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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
6
Wanted star agencies Quaker Drug Store 1018 Firet Ave MM Mullen 821 Ballard Ave op
A jumble of notices lists telegraph and railroad training aims, employment offers, rental rooms, lodging houses, and real estate for sale or rent. It mentions the Seattle area streetcar routes, various blocks and buildings, and several individuals and businesses advertising services and properties.
An ad outlines vacant property in Youngs Town with planned road grading by McQuaid and promises simple payment plans for buyers. It promotes close in land with intrinsic value and a promising future, inviting potential purchasers to inquire for details.
Real estate and orchard irrigation prospects in Wenatchee and Beattie areas. Describes Cascade Orchards near Leavenworth with 5 acres of fruit and water rights, plus Beattie property offerings including lakefront frontage, 2½ acres with greenhouses and windmill, and various farms for sale near Ballard and Alaska Building vicinity.
A Montana rancher from the plains woos Aileen May star of the Third Avenue theater. He waits at the stage door after performances sending roses and jewelry, declares he will marry her and follow her across towns, leaving Miss May conflicted about a life on the flatlands or staying on stage.
Customs launch Scout picked up a green flat bottom rowboat about 16 feet long near Pleasant Beach. It contained water and an observed recent magazine number. no missing person reported and boat marked by initials of a fish company. The boat was towed to the harbor master’s dock. Emil Welander awoke to a burglary by a man with a skeleton key, who stole $18 a gold watch and other valuables. his trousers and vest were left in the hallway.
A long list of commodities with varied prices appears, including beans, grapes, melons, apples, and butter. The note also advertises a sale of a 40 acre farm, 18 miles from Seattle, with improvements and farm implements.
Isaac Sheltrow a contractor and partner of three years explains at police HQ that J Moore robbed him of 30.51 and two gold watches from the Labor Exchange saloon on Washington. Moore is jailed while Sheltrow faces possible charges as detectives press him to specify ownership and cooperation ahead of a 24 hour hold.
Attorney Vince Faben argued before Judge Morris that John Wright must pay alimony to Tina Wright and their hungry children. Wright resisted, citing money shortages after groceries had once been sent, while Faben called him a wife beater. Judge Morris ordered Wright to pay the stipulated alimony pending the case hearing.
Joseph Beloge, while working in the basement of the Stone, Fisher & Lane building at University and Second, slipped and fractured his thigh shortly after 10 o clock Friday morning. An ambulance sent him to Providence hospital where Dr. Sturgis attended him. The fracture is serious and will keep him in bed for some time.
In Chicago on August 25 officials debate proper etiquette at the corporation counsel's office. J Hamilton Lewis, new corporation counsel, is noted for extreme courtesy prompting assistants to bow and remove hats, leading to uncertainty about how to respond without appearing insincere or disloyal.
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