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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
6
Fragmented railway timetable notes urge readers not to trust printed times and advise checking at stations. The fragment lists stations, dates, and partial names, plus April and January markings, with scattered ad text and an employment notice from a Chicago mail order house offering $25 weekly.
Longclassified ad listing several investment opportunities near Seattle and nearby towns. Includes 16 acre parcels at $1,260, free-rent offers in exchange for caretaking, 4 acre tracts priced at $300 each, and multiple mentions of farms, orchards, poultry houses, and rural homes with easy terms and small down payments. Also notes access via interurban lines and references to specific realty firms and contact points.
Classified notices advertise multiple farm and acreage sales near Ar- Unaten Everett and Seattle with prices from $61 monthly to $189 cash and installment plans. Listings promise good soil water and fruit plantings, with few acres and proximity to stations, post offices, schools, and markets. Also mentions a free excursion to California and various real estate agents in Seattle.
For sale a six room modern cottage on three acres with pantry closets large porch near Interurban Station. Price 1166 dollars with easy terms. Also another six room cottage listed for 1600 dollars with 200 cash and 15 dollars monthly balance. Nudsen Bros listed phones North 1949 Green 210 West.
Humane Officer Bilis and Seattle society press cruelty charges against John Vaupell Bilin P M Reeves and W T sheep shearers tied to Yakima Sheep Co Bracy at railway for shearing sheep prior to shipment to British Columbia Several hundred sheep allegedly shorn during recent cold snap to boost wool sales are cited with heavy fines and jail terms if convicted
Jan. 16 Olympia officials report Speaker Meigs will call the House to order at 11 a.m. Monday after adjourning yesterday for more than three days. Members present form a quorum for adjournment to 2:30 p.m. with no legislative action taken today.
San Francisco January 16 Gov Elect Cosgrove plans to depart Paso Robles early tomorrow morning aboard the private car California en route to Olympia Washington. The train may reach Oakland by night and attach to the Oregon express leaving at 8 50 that evening. He is expected to reach Portland Tuesday morning and Olympia Tuesday afternoon.
Olympia January 16 Adjutant General Hamilton announces Howard Cosgrove appointed major on the governor s staff and assigned to duties as adjutant general and stenographer to succeed Frank Lam Jr who resigned on the governor s staff in a military orders notice.
The house committee on naval affairs reported a bill to appropriate 135,662,486 for the army and to set aside the order withdrawing marines from sea duty aboard war vessels. Rivers and harbors committee also voted 16 to 2 that no rivers and harbors bill would pass this session. a report is expected next winter.
Property owners sign an agreement to forego protests against the six per front foot assessment for the Jack St regrade project and accept benefits to their lots. The plan ignores a recent state supreme court decision affecting assessments and funds, enabling Lewis and Wiley to continue cutting down the hill once enough signatures are gathered.
The Western av area reports purchase prices for live hens and turkeys, dressed meat, and eggs from local ranch operations. Prices list per pound and per dozen, with vegetable sacks and market notes including carrots potatoes turnips cabbage and onions in sacks for sale.
Classified notice states an individual with a family seeks any kind of employment. Contact address listed as A-26 and A-40 in The Star for follow up.
Classified ad rates detailed with word and line counting rules. Offers seven insertions for the price of six when paid in cash. Mentions agency contact in Ballard Agency with addresses and phone numbers.
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