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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1907
Page
6
The notice explains phone and mail methods to place want ads with The Star and details rates. It lists categories such as For Rent and For Sale, charges per word and minimums, and payment handling by The Star.
A fragmented page shows a mix of business notices, rental and service ads, and assorted classifieds. Entries include references to contract and supply firms, a dental or medical listing, a patent attorney, a hardware and cleaning services vendor, and various sale notices for groceries and household goods. The legible items point to a bustling marketplace with many small offers and professional services.
An advertisement describes a mixed acreage property including berries and garden near a bay with a well and water, clearings, a hen house and root, on a good road with telephone line and near a railroad station. Sale priced by longtime local broker Barnon & Co at Arcade Building.
Classified notice advertises tract sales around Yakima with perpetual water rights, farm payments and delivery perks. Haunting line reads offer from Hodgson, Moot & Co at 6 Third Ave, promoting parcels amid rustic booms and cheap mortgage terms.
A damaged text fragment mentions rental ads with items like furnished wagons and goats. It references buyers seeking furnished spaces and includes partial names and prices, suggesting a local real estate listing page with multiple rental offerings and contact hints.
U S officials including Vice President, Secretary Metcalf, and other cabinet members plan to attend the national industrial peace conference in San Francisco slated for late July. Invitations went to 76 leaders from labor, capital, and administration as part of a broader Pacific coast mission.
The article outlines plans for addressing industrial disorder and the future of labor capital relations, noting discussions on permanent stability and yearslong terms. It mentions investigations into land frauds in northern California, upcoming tours by Garfield, Straus, and Wilson, and Vice President Fairbanks preparing for a campaign tour.
Secrecy surrounds a plan by the Pacific Steamship Co to move Tremont and Shawmut from their run from San Francisco to the Orient. W Chisholm, Robert Creigh, and Capt W Kidston in Seattle and Tacoma hint at the exchange while Waterhouse and Co. confirms pending negotiations and the purchase of two new cargo carriers to substitute the large liners.
In fishing tackle and rods a great big cut in prices. Piper and Ten store at 1624 Becund Ave advertises significant discounts in July specials.
Auctioneers notice notes a cottage at Alki Reach with a new room and access to water and meat in offers from W. A. Gordan & Co located at 113 Madison Street. Names and phrases are fragmentary but indicate property and commodity provision.
Auction listing describes Golden oak rockers, tables, chairs, a nearly new oak heater, bed couch, sewing machine, steel range, dressers, kitchenware, and laundry items. Sale location reads 614 Dexter Avenue, Smear et m, with Roy BK G. Bickantom as auctioneer in 1977.
Quarter acre tracts on Riverton MacAdam Road offered with loam soil and wide tree-lined avenues. Prices around 419 per month with terms. Union Mortgage likely involved with sale through Nicho La and Union Mik listings.
Fragmented real estate notices describe multiple properties for sale including a residence on North 1000 with 14 docks, terms around $950 cash and balance at 6 percent, a new one room cottage two blocks from two car lines with a concrete basement, and a waterfront Rainier property with nearly four acres and a new two room house. Listings mention North 31, North 622 and 922, and North 2406 with agency references to National Realty Co Fremont Ave.
The body of Dr Leon Ridgeway was found on the floor of his office in the Pythian building, with heart disease suspected. Coroner to hold autopsy this afternoon. he had likely been dead since Saturday. Ridgeway resided at 341 Sixteenth Avenue North and leaves a widow and two married daughters.
L. B. Youngs, superintendent of the light and water department, moves to introduce an ordinance tonight to install water meters on premises of all persons fined for abusing water privileges. The funeral of G. H. Brown, local detective, was held at First Presbyterian Church with interment at Lakewood Cemetery. Police patrolmen formed a procession to honor their departed colleague, with detectives serving as pallbearers.
United Press reports Hearst recount bill aimed at reviewing last mayoralty election votes was ruled unconstitutional by the appellate division of the supreme court in New York. The piece then diverges into unrelated dialogue from a different source.
Annual Elks gathering invites all members and families for a picnic at Wildwood Park on July 18. Boats depart from Lescht as part of the event schedule.
In the Glass trial the morning session offered no sensational evidence. Prosecution examined several minor telephone company officials to pin down Halsey duties, a step in narrowing guilt between Haltty and Glane Zimmorie who remains jailed and is not expected to testify.
The United States oroler Charleston passed Tatoosh this morning en route to Puget Sound and Bremerton drydock. From Astoria she will likely enter Bremerton. Col. M Roessler and W M Leted discussed lighthouse matters with no immediate changes planned. The Redondo arrived from Portland with passengers on its initial July 16 trip and reports success.
All aboard for the navy yard to view the battleships Nebraska Oregon and Wisconsin, gunboats Chicago Boston Albany training ship Philadelphia prison ship Nipsic and the vast drydock. Hoats leave Pier 2 at 6 30, 8 30 and 10 a m 1 15 2 30 and 4 30 p m. Round trip bee.
A fragment notes a dispute over refunds for coffee brands and grocer return policies, referencing Schilling and generic coffee varieties, with unclear attribution and damaged wording.
Mrs. Ella Fay attempted to shoot her husband John Fay at his Pike Street meat market between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Police released her after a brief detainment, with officials saying desertion and non support of a wife may soon be treated as a felony under a new law.
Edgewater residents allege Beattie Electric seeks to dodge an eight year old pact to replace a wooden bridge at Woodland Park with a steel one. A committee led by C W M G Young and C G will investigate and press the company to honor the agreement.
Tienny Myers, the popular center fielder for Seattle, declares he is through with baseball and plans to leave either tonight or tomorrow night. He clashed with Manager Dugdale over fines, and neither party will concede. Fans fear the club will lose a key hitter and await steps to replace him as talks continue.
The finance committee will on Friday review City Engineer Thomson's itemized European trip expenses from 1905. A local attorney objected to the expense appropriation and no payment was made. the charter requires council approval and credited vouchers before disbursement.
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