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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1905
Page
7
Several thousand acres of timber land open for settlement. Listings describe fruit trees, running water, cleared acreage, and lakefront properties near Maple Valley and Cherry Valley. Prices range from modest to twenty dollars per acre with houses or improvements included on some parcels. Contact Dolley Newell for details.
Fragmented sale notice lists several small farms for sale or exchange. Properties include acres with fruit trees and berries, a Bourne house, and land near daily landing and Guton Sound. Several entries mention bullding, water access, rich soil, and proximity to towns.
Listings detail multiple Washington lands for sale or settlement. Acres include 15 pasture acres near a streetcar, river bottom tracts with water, meadow and timber notes, and beachfront parcels. Locations reference Seattle area and Sound views with some improvements and access to towns or rail.
Rev. Charles A. Killie, a 16 year China missionary now in Seattle, warns the boycott on American goods in the Chinese empire is spreading. He cites unrest in Pekin and notes officials complain of biased exclusion and that treaties favoring Chinese entry are not honored, urging caution as Chinese resentment grows.
A fragment lists various patent medicines and grooming products with prices. Items include Kondon's Catarrh Jelly, Dr Merck German Erenema Oint, Bay Rum, Belladonna Porous Plastern, Dr Merck Blood and Skin Remedy, Williams Shaving Soap and Dr Osgood's Catarrh and Ston. Prices range around $1.23 to $1.26 per bottle or container.
The notice states a broad price cut on nearly all items across the store and delivery wagons and related services. It promises customers will benefit by accepting the reduced prices and mentions penalties for compliance.
In a Saturday session Judge Morris refused Mrs Barbara Federapiel's request for divorce noting if a husband leaves for another woman the court will not sever duties. The scene closed with her leaving unhappy. Separately E J Grove v Mary Grove saw the judge grant an injunction preventing removal of their three children from the court's jurisdiction amid accusations she wished the children dead.
The City of Seattle arrived from Shagway with 161 passengers and over $150,000 in treasure plus 76 tons of concentrates for Tacoma and canned salmon. The City of Beattie departs for the North on Saturday night with about passengers bound for Puribanka. The Puebla from San Francisco carries 172 passengers and general merchandise, many Seattle residents returning from California. The Nome liner Senator reached Nome nine days out from Seattle in head winds. The Reeсeisior from Valdez and Reward brought a large passenger list from the Northwest line.
Stockholm August report says a commission to negotiate the dissolution of the Norway Swedes union will hold its first meeting in Carlsbad on August 11. The move marks the start of formal negotiations between the two nations.
Reports from Paoting Fu describe a city filled with placards urging loyalty and a boycott of American goods. Minister Rockhill notes China did not want coolies to come to America and claims the exclusion treaty draft originated with Chinese officials. He observes rising Chinese discontent and a wave of European and American publications spreading nationwide.
Judge Morris grants Edward Gardner a divorce from Ada Gardner after he claimed matrimony failed in six days due to Ada’s dislike of his face across the table at meals. The decree was entered on the ground of degradation.
Thieves smashed the glass door of Whittington Bros grocers at James and Ninth, gaining entry Saturday. They robbed tobacco and forced open a penny-slot machine, taking small change as City Detective Adams surveyed the ruined scene and advised a visit to Frater for juvenile crime issues.
George RK Sickels of Brighton Beach was picked up by Patrolmen King and Dammon Washington at 7 30 Friday night with a badly injured arm. He said a Second Avenue street car struck him as he tried to board. He was taken to Wayside Emergency hospital.
Captain George Seeley of the Nome liner Oregon faced months of peril after taking command of the barkentine Puake in Seattle. With an incompetent first mate, his wife Mrs Seeley helped navigate, tended a makeshift hospital as sailors fell ill, and kept watch during storms and calms en route to Delagoa Bay and Newcastle.
Purser Stiles of the steamer Excelsior claims a real sea serpent was seen about 75 miles off Cape Flattery on a Alaska voyage. He drew a sketch noting a bobcat head and tusked teeth, describing the creature's sun basking, diving, and marching tail, with mates planning to publish the tale.
The Star reports a fine silver service to be presented to the battleship Nebraska by Nebraska citizens next November. Page eight features half tone cuts showing the gift and the unique coverage marks The Star as the only Seattle paper to publish the description and images of the pieces.
On petition of West Beattie the lumber and timber cluttering the West Seattle wharf at the end of Louisiana street were declared a nuisance and ordered removed Saturday morning by Judge Morria. The West Seattle Lumber Company and the Washington Oregon Ferry Navigation Company were directed to remove the nuisance at once and pay court costs.
The six popular school teachers who won free trips to Portland in The Star contest have all returned home and are preparing their impressions of the World's Fair. The Star will publish these articles starting Monday, with Miss Bertha M. Johnson of Interlake school contributing the first piece.
Edwin S. Holmes Jr, recently dismissed from associate statistician post amid cotton reports probe, is indicted by the grand jury on a conspiracy to defraud the government. The action was filed in Washington D C with the date noted as August 26.
General Bates acting secretary of war states no plan to relocate the northern division headquarters from St Louis to Chicago. A power shutoff will affect Summit to Union and Pike to Crawford from 9 am to 12 noon Monday.
A wide array of produce and goods priced across categories. Beans, potatoes, grapes, apples, berries, and tropicals show varied quotes with several regional and brand mentions. Dairy and eggs feature multiple regional cheese types and egg prices, alongside sugar and maple products with discount terms for prompt payment.
Hermann Schilling accused of being robbed by Margaret Williams after a $40 loss in the Stuart house. she claimed he kept only $13. Police released both after Schilling admitted the deed, the warning issued to avoid girls in the upper city, and listed local excursion details.
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