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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1911
Page
5
The fragment lists subscription rates and payment terms for mail delivery, including monthly and yearly options, plus a note on out of city rates. It mentions special notices and various tradesmen and shops with brief references to ads and services.
The page compiles miscellaneous listings from social services to sales and rentals. Items include clothing alterations and beauty services. employment ads for millinery, barbering and trades. lost and found items. rooming and board. real estate sales and rentals. business opportunities. farm land offerings and cheap tracts around Beattie and Seattle area.
North Whidby Island offers eight acre tracts praised for fertile soil and level land. Buyers are drawn by growing demand to return to farming and projected land appreciation. At $900 total price, about $20 per acre, the offer promises substantial future value with access to schools roads and rural services. Investigate soon before all tracts sell.
Real estate ad seeks buyers for two chicken ranch properties on county road near Renton. Includes seven acres, 5 S ream house barn yard and creek access. Respond with desired term and price. information furnished by Wilson & Marlowe of Marries Vide Kenton Washington.
In Oregon Washington and Canada Forrest Land Co and The Pecking Land Company advertise homestead options. Listings mention easy terms on farm tracts near O’Brien Station and New York Block Sacre areas with prices from $376 and up plus $25 cash. Contact addresses include 103 Second Ave and 1331 Third Avenue Main 19.
Real estate ad offers a Kirkland acre near Lake Washington with rich soil and water line suitable for berries and poultry. Terms listed as $20 cash and 65 monthly. Contact Burke & Farrar, Inc at 498 to 108 New York Ave, open evenings 7 until. Take Madison car to the Madison branch office or visit the office in person.
Property listings describe timber land, cleared acreage, and water access with terms and cash options. Advertisements mention locations near Richardson Oregon Auburn Poulsbo Kirkland and Seattle area landmarks, with agents Ole Hanson Co J Brown and partners promoting bargains on multiple parcels and farms.
Real estate listing details multiple tracts near Lake Washington and Everett. Properties include 40 to 1,600 acre parcels with prices from 25 to 350 dollars down and monthly payments. locations feature proximity to schools, churches, water, and transportation routes. Also promotes chicken and small fruit ranch potential and agricultural land in southeast King County area.
A damaged listing describes a Woodland Park bargain deed with a cash price of 154 dollars and a monthly balance of 19 dollars. It references a contact at North 16, Sreon and mentions a Phinney vehicle and 65th Street in fragmented terms.
Jackson Realty & Loan Co advertises 196 lots in Rochester priced at $25 to $46 per lot with easy terms. Additional smaller lots near the town outlying areas list from $46 to $200. They claim nearby factories and new houses rising while 10 acres of rich garden land are offered at $959 with payments of $26 down and $4 monthly.
Multiple Seattle area listings show 2 500 Gut to 2 100 price points for modern bungalows and cottages with 3 to 6 rooms, views of sound and mountains, varying down payments from 60 to 300, and monthly terms. Properties include close-in Woodland Park and Beattie districts with proximity to streetcar lines and car routes.
R H Thomson, city engineer, endorses an $800000 bond plan to build a Rainier Beach to Salmon Bay bridge line. He argues the project would be self supporting, not raise taxes, and would benefit all Seattle by enabling transfers to Rainier Valley and signaling citizens' willingness to push back against unresponsive public services.
Mrs Florence M Hering sues Clara Helling Orton Hering for 50000 alleging she alienated the affections of Frank E B Hering a Democratic politician. The suit was filed as Hering hosted 20 Indiana lawmakers at a dinner in Indianapolis in honor of Theodore Bell, California governor nominee.
Dallas notes Col Holland hosted a banquet featuring three new foods: Barbecued Cattalo, Roast Karakule Lamb, and Cottonseed Flour Bread. Cattalo, a cross of buffalo and Polled Angus, shown hardy and meat rich, touted for packing-house potential. Karakule lamb praised for taste, while fur uses drive interest in Karakule and crossbreeds.
A member of the I W W and a bystander were injured in Fresno during a riot by about 300 people. The mob the night before after Sheriff McSwain refused to receive other industrialists in the county jail, dragged the speaker three blocks and beat him. The bystander had his nose broken when knocked down and trampled.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports that several Japanese were killed while attempting to enforce anti plague precautions. The incident occurred as authorities sought to curb a plague spread and maintain public health measures. Further details on location and exact casualties were not provided in the readable text.
A shopping list of pricing for fruits vegetables and meats including oranges bananas apples Tokay grapes grape fruit dried peaches dates cabbage cauliflower leaf lettuce brussels sprouts sirloin steak bone steak pot roast boiling beef pork steak spare ribs lamb stew mutton chopa cottage ham salt pork and silver melts with per pound and per dozen figures.
Numerous classifieds offer short term loans on real estate from Beattie and others with rates and terms, plus a flood of merchandise bargains including sash and door stock, showroom cases, roofing, doors, and columns. Listings mention Beattie Washington and Seattle area addresses, P.O. boxes, and multiple vendors like Studevant Co, Williams Co, and American Show Case.
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