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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1909
Page
8
Five room Queen Anne bungalow in prime Seattle area with furnace basem ent full basement bath gas and electric. Nicely modern golden oak interiors and strong price on easy terms. Price 3600 dollars with 400 dollar cash and balance to suit. Lawrence-Fiah Investment Til Marton Hidg.
A jumble of rental notices and property offerings lists prices monthly payments and locations. Items include a 125 cash and 20 monthly deal for a tor cement cover water tank access 14 minutes from an office and various lots and corners with easy terms in neighborhoods such as Gliman Addition and near Dewey place and Thomas at. The text also mentions Pioneer Rent and Collection Co and Amertcen Hank.
Waterfront lots described as 200 feet long offered for sale at various prices near the Navy Yard area. The notice mentions large lots, new homes, and development by a local company with a sales office at 3009 American Bank Transportation.
Over four hundred lots offered in Seattle at the Greenwood Perk Addition sale. Buyers urged to visit today with terms at 24 dollars cash. Dead heat note and end of event terms imply penalties. The message references Metihorn Building and Bargain Company.
Base by owner offers a furnished cottage with a room good condition and nice furniture for 290 dollars. Call Main 4129.
Rental notices and property ads share listings from Woodland Park FontO8 to Green Lake. Items include cottages with basements at 6th Avenue and Fifth Avenue, a Green Lake lot with house ready for exchange, and two room houses on 65th Street. Offers mention monthly rents, terms, and contact details for brokers and owners in Seattle area.
A garbled feature notes Missee Rainey of Pocatello as one of the Hyas Wawa of Orpheum, praising her stage debut and performance in A Modern Pocahontas, with references to her background, training, and reception by audiences amid a vaudeville program.
Judge John F Main was appointed to the bench by Lieutenant Governor Hay and will assume office March 1. He indicated he might resign his university law instructor position before February ends. An equity court will use the former school superintendent’s office, with subsequent plans for assignment of duties to Judge Main pending.
Fragments describe a university property with conveniences such as a furnace hot and cold water and a concrete basement. The text mentions investment terms and sales references but is incomplete and unclear.
Twelve men appeared before Superior Judge A. W. Frater on burglary and larceny charges. Robert Nelson pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to prison for one to fourteen years. A recommendation urged placement in an insane ward at Stelacoom when intoxicated, but the judge suggested the jute mill for work to keep him away from temptation.
Grand jury set for March 13 in Tacoma to probe charges by the counsel committee against the mayor and police department over the restricted district. It marks the first Tacoma grand jury in seven years following a prior graft scandal probe.
Fifteen divorces were granted today by Superior Judge Frater as one case, Sarah Bower versus David Bower, was not allowed. Judge Frater said Mrs. Bower was entitled to a divorce but denied it due to a stipulation requiring equal property division. He ordered property disposition to the court’s jurisdiction.
K. J. Collins extradited from California pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. He was sentenced to hard labor at the Munroe Wah reformatory until discharged. Collins is under 21 and admitted taking money while employed by Goldsmith Bros. of Seattle albeit the OCR text is garbled.
A native-born American mocks immigrants and demands loyalty noting his own arrival with fare paid and clothes on his back. He points to shared doors opened for newcomers while questioning others' native status and obligations. An Irish guard in the party adds a counterpoint about origins and fairness.
The morning market lists live weight poultry at 20e per pound for broilers and 6%e for veal sold by pound and per dozen eggs. Local ranch yields 200 to 220 units, with meat values given for beef and veal. Fruit and vegetables show apples 0.90 to 2.50 per pound and carrots 0.23 per week, beets 2-3.26 per ton, turnips 6 per ton, and onions at 1.26-1.50 per unit.
City Detective Lee Barbee says the suspect named Smith offered him 6500 dollars to drop the case. The police are examining the bribery claim as part of the ongoing investigation in the city.
Ida Cooper a 24 year old just married two weeks before was found dead in her Chicago home with throat cut and a bullet in her forehead. Police suspect a scorned lover killed her after she planned to marry Thomas Cooper. Lodging house tenants were present but released after questioning.
Senate committee decided it is too late to seek passage of a bill reimbursing RE R Harriman for costs saved during the Salton sink overflow three years ago. In Annapolis St John’s Hall cornerstone fire leveled by blaze. Nevada City hit by its worst blizzard in years as St Petersburg reports Czar Nicholas leading funeral procession for Grand Duke Vladimir with guards.
Washingtons birthday parade led by Major John Stringer includes Companies HB D and L National Guard and Signal Corps A. muster at Eighth and Pike proceed to Second ary then Third and Pike before disbanding at the armory.
Representatives of Lincoln high school won two of three prizes in an oratorical contest. Charles R. Coe received the $20 trophy, Arthur B. Carr also from Lincoln won the $20, and Verne Henry of Broadway took the $10. Theodore H. Patterson, an attorney of Seattle, was appointed clerk to Judge John Martin recently named to the interior bench by Acting Governor Hay.
Thomas Quigley an employee of the Milwaukee railroad was instantly killed by a falling timber while in a drift near Mapley. No further details of the accident were learned. The body arrived this afternoon and was taken to the undertaking parlors of Worth & Bons in Beats.
Reports say the British steamer Empress of China ran aground near Kolani in the Inland Sea. The vessel bottomed and ballast tanks were reported leaking but the ship was kept afloat to continue to repairs at Van. The voyage began from Hong Kong en route to Van.
Mrs. Mary N. Mite of the Liverpool House sues in Superior Court for 3000 dollars claiming the Independent Company damaged her property by removing her telephone after she refused to adopt nickel slot machines. The case was filed in the morning session.
The report notes Oleetenati's election as president elect and membership in the Kn ere club, with afternoon travel to Philadelphia and mention of related political maneuvering. Also referenced are legal proceedings against Calhoun and ongoing debates over attorney actions.
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