Real Estate Boom Moves Across First and Second Avenues
Property experts report strong activity on First Avenue South due to the new union depot and hotel and store demand. The Parry Investment Co. sold Lot 3 in block 314 for 96,500 and another lot in block 342 for 7,500 to Willie, who kept the buyers confidential. Also note rising values along Second Avenue North of Pine as regrading and upcoming car service spur demand, with quotes of 47,000 asking 65,000. Dearborn Street regrade boosts Rainier valley interest as railroad needs drive purchases, including sale of block 36 except Lot 4 in HI Tract to F. D. Mack for 12,000.
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First Av. South
Union Depot
RK. C. Wills
Eliente
Firet Ave
Parry Investment Company
Willie
Denny Way
Second Avenue
F. L. Seixas
Iime
Dearborn Street
Rainier Valley
HI Tract
F. D. Mack
The Grand Theaters Offer Varied Week of Shows
The Pollard Opera company opens with The Belle of Newark at the Grand tonight. A Runaway Girl arrives tomorrow, and Friday through Saturday feature A Gaety Girl. The County Chairman at the Grand Sunday for five performances, plus a curtain-raiser from Frank Clayton and Eisie Graham, with Dora by Lord Tennyson to follow. The Third Avenue hosts a different comedy drama this week with Hooligan-like elements replaced by New York types. The Star lists many acts, including Simon, Adame and Rogers, Adele Purvis Onri, Flor Allthorpe, Ace of Spades, Hara Tonda, Emmonds, Emerson and Emmonda, and others, drawing large crowds.
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Pollard Opera Company
Newark
Third Avenue
Frank Clayton
Eisie Graham
Lord Tennyson
Dora
Brooks
New York
Simon
Adame
Rogers
Adele Purvis Onri
Flor Allthorpe
Hara Tonda
Emmonds
Emerson
Emmonda
Orne
Funeral set for Sather at Crown Hill Ballard
Jan 01 Ballard reports W 8 May field undertaker returned from Lester with the body of Peter Sather who was killed at Horgan Logging camp near Lester. Swan Anderson cousin and Ballard resident. The Foresters of America, of which Sather was a member, will handle the funeral at the Foresters' hall next Sunday morning. Interment at Crown Hill cemetery Ballard.
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Ballard
Mayfield
Lester
Wand
Peter Sather
Horgan
Swan Anderson
Jet
The
Foresters of America
Satherin
Poresters’ Hall
Crown Hill Cemetery
Senate confirms a group of appointments in Washington
The senate approved Calvin Vilas as avenger in charge of a small office and Beattie as Postmaster while Case in Northport and Oliver Hinman in Milensburg are listed among confirmed officials. Ongoing talks between the state and Haitian foreign offices aim to mark the Alaska boundary along the Inlet meridian and if the commerce department proposal becomes law the 4 cent per cane tax on Alaska saltpackers will be repealed to aid salmon propagation. Governor Melanen of the Yukon has left Dawson for Ottawa and will stop in Seattle on Alaska Yukon exposition business.
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Calvin
Vilas
Avanger
Beattie
Case
Northport
Oliver Hinman
Milensburg
Ety Mapa
State Department
Haitiah Foreign Office
Inlet
Department of Commerce
Alaska
Governor Melanen
Yukon
Dawson
Ottawa
Seattle
Thousand Girls to Aid Vancouver Domestic Work Drive
The Salvation Army, following December promises by Commissioner Combe, plans to bring about a thousand skilled domestic workers from England to Canada in March. The women will be selected for housework proficiency and distributed to major cities from Atlantic to Pacific. Meanwhile the steamer Portland awaits towing back to Seattle after a tug delay.
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Vancouver, DB
Salvation Army
Combe
Vancouver
Victoria
England
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Umbrella Attack Stuns City Couple Drama Blocks off Becond Street
An enraged wife attacked a rival with an umbrella and hair pulls on Becond and Cherry as a husband fled. The scene drew a large crowd, a police officer intervened, and the two women ended their brief violent clash as onlookers watched.
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Becond
Rou
Locke
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George Ade
Washington, D.C
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Nordhoff & CO
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Nordoff & CO
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Rederick & Nelgon (Inc
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