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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
6
Rates for classifieds include 18 words for 250. Additional space 1 per word. Situations Wanted and Help Wanted ads have separate pricing. One cent per word minimum charge. Lines counted when charged to account. Seven insertions may be billed as six. Each additional line or fraction counts as two lines.
Classified notice lists Ballard Agency at 5409 Ballard Avenue near City Hall with main office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University and contact numbers Main 1060 and Ind 441. Provides location cues for public offices and hours after 1 PM.
Public notices mix with stray names and address fragments. The readable items include family name mentions Sterrett Haywood and Hendrickson with August dates, plus local business addresses and vague offers for agents. The text lacks coherent events or outcomes.
Rent notice for Jane Oelaworth Avenue Main Street seeks residents near Washington College of Music. Building offers piano violin voice orchestral instruments and dramatic art classes. Weekend rehearsals and practice sessions available Saturday afternoons.
A garbled advertises ranch land with water access and farm improvements. Offers include 109 acres of plow land and a dairy farm nearby, with prices quoted around 106 to 256 and various tract sizes. References to Joe Hoon Bent and local counties appear amid the damaged text.
Advertiser seeks trades and sales of valley land and orchard trees near Green Lake. Offers 400 by 2,000 foot lots for 996 dollars and select acres with good soil and water, plus references to a river, bank, and branch office at Denny Station.
Advertises five and ten acre tracts in Beattle with low down payments and monthly terms. Mentions onion water and garden yields, urging self reliance through poultry and produce sales. Promotes Plattings and a Brork Company and lists offices at 368 Colman Block and Alaska Building Magnolia.
Classified notice for a six room cottage in Washington Park with modern conveniences on a large lot. Rent listed at $20 per month and terms described as easy. Property offered by Appleton Invertment Corporation Limited to a respectable colored family, with no incumbrances. Also notes four acre Kent tract between Seventh and Highthate. Corner city lot sale by Peter Querio.
Property describes a large residence near Lake Washington praised for a quiet neighborhood, proximity to business districts, and city water. Noted features include gardens, a berry garden, a sidewalk, and inexpensive price for the three or more rooms and a dozen windows.
Fragmentary OCR describes land on the north shore of Green Lake with views and level surface. Mentions slow you earth foot tote for 696 and splendid acreage, with good sell and excellent water. Names and places are unclear but reference to platting and Paracke appear.
A fragmented notice offers items and services with prices from 150 to 350 dollars. Includes contact at Bt Park and a Northern Hide phone number, plus directions and provisional details about car care and quick service.
Three 4-room houses on a concrete meter lot with a corner location at West Hearth. The listings include a 1-room, 1-car garage and a beacon of value at 818 Century Realty Co. 1018 Alaska building offers space and proximity to a commanding view.
New York August reports Lillian Russell May wed again after a Greek prince sent her a string of extraordinary pearls in Paris and asked her to marry him. The tale notes the prince's wealth makes marriage plausible and confirms Russell’s fascination with the rumor.
Eugene W. Chafin, nominee of the Prohibition Party for president, will deliver a campaign speech in Seattle on September 3 and spend four days in Washington state speaking at Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and Everett. RK EB Dunlap, secretary of the state committees, says the Prohibitionists will wage a hot campaign statewide.
A fragmented listing from a public market shows various produce and meat prices. Items include lemons, onions, peppers, and caroots with scattered price figures and quantities, along with meat cuts like sirloin and shoulder steak.
Morning market report lists live hens at 18-20 cents per pound, beef cattle at per pound, dressed pork and beef prices, and variances for meats. Also notes produce prices for cherries, peaches, Bartlett pears, lettuce, cucumbers, and onions with small regional listings. Store item mentions shoes at Hall's on First Ave.
By depositing your money in the State Bank of Seattle you gain safety and convenience plus the sure knowledge your funds are protected and accessible whenever you need them.
Lovers of vaudeville await the Orpheum opening in Seattle on Monday. The program features Clifford Burke comics, Janet Melville, Evie Stetson, Miss Sherman novelty, Zeno & Zeno, Grass Prodigies, Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker, Handkerchief No. 15, moving pictures and Teddy Webb’s act. Matinee Saturday with Farewell show. Pollard Lilliputian Opera comp. three weeks at Grand Opera House starting Sunday. local acts praise and Seattle ties noted.
The Hodges Four headline a military musical act at the Pantages drawing large crowds and praise from patrons. The program includes Sophie Everett, McKey the Scotchman, Vale and pigeons, plus other cards. Luna Park hosts Retail Clerks’ association outing with big turnout and free attractions. Prof. D La tier conducts balloon ascensions and chute drops at White City attracting nightly crowds. The Merry Wheel Girls perform Sunday afternoon.
A blast at a Prince B. C. construction site damaged a Coast Steamship warehouse. The explosion shattered the building, blew off bores loaded with dynamite and caused rocks and debris to fly across the area, with reports of heavy damage and risk to nearby structures.
The Oregon R R and Navigation Co will sell round trip excursion tickets August 21 at 2 percent good for ninety days. Ticket office at Union Ticket office, 608 Firatay. E KE Ellis is General Agent.
A contentious seating decision involving United Alaska leaders and a company linked to Mr Pant drew protest from stakeholders. The fracas, linked to November orders, prompted formal inquiries by local officials and calls for seating reform.
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