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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
9
The page lists ads for COAST ENGLISH SCHOOL offerings, a dentist office, building and lumber supplies from PROVINE LUMBER CO, piano and phonograph dealings by Du Barry Piano Co, used furniture and appliances, vehicles for sale, and extensive real estate notices promising affordable lots and properties near universities with easy terms. Mortgage and land offerings urge quick action.
Classified notices include multiple homes and land offers in Washington and New York. Listings show 3-room houses, a store farm, 20 acres for 1500 dollars with $100 cash and $41 monthly, and logging land tracts with low prices and easy terms. Companies cited include HW Reid & Co, Elliott Co, Douglas-Morse Co, and Three Lakes Lumber Co with locations in Leary Building and Three Lakes, Washington.
Classified notices offer farms and houses for sale or trade in the Seattle region. Includes a 6 acre riverfront tract, 5 acre acreage near water, a modern bungalow with garage, a 7 room new home, and a farm with 600 apple trees priced around 6000. Various terms include cash, monthly payments, or trade for auto or small dwelling.
Fragment describes land with cleared fields, wood shed, chicken house, smoke house, 10 fruit trees and berries, electric light, near a ferry route to Kirkland. It notes a prior 1880 Cortin to rempon sible party and an instruction to take Madison car to the county ferry and inquire for a retired man at the first brick office at the end of Kirkland dock.
Real estate notices describe several Yakima area farms for sale or trade including 90 acres with 15 cleared and 1 acre orchard 2 barns and a four room house priced around 2400 with easy terms 15 monthly for land near Grandview and Frail road. Also listed are 10 acre alder land burned over improved acreage near Seattle with 1500 rent and 477 cash offers.
An OCR fragment advertises property near Seattle with 2 acres cleared and a four room house or four rooms plus sheds. It lists price around 2000 dollars with 400 down and 15 dollars monthly payments, and urges immediate contact via a local listing. The text mentions interurban access and rural features like fruit trees and a chicken shed.
A dense directory page lists real estate ads for 0 acre improved farms in Kitsap County and land near Seattle, including terms and contact hints. It also shows stock and bond quotes from Liberty Bonds, and notices for lawyers and services, with addresses in Seattle and Port Orchard. The page references real estate, stocks, and professional listings with multiple local names and firms.
Real estate listing from Co. i Wilson offers several 3 to 5 room houses in South End with prices from 650 to 2000 and easy terms. Albany area ad notes acre tracts outside city and a location near Duwamish Ave and PF.O. George Town.
Real estate note offers 40 acres improved with a good five room house, other buildings, well and creek. 15 acres cleared, six miles from town and half mile from school. Includes Fish cash. Advertised by CARTER MACDONALD VINCENT DR MILLER 208 Columbia St Biliote 4372.
The text lists offers to loan 0 percent face value at T percent interest or buy bonds at market value with daily quotations and redemptions. It promotes securities investments, employment prospects, mining and shipyard work, and various services, including jewelry buying and medical ads, all in a noisy mix of brokers and businesses.
A. J. McCaughan, chairman of the Iigger Mound Maritime District Council of Carpenters, denounces George Hidatacen for acting without authority in Seattle. He says the Metal Trades Council’s bid for a lower wage scale fractures labor unity and ignores international laws affecting carpenters in the US, Canada, and Mexico.
A committee of Polish extraction forms in Seattle to raise money for the Polish national fund. Members include Louis Karpinski chairman in Seattle, A L Nowakowski secretary in Kennydale, Andrew J. Paro treasurer in Beattie, Anthoney Macagncki trustee in Seattle, Jacob Michałowaki trustee in Beattie, and A Kuanierz trustee in Earlington, Washington.
Busy stalls list halibut and codfish, fresh herring, beef cuts, pork, and lard. Prices per pound range from 13 to 27 percent, with specials on canned fruit, coffee, sugar, flour, and baking goods. Local grocers advertise butter, milk, eggs, and dairy items, along with pantry staples and household supplies.
A detailed inventory of stalls listing assorted goods and prices. Items include salmon, beef, milk, canned vegetables, cereals, soap, pasta, beans, pantry staples, fruits, and beverages with unit costs noted such as 20c to 40c and bulk quantities like 2 large cans milk and 206 dozen bananas.
A fragment lists pantry goods with mixed legible items and prices. Included are sugar, milk, Carnation milk, tomatoes, cocoa, olive oil, Italian products, and flour with price cues such as 1 qt and 4 qt equivalents, alongside bulk cleaners and stock notes.
The N Y K liner Kashima Maru is set to reach Seattle on January 2 and 8 carrying 800 passengers including 200 steerage travelers Most will disembark at Victoria following the voyage
A statement from W. Korris, secretary treasurer and employment manager of the shipyard laborers, riggers and fasteners union, accuses shipyard owners of widespread underpayment. Several named workers including Manuel Garcia, H N Huff, W P Y Sutherland, R M L lead, Jonn Hayden, E R Bell, and Dan Gallagher are reported to have received only 4.16 daily instead of the 4.64 rate, with others allegedly facing short pay or layoff while awaiting correct wages.
The United States government awarded ship contracts to Japanese yards totaling over 130 million dollars. A San Francisco labor council report said Seattle agreed via federal authorities to collate and rebid the contracts to American interests. Derision arose from several labor groups accusing Asians of being favored in the awards.
Delegates to the Central Labor meeting Wednesday evening condemned a proposal to introduce power machine needlework in schools claiming it would train youth while attracting cheap labor via sweatshops. The body passed a resolution opposing the training plan.
Special to The Star by N. E. London reports Lady Brook in a campaign speech showing a photo of Lloyd George with children. The caption recalls a French family after the war and describes his reaction from sympathy to sorrow at the evils faced by children in France.
London dispatch reports the tallest land structure, a 621 foot tower at river mouth, is being downed. The feature notes the tower's height and poised demolition as part of unfolding changes to the riverside skyline.
Special to The Star of N. BE Madrid January 23 Spain must turn over more than seven German ships held in Cadiz harbor to the Allies as repayment for German acts. The ships were seized after the armistice and in line with Hague agreements.
Mia A. Gross of Honolulu is believed to be the only woman on a military draft board. She served as secretary to the board with 15 clerks under her, overseeing the first call of Hawaiians totaling 50,000 plus, and 40,000 in the second and 49,000 in the third.
The Alaskan liner Admiral Wilson cannot proceed North due to a shipyard strike. Curacao will take the Admiral Wilson’s run January 29 carrying lumber to Alaska.
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