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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
6
A flood of listings from Stewart eTeWwART Co advertise homes and land near West Lake and Pine avenues. Properties include waterfront tracts, six acre parcels, and a ranch with car access, offered with monthly payments or cash options. Local firms like Baxter & Wilson and Dr Dalton advertise legal and brokerage services.
Properties listed include acres near Seattle and Tacoma with ranch land timber and improved farms. Listings describe cottages near town, 5 room George town house, fruit trees, small farms, and a variety of parcels with terms, proximity to interurban lines, and different owner contacts for inquiries.
Omaha July 12 Thomas Lawson announced in a private car interview that he would soon file a lawsuit joined by about 5000 policy holders against New York Life Equitable and the Mutual seeking restitution of millions in commissions and perks obtained unlawfully by the insurance firms.
The article extols outdoor exercise, especially tennis, as a boon to women and all mankind. It argues tennis builds strength, confidence, grace, and a healthy, erect bearing, transforming shy or passive women into energetic, self-assured athletes who gain physical fitness and mental clarity.
Lawcon said that more than 14 000 policy holders have responded to join him in the suit as he described the Equitable fight as nasty yet milder than the facts. He warned that people will recover their money.
Mrs James Hamilton Lewis wife of the late congressman and Chicago corporation counsel travels to Seattle alone due to her husband’s heavy workload after his appointment. In Gibraltar on July 12 two men die and seven are wounded when a steam pipe on the British battleship Implacable explodes.
A light business day on Western avenue with new goods arriving. Fresno watermelons and cantaloupes reach the market as prices drift. watermelons at 2.60 to 3 per dozen, cantaloupes 3 per case. California sweet corn 35 cents a dozen, Yakima Wenatchee corn 1.50 per case. Native cherries arriving but crop poor due to heavy rains. general market volatility persists with fluctuating butter eggs and poultry.
A ledger of dry beans and pantry staples with varied prices. Items include small whites 3.25, wax beans 5 7c per can, beets per sack 1.50, lemons 3.50 4.50, lettuce 16 20c a dozen, Greeley potatoes 22.00 23.00, Minnesota potatoes 22.00, apples 8.00 per box, artichokes 60c per dozen, green peppers 20c per Ib, Mississippi tomatoes 1.75 per crate, green tomatoes 1.42 per box, summer squash 1.50 per box, and other produce.
A dense Chicago market style price sheet lists groceries and commodities with dozens of items. It includes produce vegetables fruits dairy meats and staples with unit prices per dozen case box or hundred and features notes on sugar flour cereals and feeds.
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