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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1912

Page

10

Understanding of Wholesale Restrictions in Lumber Trade

Victor H. Beck former Pa Coast Lumber Manufacturers secretary testifies that wholesalers generally avoid selling directly to consumers or mail order houses. Local lumbermen Louis Schwager and B C Butterfield corroborate, recounting lost customers in the Middle West after selling to non dealers under the Minneapolis code of ethics adopted in 1908.

Victor H. Beckformer Pa Coast Lumber Manufacturers Beckman Louis Schwager Minneapolis

Moon Size Sparks Verse From Star Readers

The Moon Editor asked readers how big the moon appears and many responders sent rhymes and jingles. A sample cadence notes the moon’s glow and compares its size to a silver dollar, reflecting playful civic mood amid wartime imagery.

King George to Eat Wenatchee Apples in London Dispatch

London advices to orchardists report King George of England will eat apples grown in the Wenatchee valley. He placed orders for a large quantity of the Buster Grown variety, a select Wenatchee apple.

King George Wenatchee King George of England Wenatchee Valley London

Corner grocery list and prices from old ad

A fragmentary grocery listing shows items such as coffee tea salad dressing beans oats rice corn meal sacks salt eggs and prunes with varied low prices. The text reflects a historic market catalog with several misspelled or garbled product names.

Corner Boo Sun Brand

Local Market Items and Prices Listed

Readable fragment shows assorted produce and meat prices. Items include peaches in 4% box, leg lamb by the pound, aged peaches, 6c baskets, eggs, halibut 4 Iba, spare ribs 2b per Ib, roast 10¢ per lb, mutton shoulder, Yakima potatoes, milk, and seedless raisins offered with a 256 purchase.

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Land for sale proclaims ideal for farming and dairying

The ad touts land at 365 per acre citing climate location and suitability for dairying gardening hops potatoes berries hay pears prunes plums cherries root crops grain crops and stock raising in a country home setting.

Acreage and ranch land for sale in Okanogan area

Properties offer 60 acres in crops with wheat oats alfalfa and fruit capability, 1,000 feet water frontage, 120 acres total with house and improvements, 4-room newly built home, and a 1 acre platting site near 85th street. Listings mention exchanges for a home, terms, and contact Ballard 2625.

Iama Auburn Han Schroeder Liberty Westoffice Quincy Valley Wincheater Ash Wen Rook Lemben Lumber Exchange KR. F. D Seattle P. van Arsdale & CO Tacoma Yester Way WEB Foot Lumber CO Lota Rurien J. W. Hopkins Lake Burien Taylor's F. D White River Valley Puyallup and Sumner Canneries Roy B Powers Ballard Eagle Harbor Gabel Realty CO Lewis County Coast Land American Bank Pioneer Square Kirkland Burke Farrar Cherry St Burke & Parrar Lidon Springs Hone Kenwood Beattle Star B. M. Bird Ndt P Ballard Okanogan County SF Spring Tita Fine Ranch North Yakima Hiliott Fauntleroy John H. White CO Oriental Bik Stadium Scentic Boulevard Peice 4Th & Pike J. Preenaman Anderson Wharf Madison Park YE Powers

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