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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1907
Page
6
A terse land sale note offers prices from $40 to $3,000 per acre and $254 to $525 per acre, citing uneven quality and limited value. The seller claims willingness to discuss options and find suitable land for buyers, urging direct talk.
Samuel Cain, after pasture and sale of a tract, demanded return of his calf from a buyer who lacked title. Cain then stole the animal and was arrested. The California Court of Appeals upheld a one year penitentiary sentence at Folsom.
To dwelling owners the notice explains that 4 dwellings form a profitable class for fire insurance. It claims lower rates for this class and praises Northwestermh Mutual Fire Association as a purely mutual company returning dividends to policy holders. It invites a card or phone call for an illustrated booklet endorsed by Beattie’s big banks.
Fragmentary OCR describes a property near Pauiebo with 17 Marion area details. It notes a pine countess home and improvements, listing acreage and value context, but remains unclear on ownership or sale dates.
Sound View Acres offers summer home sites with rising waterfront values north of Beattie. New acreage near Bound and Olympics at 40 8 acre with 18 percent cash, balance later. Chubap Place lists a house with 478 price and 166 layt? terms 26 down. Times block real estate column.
Seaworthy ad lists a 4 room cottage near the center. Properties include Pine quarter acre tracts cleared for fruit and gardens. Water piped on each tract with free water, side walks and graded streets. cash options from 46 to 200 dollars with easy payments. Local firm Joseph Eb, Thomas & Co Inc markets the lots with distant town ride access and street frontage.
Readable ad snippet offers three lots with a modern T-room sale at $800 cash. Location described as close to main avenue with city views. Mentions additional items including “Three blow kence” and “oe Fries 03,400” unclear.
A fragmented ad promotes loans and debt relief with amounts like 5, 450 and 606 dollars. It mentions paying off a landlord, securing rest for a wife, and arranging cures at a third party location on Third Ave. The tone is urgent and geared to immediate financial assistance.
An abbreviated notice lists a $2 200 charge for a new modern room at Dearborn Terme. Details on the term and exact hours are unclear though the entry references six to one hours and local rates.
Listings describe $1,200 two house apartments minutes from Pioneer Owner and $1,250 for a pet project near Lake Union with street access. Also offered are 10 acre tracts near Auburn with cash and monthly terms, plus 1200 acre farm site near shipyard and country living options. A Johnston & Co. advertises holdings in Heamet Downs.
A Santa Claus excursion offers trips to Parkland on Sunday December 22 with a chance to view a late spectacle in the state for 25 to 100 dollars each. Tickets on car lines a 14 minute ride from Tacoma business center. Prices rise half after January. Office at National Land Co 5666 Pioneer High and phones Main 1094 Ind 4979 for bookings.
Readable text notes a six room bungalow in West Seattle near a channel with a monthly payment plan and completed water in the kitchen. Mr Milin at a local address is listed with a phone contact for inquiries and financing appears available through Beattle banks.
A real estate notice announces 160 tracts priced from 200 to 400 dollars each in a 40 acre addition near the coast. Properties offer even terrain and fine soil close to the line, with a short beach walk. Visit from early morning through Sunday with a representative at Gatewood from Pioneer Reset.
The Cathedral of St James near Nin ay and Marion is to be dedicated with Rt Rev Bishop O'Dea presiding. Clergy from across the United States and Northwest, city officials, and Dr Franklin M Palmer at the organ will participate in the ceremony.
London reports ten million British savers hold about 760 million dollars in the post office savings bank. Deposits are limited to 250 dollars yearly plus largest withdrawal, with interest around two percent. Funds go to a central Kensington bank and withdrawals require bank instruction, with rapid access via telegraph or mail from any post office.
City finance committee proposed moving 166000 from the lighting fund to the general fund and 96000 to the water extension fund. They also considered borrowing 100000 against warrants at 6 to 7 percent, with state bond proceeds and bank security. The plan would strain the lighting fund and relies on state bond delivery.
Post office officials investigated complaints against George Cooley a local carrier for entering private property to punish a ferocious Spitz belonging to the Blanton family on December 16 near 1645 Twentieth Ave. The inquiry found no wrongdoing by the United States in supplying dogs. Cooley will be reprimanded for entering private property and striking the dog. Letters praising Cooley’s conduct from neighbors are on file.
A London barber advertises an exhibition in a music hall seeking 200 volunteers to be shaved. The appeal notes cabmen are preferred and positions the event as a public demonstration of grooming artistry in a lively entertainment venue.
J F Crowley a hod carrier for years and member of the Irish American Athletic club shocked observers by leading the marathon near Yonkers for 19 miles before collapsing from ice water intake. His preposterous lack of training proved no barrier as trainers now back his Olympic marathon prospects in London next spring.
The Lake Shore railroad extends the Twentieth Century Limited travel time from 18 to 19 hours between New York and Chicago. J W Daly cites fading speed craze as the reason, noting public petitions for slower schedules and safer travel. Western lines including Harriman lines, Rock Island, and Chicago & Western also lengthen timetables.
Deaths registered today include E. G. Nelson aged 16, on December 18, 2031, at Fifty-seventh Northwest, and L. W. Gaffney age 77, on December 19, 1427, at Forty-ninth North.
Registered today and in December are several birth announcements. Clark To wife of G F Clark at 2241 Franklin a son. Hayes To wife of G Hayes at Beattie General hospital a son. Harvey To wife of R A Harvey at Beattie Beattie hospital a daughter. Gray To wife of G H Gray at Pacific hospital a son. Stevena To wife of EB C Stevens at Seventeenth north a son. Purcell To wife of R Purcell at 687 Nineteenth a daughter. McRae To wife of J K McRae at 1747 Thirteenth south a son.
H. M. Herrin & Co at 610 First Ave offers 1,000 shares of American-Canadian Oil Co stock at 15 cents per share.
American soprano Adama, long a grand opera figure, returns to New York and Chicago stages in vaudeville. Her first vaudeville act follows a 1908 Metropolitan Grand Opera appearance in New York, with engagements planned through the winter in both cities.
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