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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
6
Multiple small ads offer private money loans and real estate bargains. Listings name Osner & Mehrhorn Bailey Building and numerous agents and offices, with properties near Renton and O’Brien, two to five acre tracts, and fair down payments. Also notes about photos, appliances, and services from various businesses.
Real estate notes from Georgetown tout quick profits on land near Beattie Heetric plant and railroad. A client bought an Arden tract for $1000 on the 6th and refused $1100 three days later. Claims several improved tracts offered at bargain prices with Friday terms and free car tickets for viewings.
Real estate ad listing several modern homes for sale near Seattle area. Berlin prices include $100 down and monthly payments from $25 to $828. Properties include a T-room modern house on 60-foot lot, a five-room cottage overlooking Lake Union, a six-room house near Green Lake, and multiple Ballard sites. Contact 112 Columbia St, Phone Main 145.
A list of market items with prices across vegetables fruits and dairy cups featuring onions oranges cranberries peppers and potatoes. The report also lists Chicago Wheat and New York stocks with closing bids and prices. A lecture on Causes Leading to the Japanese Russian War is announced at Queen Anne Methodist Church tonight by Bishop H Moore.
An advertisement promotes Seattle-Boston Copper Co shares at 50 cents, claiming rapid rise to 1.00 and potential ten to twenty dollars. It touts a $200,000 project to create a shipping basis with rails, tram, and a compressor, with abundant ore and a secured investment. Also lists land sales and real estate offerings, including Duwamish Bridge area plots and a cottage on Eighth Ave West, Queen Anne.
The 28 inch Cuban performer Chiqueta was halted at Ballard last night when police blocked her stage entry for lacking a theater license. She declined an offer from a rival theater across the street and chose to press on with her own show.
In Kansas City Missouri on December 11 Herbert 8 Hadley the attorney general accuses Standard Oil Waters Pierce Oil and Republic Oil of being controlled by the same interests and operating with two Missouri divisions. Depositions across the state support claims of rebates spying on rivals and hiring railroad clerks to track shipments. Hadley a longtime anti corruption figure plans to subpoena magnates like Rockefeller Rogers Flagler Archbold Barstow and Tinsley as the case nears Missouri Supreme Court arguments in January. Texans previously barred Waters-Pierce amid scandal, hinting at high political involvement in the matter.
General John C Bates, aged 63 and bachelor, will replace Lieutenant General Chaffee early next year as commander of the U S Army with the title chief of staff. He served in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War, became a major general in Cuba, and led campaigns in northern Luzon and Mindanao. He is noted for drill and firing expertise and is popular with the rank and file.
The piece laments a lover of the people who died in struggle. It recalls prison hardship and execution while condemning despotism and foretelling the fall of arbitrary rule. It ends with a farewell to brothers who followed a noble path.
The president appointed Nathan V. Harlan of Nebraska as United States attorney for Division 3 of Alaska and Earl M. Cranston as district attorney of Colorado. Miles Cannon was named registrar of the land office at North Yakima Washington. The insular bureau reports no word of Archbishop Harry's death in Manila and says notification will follow if confirmed.
In Chicago on December 12 Mrs. Nora Scatlin a wealthy widow collapsed and died in police court just as her son faced charges of malicious mischief.
President Roosevelt nominates Creighton M. Foraker for the marshal post in New Mexico, appointment to be reviewed by Senate. Foraker is cited as a candidate for law enforcement leadership in the territory.
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