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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1906
Page
6
Classified notices list numerous real estate bargains and agent listings across Seattle area. Properties include farms, river-view lots, alders and upland tracts near Riverton, Queen Anne Hill, and Rainier Boulevard with flexible terms, nearby car lines, and stock included. Several names like MALTRY, Alaska Building, and Adams are shown amid ads and sale pitches.
An old classified notice advertises homes for sale with terms and locations along Rainier Boulevard and Dearborn Street. Properties include a cottage, two rooms, and multiple parcels with near-block access to the park and streetcar lines. Prices range around 60 to 76 hundred dollars with various term plans.
Be Yon S LI of said Co offers an 80 four room cottage with large basement on a corner lot with fine city view located 18 minutes from Moneer Bauare. Other parcels available with terms: 10 percent down and further financing. 68 New York ilk.
Miss Alwyn Bussey, a teacher in East Marylebone, found herself recorded as Mr Alwyn Bussey on the registration list. She voted after election judges corrected the ballot record, amid debate over women's suffrage not yet law in England.
Officials report registration rush continues as clerks expect 1 400 names today and another 1 400 tomorrow to push totals toward 31 000. Beouts and volunteers target eligible voters who have not yet registered amid lukewarm turnout last month and spring figures.
Rev J M H Gowen of Trinity Parish church will give the third lecture in the annual course tomorrow afternoon and evening in the church crypt at Eighth and James. The subject is The Merchant of Venice. Two more lectures follow on the next two Tuesdays.
Long, dense OCR list of farm market items and prices including vegetables such as beets carrots onions and celery, fruits like apples oranges bananas pears peaches and dates, dairy and poultry items, meats, seafood, and bundled hay and feed values. Numerous prices per unit or unit bundles appear with inconsistent OCR artifacts.
Reverend Kirkwood of Interbay Presbyterian denounces corporate disregard for life in light of the Hallard Fort Lawton line wreck. He urges immediate double tracking Seattle Ballard and criticizes ambulance delays linking to the Seattle Electric Company. He calls for safety over profit and notes public support for faster action.
The phrase Wouldn't it make you sick appears as a stark reflection on near death experiences. The line conjures a vivid image of survival and urgency in the reader’s mind.
Ballard residents push for city council to study Sunset Telephone operations mirroring Seattle moves. They charge insufficient central station staff, overwork of operators, and poor service, while Independent Telephone seeks a franchise and Ballard weighs breaking Sunset’s monopoly to force improvements.
Emmett McDowell aged 41 of Philadelphia, world champion skater, died from a fall on the toy sid last night in Milwaukee on February 1. Special shoe advertisement notes Old Oak shoe priced at 8.60 and 4.00, sold by The Shoe Store at 808 First Ave.
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