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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
6
Rates for classified advertisements are listed with a note that the Star cannot guarantee accuracy or accept responsibility for errors in telephoned advertisements. Situations wanted ads are priced at 25 dollars for 18 words with additional space charged per line.
Ballard Agency announces daily post time restriction with service lines at P H Mullen 5409 Ballard Avenue opposite City Hall and main office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University. Ballard 206 and Main 1060 listed.
Do not trust printed time tables in newspapers. For departure and arrival times of trains call King Street Station Information Bureau at Main 2740.
Peeple John W. Peeple five August 14 in this city. David Anderson forty four August 26 in this city. Funeral notices list Gilbert Costello and a widow of William Denny. Peeple After and others. North 625 Green 466 Special notices. Professional directors and licensed embalmers. Doth phones 49. Ewing north 625 Green 466.
Classified style notices show Mend-the-Torn Co offering mend and sale of linens, garments, and housewares with phone numbers in Indiana. Exchange and cash buying options from furniture to bathroom items. multiple ads note sales, real estate, animals, and services with local business names and addresses. miscellaneous listings include horSes, bakery sale, and legal notices by regional firms.
An advertisement urges readers to invest in five to ten acre tracts near Meaitie with low down payments and monthly balances. It promotes selling chickens eggs and garden goods as reliable income and invites interested men to contact What & Wheeler at 409 Colman Block.
Real estate pitch touts cheap price per acre near Green Lake and Renton holdings. Exclusive agent touts large parcels, both platted and unplatted, with claims of high value for lower cost and a flat 10 percent commission on renton holdings.
The Meadows overnight card lists five races with horses such as Wive, Old Belle, Blue Bottle, and Buckthorn plus entries like Lookout and Roy T. The final lines report a flour shipment and United States Navy transport movements, with two treasury figures for today.
In a bold ad the Mount Baker region is touted for the sale of lots in a new addition. Readers are invited to inspect a branch office near 36th Avenue and Mount Baker Road to learn terms including cash or low monthly payments. The copy emphasizes affordable prices and convenient locations, urging prompt action.
Market offers include turnips cabbage and lettuce priced by item. Apples priced per dozen and potatoes onions carrots and squash listed with small quantities. Meat items feature mutton chops and various steaks with per pound pricing.
The clipping lists prices paid to producers for poultry veal beef and related produce. It details live chickens dressed meat per pound veal per pound butter and berries with accompanying per unit or per pound figures. Also notes vegetables including lettuce potatoes beets and carrots with unit prices.
The page lists stock prices for major firms including Amadel Copper Amer Loc, Anaconda, Canadian Pacific, New York Central, Northern Pacific, Penna Ry, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, U.S. Steel and others with trades in 405,500 total soles. Grain quotes show Wheat Sept 94, Dec 65 94, Corn Sept 27, Dec 66 and Oats Sept 49 5.
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