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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1903
Page
6
A dense classified page lists drug stores and pharmacies by street, plus rental and employment notices. It includes births noting two infant arrivals and various classified wants for help, carpenters, and domestic staff, along with real estate bargains and parcels for sale or exchange in Seattle area.
Classified ads offer farm and city properties for sale or rent near Beattie Castle Rock and Lake Mirae stages. Listings include one to several acre tracts, a 6 to 9 room houses, ranches near Chehalie with barns and wells, and terms like cash or monthly payments. Also mentions building opportunities in Washtington.
Classified listings advertise farms and land for sale near interurban stations, including a 50 acre airy farm with a 7 room house and outbuildings, plus 40 acre and 12 acre tracts, riverfront and lake view sites, and various rooming houses and hotels. Also noted are auctions, furniture sales, and business directory items.
December 12 The Far East crisis again menaces with warlike possibilities. Russia’s reply to Japan’s minumum demand is delayed, provoking official prep for eventualities. British officers study Japanese to aid possible Anglo Japanese action and London war correspondents rush to Tokyo.
Ellensburg Washington December 12 police seek J W Burns ranch worker accused of forging W D Killmours name on a 27 50 check cashed at the Ellensburg glove factory that evening.
All persons with jewelry watches and clocks on repair or held on deposits must call and pay by December 14. Uncalled goods will be sold at auction and all accounts due will be turned to a collection agency. Frisch Bros Jewelers 720 First avenue closes its retail business affairs.
Advertised lines promise top neckwear values in Seattle with early opening. The notice urges customers to visit E N Brooks Co at 1881 Second Avenue Arcade for repairs affecting steamer Flyer service and indicates daily runs with departures from Seattle at 7 30 a m 12 m and 6 15 p m and from Tacoma at 9 25 a m priced at $8 and a p m. Retail promotion also touts Jewel Steel Range for Xmas from Thompson Furniture at 1427 1429 First Ave.
J M Johnson from Fort Law ton arrived in Seattle and met a woman who allegedly robbed him of money in a lodging house. He had been drinking and could not give a clear account at police headquarters. He cites wealthy Missouri relatives and a prominent political father.
Mrs Kate Waller Barrett of Alexandria Virginia famed sociologist and activist will address Seattle audiences at 2:30 PM tomorrow at the Seattle theater. The free talk titled Reserve Work Among the Scarlet Women promotes the Florence Crittenton home with Rev J P D Llwyd presiding and Emma Moffat singing.
Tomorrow marks the final Sunday of New York’s Bremerton voyage. Boats depart Pier 2 at 9, 10 a.m., 1:16, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. for observers seeking views of the ship.
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