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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1906
Page
6
Classified items advertise cottages in Alaska and Queen Anne districts, investor offers, light industry placements, water access, and employment opportunities. Listings include carpenters and laborers, roadwork and car sales, with terms like weekly payments and tract sales on rail line. Prices, locations and contact points appear for Magnolia, Hillman, and Alaska Ride offices.
Property notes describe cottages with city water near schools and riverside plots. Several terms include down payments, monthly installments, large lots on Queen Anne Hill, near University, East Lake, Broadway District, Capitol Hill, and Lake Union District. Listings promise improved roels and fruit trees with varying prices and terms.
A chaotic market page shows assorted groceries and produce with scattered prices. Items include beans, beets, potatoes, onions, cranberries, apples, grapes, cheese, butter, and meats. The text blends vendors, weights, and unclear figures, reflecting a rough historical market listing.
A dense financial snapshot shows Wheat and Corn May and July futures with several price points. It also lists May and July dates for various market indicators, plus a long roster of railroad and industrial stock figures such as U. S. Steel, Erie, Reading, Union Pac, Atchison, Can. Pac, and more with multiple bid and ask style figures.
An official inquiry into the Valencia disaster began as Marine Inspector Whitney and Turner, First Assistant Engineer Carrick, and Recond Officer P. Peterson testified. Additional officers from the wrecked steamer are expected to appear, with hearings to continue Monday in Seattle as investigators seek to determine any fault by the ship’s command.
W A Peters chartered the tug Bahada to search the Valencia wreck site for Miss Van Wyck, sister of Mrs. Peters, who died when the Valencia broke apart. He will stay a week if needed to recover her body for burial in Seattle. The scene also involved L W Sibley Sr and son, with reports of survivors and a wrecked hull trailing two fore masts. The Lorne and Salvor aided, but no living or dead were recovered beyond cargo fragments and lifeboat debris.
Marine notes report invitations issued for the marriage of Alice Roosevelt to Mr. Longworth. Sailors mutinied at Vladivostok with 200 killed. A reporter from the Chicago Inter Ocean bribed by the beef trust. Steamer Santa Clara arrived after storms from Seward. Wrecked Portland sighted. Valencia debris found. Stetson returns to port in tow of Sea Lion. likely disabled in severe storms. Olympia due Monday from Eagle Harbor for Japanese laborers. Shinano Maru to call Shanghai and Hong Kong, skipping Japanese port transfers.
Mrs. Margaret Pennycook was found dead in her South Park home at six this morning. Milkman saw the body across the doorway after noticing a frosted door and alerted Willem Grocer, who rushed to confirm the death. Pennycook's sister Mia Pennycook, living in Skykomish, will attend the funeral in the city tonight.
Fragmentary OCR text references a derelict house and individuals likely named Nelson and Aw Conco in Indiana. Content is incoherent with many garbled phrases and unreadable details. No clear event, date, or outcome can be derived from the readable portions.
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