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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1908

Page

6

Want Ads Quick Read With Rates and Locations

Classified fragment lists telephone rates for insertions, ad sizes, and minimum charges. Includes downtown agency and main office addresses, phone numbers, and disclaimers about accuracy. Also shows sample listings for furniture, rentals, rooms, stables, and misc sale notices.

Kennedy Drag Co Mullen Fallard Av City Hall Ballard Tween Union and University Ind

Salary Loan Offers Spark Attention at Building

A trade card showcases the Tar Loan Co offering unsecured salary loans with no security required, targeting salaried individuals. The ad lists a building at 204 208 Market Street and references assorted professionals including attorneys, real estate dealers, bankers, and a bank branch, highlighting low rates and various services.

Farmland and Auctions Amid Island Oil Farms

Fragmented notes describe a fruit farm in the Tecom valley south of an island, with mentions of two acres, rent per month, and canal access. Also advertised are auction listings for general hardware and furniture with terms and contact at Robert Maltby Alaska Building.

City Real Estate Listings With Various Inquiries

A cache of real estate notices notes Woodlawn area cottages and lots for sale with prices around 400 to 4 000 dollars. Listings cite terms including cash down and monthly payments, plus waterfront, rural and city properties with multiple agents and brokers.

Wyoming and Occidental Coal Update at Keystone Market

At Main 1472 foot of Fester Way a price list shows Berryhill aiatone lump down from 1.59 to Keystone nut reduced from 5 to 4.60 and notes a specialty item. Local shopper dialect describes it as among the finest de coma in the city.

Main Fester Way Berryhill

Livestock Receipts and Prices Across Markets

Livestock receipts reported in Chicago show hogs around 56 000 with prices 4.15 to 4.55, cattle about 7 000 with mixed to higher ranges, and sheep near 25 000 with steady to slightly varied quotes. Separate notes from City of Kansas and Omaha report hogs, cattle, and sheep totals for January 20.

Chicago

Opening quotations on stocks irregular in New York market

In New York trading on January 20 the southern group gained on the Louisville and Nashville dividend action but overall stocks were weak. The market swung to light support with heavy selling, closing near the lows as prices fell across many issues. A fire aboard the bark Chalmer in Algoa Bay burned the upper deck and beams after starting in a car locker.

United Press New York Loulaville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Atlantic Comsat Merchants’ Exchange Chalmer Algoa Bay

Newspaper bids clash over charter amendments printing price

At a city public works meeting The Star won the charter amendments printing contract at 49 cents per inch for about 160 inches, totaling around 2352 dollars. The Times and Post-Intelligencer bid one dollar per inch, a price criticized as stealing from taxpayers if adopted.

Board of Public Works Star Times the Post-Intelligencer The Post-Intelligencer Morning Times Evening Times Bulletin Post Intelligencer

Election Officials to Be Named Tonight by Council

A list of names for election judges and inspectors in each precinct will be presented to the council tonight. Don Clerk Shrader and Mantle rep from each ward prepared the lists after council consultation. The primary law requires formal recommendations, suggesting possible partisan influence in some precincts.

Don Clerk Shrader Partiaan

City Treasurer Reports Large Yearly Balance and Payouts

City Treasurer George Runwell filed his 1907 annual report with the city comptroller showing receipts of 10 057 537 72 and payouts of 7 980 840 58. The year end balance stands at 3 624 267 28, largely tied up in trust and special funds. Water receipts totaled 646 067 77 with expenses of 74 497 82, while lighting plant receipts were 204 309 58. Net earnings from the lighting plant run about 160 000 a month, though exact costs are not separated from construction.

George Runwell Theing

Investigating Mystery at Steilacoom Asylum

W H Weaver, Republican candidate for Eleventh ward counsels man, will hold a Kirkland hall Green Lake meeting tonight to boost his candidacy amid a Steilacoom asylum mystery.

Steilacoom Asylum W. H. Weaver Eleventh Ward Kirkland Hall Green Lake

Chief's action upheld in Coleman dismissal case

The board of civil service commissioners upheld Police Chief Wappenstein's discharge of former Patrolman C. T. Coleman for a second time after overturning an initial reinstatement order. Coleman had been dismissed again after failing to report when ordered and signaling the chief’s concern was none of his business.

Wappenstein Board of Civil Services Commissioners C. T. Coleman Coleman

Calhoun Trial Date Not Set in Railroads Case

Attorney A A Moore for United Railroads pressed District Attorney Langdon this morning for a firm trial date for Patrick Calhoun. Langdon refused to provide a definite schedule, leaving the trial date unresolved.

Calhouns A.A. Moore United Railroads Langdon Patrick Calhoun

Wind Storm Strikes Seattle and Puget Sound Coast

A severe wind storm hit Seattle and coastal regions with gusts of 37 mph on Puget Sound, 76 mph at Cape Plattery, and 82 mph offshore near the Columbia River mouth. Last night the storm lashed Seattle as warnings kept mariners on alert. damage was not reported, though lines and bumpers were deployed and telegraph wires were down in Ta toosh.

Seattle Puget Second District Cape Plattery Puget Sound Cape Columbia River Tatoosh

Safe Blowers Arrested in Bremerton Theft Probe

Dodiey Fawchtt and John Carroll were arrested last night and are believed by police to be identified with last week’s Bremerton sight company safe explosion. Authorities say evidence ties the men to the crime and they will be held for investigation.

Dodiey Fawchtt John Carroll Bremerton Sight Company

Damages Sought Over Death Of Four Year Old Boy

A lawsuit filed in the superior court seeks 1990 dollars in damages for the death of the four year old son of Mr and Mrs C J Wall. The boy was crushed in the elevator shaft of the Eltel building. Defendants are T A Livesley and J J Roberts lessees of the Eltel building. The case is before Judge Albertson.

C. J. Wall Superior Court T. A. Livesley J. J. Roberts Eltel Albertson

High Room Rent Sparks Up-Town Crackdown

Chief Wappers stein may order several restricted district lodgings shut as police expose exorbitant charges. A dragnet nabbed seven suspects, two men and five women, in up town cheap lodging houses. Landlords of rooms below Yesterway face HQ summons and must justify $20 weekly rents or close shop.

Uptown Wappers#1 Petroinee Patroknen Wappenstein m Rannick Yesterway Wappenstein

Chorus Girl in County Jail Case Sparks Prosecution Aims

A chorus girl held in the county jail faces prosecution after allegations of stealing goods totaling around $1,000. Several women obtained goods on credit and one escaped to Denver. local authorities ordered investigations and further warrants.

Mias Denver Waoppesetei Tee Woo

Missing Fern Hill resident tied to Bertha Stastny death link

Report outlines a local missing person case for Mrs. C R Keene of Fern Hill, with questions about a possible suicide in Stella asylum January 17 by Bertha Stastny alias Hertha Brandy. Officials weigh whether the two women are one and same amid notes of money and religious influence.

C. BR. Keene Fern Hill Stellacoom Insane Asylum Bertha Startey C. R. Keene Hertha Brandy Bertha Stastny Steilacoont

Millionaire Talbot divorce case heard in San Francisco

Attorney Samuel Shortridge argued to dismiss W. H. Talbot's divorce suit on grounds of insufficient testimony and statute of limitations. Talbot and Mary Mee BR testified, while Senator John Hall and others questioned Mrs Talbot's drinking and influence on the case.

United Press San Francisco Samuel Shortridge W. H. Talbot Shortridge Talbot Mary Mee BR Jno Seaweil

Washington High Cadet Company Faces Disbandment

The Washington High School Cadet company may be disbanded by year end and the annual cadet ball likely banned by the faculty. The blamed encampment at Colby during Christmas vacation without permission is cited as the direct cause, with Principal Geiger and Captain Louis M. Kline and other officers involved in discussing responsibility.

Washington High School Seattle Colby Geiger Ing Louis M. Kline

Miller to Speak at Madrona Hall Ward Meeting

John F. Miller, Republican mayoral candidate, will address Third Ward Republicans at Madrona Hall on East Jefferson tonight. P D Hughes, Howard Waterman, R O Terhune and H T Granger also speak. A Miller club will form, with active workers in the ward.

Third Ward Madrona Hall 21St East Jefferson P. D. Hughes Howard Waterman Terhune H. T. Granger Miller Club Miller Cam

Fragmented Alaskan Local Note Grabs Scraps of Events

Incoherent OCR fragment lists scattered words about Alaska, dates, locations, and people. It mentions Alaska, New, New Year, and a sequence of garbled terms with no clear event or outcome. The readable pieces do not form a coherent report.

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