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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1906
Page
6
Broad classified mix including fur, house goods, doors and panels, window frames, painting, incuba tors, furniture, and real estate ads. Mentions prices, dealers, and multiple Seattle area contacts for loans, storage, and property sales near Riverton and Auburn with farm and acreage listings.
Mrs Hugena O Brien, 29, died yesterday at 313 Wilber Ave from tuberculosis leaving a husband and immediate family. A one day old daughter of Mrs S W Baker died yesterday morning. Ruth Nelander, 17, living with her parents on State Ave, left home last Saturday night and may have run away. Work has begun to enlarge the city police headquarters to 12 by 24 feet.
A real estate listing notes a property at 74th Ave in Splendid on a paved 40x100 lot with a price around 2100 dollars and a separate 11,100.00 figure reference.
North Broadway properties offer 4.00 cash and balance in four years at 6 percent to buy GOxIM on Sixth Avenue near Union Street. Ready to build now. Call early Monday morning. must be sold at once. Realty Scoutity Co, 8 Boston Block.
Advertisement describes four room houses for sale on Madison Street and near Beattie with two to four rooms, water access, and weekly payments of 2 to 3 dollars. Viewings arranged via Gill at the Beattie office and driving instruction given from Washington Street southeast, with affordable prices around 100 dollars and weekly terms.
Listings offer low-priced acreage near Meadowdale with inland plots and generous waterfront lots. Features include marine views and daily Beattie to Meadowdale train service, with return trains in the evening. Prices range from a small amount to mid hundreds, terms to suit buyers.
Addison Misner, brother of Mrs Mirener, says she denied reports of strife with her husband and that Mirener left for San Francisco on business. Mirener had been in Washington Saturday and Mrs Mirener loves him as much as ever.
Washington news reports postmasters appointed today at Santa Rosa Mojari Jos Prankhouse Ban Mer mando and El verton Richfield Spokane Sprague New postmasters named in California Oregon Utah Washington with listed towns and officials.
Council Clerk Wareon advocates a permanent legal record of all property ownership to deliver assessments and condemnation notices directly to owners. Many owners are not listed in the city directory, often non residents or wives, so notices go unread. A county filing of transfers could reach everyone, reduce trouble, and save interest for owners.
Classified notes describe cottages and modern homes for sale or rent near Madrona and Lake Washington. Listings mention cash down options, monthly payments, near Harvard Avenue and Main Street, with references to Walker Building, East Lake Washington area and lakefront potential.
Notices advertise cheap rooms and houses for sale near Lake Union and Cherry, car shops in CD district, and rental terms. Hiltman calls for labor on grounds and housing sales at 8 per month with various agents in Times block exactly as listed.
A jumble of property notices and sales pitches along Queen Anne Hill and nearby streets. Listings include lots near Sprinkbrook Addition, a modern four room house with garden and view, and several cottages with terms and prices. agents B A Young, Fred L. Fahren Co, and Charles B Adams feature prominently.
A church fair to raise funds for a new Mount Zion Church at Twenty-ninth Ave and Madison includes Tacoma night with Lt Gov Coon, cattle night with local talent, and a Friday youth drill. Events run Wednesday to Friday at Hen Mur Hall corner Ninthay and Yeeler Way with booths managed by local volunteers.
The Seattle & Northwestern Railway plans a city council franschise tonight to build an electric interurban line from Beattie to Vancouver B C and into American territory near Maine, with Vancouver and Fraser Valley branches. James A. Moore leads the project. Ottawa corporate filings are anticipated.
The Valencia inquiry heard that 15 missed Umatillaight only once as he navigated from Gray's Harbor to Construction Island. He took soundings every 15 minutes in thick weather, with the voyage entering the straits safely on that occasion.
Washington february 19 the state department was notified of an attempt to assassinate president Reyes of the Colombian republic on february 10. eight shots were fired by mounted men five struck the carriage but the president was uninjured. the men escaped.
Paris, Feb 19. Lord Ashburton marries Frances Donnelly an American chorus girl once seen in Floradora. The 39 year old groom is the fifth son of the baron, a widower. They begin a honeymoon in South Africa.
Fisher Harris, secretary of the Ree America First league, will lecture this evening at the Alaska club in the Alaska building under the chamber of commerce. Harris will be assisted by R. and McCormick, and the lecture is free to all interested attendees.
London reports the Liberal party in control as King Edward opens parliament with an address from the throne. The king notes the death of King Christian and praises Anglo foreign relations, cites a Russo Japanese War end, and references Roosevelt’s role in the peace, plus plans for constitutions in Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
The market column notes stable pricing with pork advancing to 9 1/2 percent, and diverse commodity listings for produce, fruits, dairy, poultry, and livestock. Items include potatoes, onions, apples, bananas, butter, cheese, chickens, lamb, beef, and seafood with varied per-unit quotes across regions like Wenatchee, Yakima, and California.
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