Secretary of State Philander C. Knox notes his Seattle stop will last two to three hours. He arrives August 22 at 2 50 p m and will meet Chamber of Commerce members informally if time allows, disrupting other planned entertainment.
The city council will take up tomorrow the budget for next year involving the operation of the city car line on Division A, the first portion of the route. The line is to be built district by district and Seattleites will likely have their first chance to ride city owned street cars early next year.
No man is really free when some other man owns his job. Be a job owner. Be a free man. Come in and let us tell you about our proposition, our country, climate and possibilities for profits and independence.
The North End Progressive league calls out poor phone service especially in outlying areas and asks the city utilities committee for redress. They urge progress toward a municipal telephone system as voters previously expressed. The council already voted 1600 for preliminary prep for city ownership in 1913.
Pro and con arguments on transferring the city dog and cattle pound to the King County Humane Society were heard. Judge R R George and others spoke for the society while Chief Pound Master Henry Gree opposed the move citing city revenue and humane oversight. Rudelsdorp said the society would accept police humane department supervision, but Councilman Blaine objected to privatizing public utilities. The item was laid over for a week.
Bert Rogers of North Platte Nebraska lies dying in Cheyenne Wyoming from knife wounds inflicted by an escort of a young woman who attempted to tickle him with a feather during the carnival.
Reports from New York Newark and Chicago cover unusual incidents from deportation to Paris care plans for an insane bride to a dog spared from death after biting a boy. Other items note a man guarding rabies by sending a fish head to Pasteur and a jail death following a tuberculosis confession. Portland hints at steamship service and fast rail links to Astoria.
A catalog of grocery items with prices including peaches at 50c per crate pears at 0c and 1s, crabapples, rollmops, herring, Alaska fish, sauerkraut, home made bread 25c, flour 1.10 a sack, potatoes 75c per 100 lb, Jello 5c, prunes 16c per 3 lb, watermelons 10c each, sugar 17 lb for 1.00, and various staples from a Westlake corner market.
The notice lists newborns with parental names including Roy to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Harris and Roy to Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Allen, plus Roy to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Royer and Hoy to Mr. and Mrs. W. McKay with addresses at 615 24th Ave and 1808 Eighth Ave, respectively. Additional entries mention Roy to Mr. and Mrs. H. Ole at 2217 and other similar records.
A fragmented OCR list presents numerous individuals and addresses in the Beattie Seattle area. The readable items include names such as Kristine Mang Beattie Oscar W Wilson Annette Lindell and William Werner with scattered residences and hospital notes.
Help wanted notices include female telegraph operator jobs with promising pay and acting school ads. Also listed are domestic helper posts, barber trade recruitment, and educational employment offers from Marion Warde Dramatic School and Western Teachers' Agency alongside electrical shop ads.
An advertisement touts tracts on Quar termaster Harbor Vashon Island with views over Puget Sound, noting easy boat service to Seattle and Tacoma, good soil for berries and fruit, and attractive prices. It highlights 6 acres near Centralia with level roads and orchard, selling at $200 an acre, or $460 per acre with terms through Coast Land Co.
Listings advertise 6 to 20 acre parcels near Seattle and Kirkland with easy terms, cash and monthly options, and claims of rich soil, water, and potential profit. Firms include Oregon and Washington Dev Co, Mullin Bros. Land Co, and Ole Hanson & Co offering potato and poultry land, pasture, and timbered tracts with prices from $25 down and monthly payments.
Classified ad style notice listing include terms for a bungalow with $25 down and $10 monthly, 80 acre farm for $5,500, 120 Spring St newell ads, 40 part ly cleared land near Seattle, and King county farm for exchange. Emphasizes land near Kirkland, Poulsbo, Lake Samamish, and various livestock farming setups with low cash plus monthly terms.
Classified notice lists multiple properties for exchange including 8 acres cultivated with a T room house 70 fruit trees wells and poultry facilities 40 acres in Yakima valley with rich soil 10 acre bargain near town and a cottage suitable for one or two families all with price notes and exchange options for Seattle property or goods.
Four room cottage with gas range and night, close to car line. For rent at 1950 per month. Inquire Mast 4663 at 180 6th Ave and 1740 Queen Anne Ave for details.
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