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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
6
Birth notices list Aug 14 and Aug 1 for several wives in Seattle area hospitals. Classifieds include lost and found, furniture, sewing machines, business opportunities, real estate, and services with multiple names and addresses throughout the city.
Property listing outlines a cottage on a corner lot near a park and trees with furnishings and a furnace. Several payment options are shown including cash prices and down payments. Contact DRAKE at North 16 White 246 0Z for details.
An items section describes a five room cottage with basement and upgrades near Green Lake, priced at 2608 with cash and monthly payments options. It notes east facing, a 60 foot street, and proximity to Haller and North 206. Also advertised are new and second hand typewriters, watch repairs, and farm listings.
Century Scenic Realty promotes acreage near Fauntleroy with clear streets and a car line near Pioneer Square. Lots priced from 200 to 560 dollars with payments on terms. Century Realty Co and Orr Company advertise parcels with good soil, fine views, and water access.
Local notices advertise dairy cows for sale, beachfront property, eight acreage tracts, and large waterfront plots at prices from $60 per acre. Housing offers include four room cottages and a five room unfinished house near Woodland Park, with terms and down payments listed. Also promotions for gardening tracts, boat access, and opportunities on Bremerton and Seattle routes.
Classified note outlines an ad offering 260 words across 3 panels with extra space for 18 words. Mentions formatting terms and print placement details for a situations wanted listing. Requires concise copy within provided word and panel limits for publication.
Telegraph style notice describes a prime lot on Therma with level surface and ample water. Property features a perennial telephone and fine soil, listed at 450 dollars. Oak Company, Inc. is involved in the sale.
An old ad lists amounts of ten dollars per month and ten dollars per ten dollars, mentioning Holmes & Haring at Empire Building located at Hecond and Madison with prices around 240 to 200 dollars.
Real estate brief lists multiple residence sites and houses for sale. Properties include six room modern cottages with cement foundations near Pioneer Square, near car lines, in good districts. Prices range from 500 to 1500 dollars with down payments noted, and several listings mention water, fruit, and neighborhood amenities.
An ad-like fragment promotes a Green Lake area property with a tote for $90 and a Merener feature. It mentions soil quality and a fine level view, urging the reader to visit the branch office for details tomorrow afternoon.
Crowds packed the Fifth Avenue arena for a full afternoon and evening performance. An automotive act lifted two cars with young women to 40 feet then leaped the gap in a dramatic somersault and straight flight. Baby elephant and camel drew big attention as the last show runs tonight.
The Meadows posts overnight entries for Saturday with multiple selling races across ages and distances. Notable entries include Excitement, Belle of Iroquois, Mozart, Green Bear, and Stanley Fay along with several 2 year old and 3 year old contenders in races ranging from five furlongs to seven furlongs.
A New Yorker identified as Mrs. Bylar races to reach her dying mother in Santa Fe New Mexico. She arrived after a trans Atlantic voyage on the Deutschland and a detail of 15 inspectors were assigned to her baggage to keep her on track for the first west bound train.
Mrs. Ethel Warren, formerly linked to Jenne Fifer, survived a shooting incident in July involving Fifer who killed his 12 year old daughter Nichal and himself. Fifer fired a revolver in a lunging attack, but Warren recovered and remains hospitalized at Pacific hospital.
A nighttime electrical storm swept over Port Townsend on Wednesday forcing the girls team to flee the field as lightning struck nearby, delaying play and keeping spectators safe.
Readable items list sellable at the public market include home made orange jam canning peaches and German carp. Local staples feature cabbage, lettuce, lemons, oranges, onions, potatoes, carrots, summer squash, and mutton cuts with various prices per pound or per box.
The column lists prices paid for poultry and produce at a Western Avenue market. Live hens and chicks sell low per pound, while eggs and various fowl fetch higher rates. Fruits and vegetables including apples, tomatoes, and lettuce are cited with typical local prices.
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