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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
6
Classified ad rates published by The Star appear in this notice. The page lists pricing details and contact options for placing ads, with standard terms and disclaimers about accuracy and responsibility for errors in telephoned advertisements.
Short 18 word ad seeks employment or job matching clues. limited space noted for additional text and rate.
The notice lists pricing rules for data accounts: one cent per word with a minimum charge. actual fines counted. seven inseptions counted as the price of six when cash is paid. all caps lines or fractions counted as two lines. The text reads as an old printer’s tariff with calculation details.
The notice lists P J Mullen at 321 Ballard Avenue opposite City Hall and the main office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University with contact numbers Ballard 306 and Main 1050 Ind 441. The line notes a daily 12 o'clock cutoff for classification.
A chaotic OCR sheet lists numerous names with ages and locations across Seattle and nearby. includes marriage related notes, obituaries, funeral notices, and scattered addresses. Mentioned are Wincik, Jones, Munro, Minaian, Leath, Miyaniehi, Kobayashi, Araki, Yoshida, Harrison, and others with dates and places like Seattle, San Wen, Sacramento, and Japan. Also references to funeral directors and property rental ads.
Berlin reports Count Zeppelin's airship flying all day at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance with 15 men aboard without descent, landing softly at dusk. The aluminum hull measures 450 feet long and 4 1/2 feet in diameter, powered by three 140 horsepower motors for about 40 mph, cost $100,000 to build. A $260,000 German prize awaits any airship remaining aloft 24 hours, as Zeppelin plans to contest it.
Sheriff Joe Russell and deputies pressing a man sought since Saturday night for the brutal assault of Emma Robinson in a Galice mining camp. The attacker forced his way into a sleeping area, beat the woman with a revolver and ripped her clothing. Miss Robinson escaped by leaping from a window.
United Press reports the sudden death of Thomas Bryce, president of the local baseball club, who collapsed in the grandstand at Neil Park yesterday. The incident occurred in front of Bee observers amid a time change note for Navy Yard boats.
Tee P Fay Company Inc lists an amount of 04 for Mebibern Midg in a brief financial entry. The note records a payment or balance tied to a corporate entity and a named account or item. No additional context or dates are provided.
Fragmentary text mentions Breemarten Maignon and monthly ORATTIE UNEMHARATNS. Names and context are unclear, making a concise event summary difficult.
Thousands gathered to witness the final Columbus versus Toledo game when heart disease caused a death. The match was immediately halted and spectators departed from the park.
John D Archibald head of Standard Oil urges frugality saying people must stop spending money thoughtlessly. Eight New York 400 families plan August 1 retrenchments totaling more than 1.5 million dollars yearly, as part of a broader economy drive.
Charles H. Moyer reiterated he will not allow his name to be entered for reelection as president at the Western Federation of Miners convention in Denver this week. The likely successor is William D. Haywood, and attendance at the convention is expected to be lower than last year. Immigration officials in Los Angeles double the frontier guard due to increased Mexican smuggling activity, with four Chinese detainees ready for deportation.
Property ad offers estate sale with partial cash and balance over years at seven percent. Location at Oriente Block Main. References to Reinier Beach and a single sat at Reinier Beach. unclear details but implies imminent sale with financial terms and improvements funded.
Century Realty Co advertises holdings in West Geattle and Yakima Valley orchards. It promises acreage options and potential yields to entice buyers or investors in orchard lands.
The ad mix offers homes and lots for sale near Seattle area landmarks. Listings include a Lake Washington view four room modern home with $1000 down and $36 monthly, a Belmont country home near Washington, and multiple 4 room houses with various terms. Also notes ready to move in and easy terms.
Promoters tout Wenatchee as richest irrigated district with premium apples and fruit. Orchards yield 1600 to 3000 dollars yearly, buyers urged to act now for improved or unimproved tracts with easy terms. Meattle bank references and Bates Valley listings available from A W Co at 2607 Boston Market Main St. Ind. 1984.
For sale inland waterfront and multiple acre tracts near Seattle with a beach, near a boat landing and Short Line right of way. Charles B. Adams offers 1, 3 or 5 acre plots in the White River valley, cleared rich garden land with small down payment. Elliott Bay Inv. Co. 655 Colman Bldg.
Fragmentary text references a company or property at risk during an event with mentions of terms and a monetary value. No clear names, places, or dates are readable to establish a definite event or outcome.
City records show a 126 foot lot near California Ave in West Beattle purchased for 46 dollars gas balance due within three years. The deal includes street grading cement water mains and related works. A certified abstract notes five percent cash discount. KRIA and Main are referenced with unclear figures.
Teheran reports that Zill- Ke-Sultan, Mohammed Ali Mirza's uncle, leads a large revolutionary army toward Tehran from the south, creating terror in the Persian capital. Also note that Marquis Katsura reorganizes the Tokyo cabinet after its resignation, with a new government expected to be in place soon.
Cash and monthly price offer for view lots advertised near the Exposition and University grounds. The notice lists Realty contact at 1009 Amellese Hank Building Main 1166 and Indiana phone 4048 with limited details on location and terms.
The Meadows offers six races with a selling three year old and up, a purse for two year olds, and a Wilburton Handicap. Entries include horses like Mise Fairbanks Emme G. Kerry Horace Hi Miss Naomi and Storma among others across six races with varying distances and conditions.
Annie Christopherson of 417 Lencrast accuses her husband the chef of desertion after he left June 29 claiming to work on a boat. She believes he may be in Skagway or Prince Rupert. In Oregon City a man named Math Jandgar who shot Mary Schmieler was captured near the city outskirts after daybreak by a posse led by Police Chief Burns.
The page lists numerous stock quotes with prices and percent changes for companies such as Anaconda Copper, American Locomotive, Atchison & Santa Fe, Baltimore & Ohio, Canadian Pacific, New York Central, Northern Pacific, Reading, Southern Pacific, U S Steel and others. It also notes call money at 1 percent and totals of large security sales, with a brief medical mention claiming relief from rheumatism by Soap Lake Salts.
Troy residents reel from a brutal murder linked to Hazel Drew of Troy and Grace Brown. Police trace a car tied to a road to the pond where the body surfaced, with suspects and a hotel crowd pursuing leads as investigators press for the killer.
In heavy fog near San Prang a steam schooner Acme Wi was towed to dry dock in poor condition after a collision with the steam schooner Eureka. The incident occurred Friday night and details remained uncertain until late last night.
A public market page lists beef cuts, pork products, and seafood with low quoted prices. Round steak, country bacon, trout, cabbages, radishes, parsley, celery, onions, spinach, and lemons appear with per unit or per pound rates, plus fruit like cherries and pineapples and various dairy items.
The Western avenue market lists meat poultry and produce with prices for old hens pigeons broilers veal and beef cuts. Strawberries cherries Logan berries currants cabbage lettuce rhubarb green onions and potatoes are priced per crate per ton or per dozen. Dr McGregor dentist at 603 American F.
Fragmentary text recalls a competition involving Athens and Enel with Engle frele Pinio l, a Melvil Americ Bers Ss 0 Lightho, and mentions a St. Louis New York second place. It notes a finish by MP Altho, not clearly defined, and references a national championship context.
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