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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1905
Page
6
An auction ad lists contents including a mahogany bedstead modern, brass bed, white hair mattress, dining suite, oak sideboard, bureau, drapery, curtains, velvet art, kitchen safe, linoleum, rugs, and garden chairs. Sold by Edison & Co at Main 1001 with viewing directions and notes on location.
Real estate notice advertising acres of alder land for sale with easy terms near a waterfront area. Listings mention Charles Adams Cotman Building and multiple firms including Crane & Co and Ke Kellogg with prices from a range and references to a garden trade and nearby school. Local lawyers and educational ads accompany the notice.
Real estate and insurance notices reference properties near the river and county roads with multiple acreages for sale, farms, and vacant lots. Listings cite payments, terms, and nearby schools, plus bank references and brokers, with several names and offices including Alaska Building and various trust banks.
Old classified ad style text describes free camping sites near Rainier Boulevard and ferry access, fishing and waterfront lots with down payments and weekly terms. Also lists houses for sale by owner, new cottages, modern plumbing, and contact notes in Ballard area and Seattle neighborhoods.
Property notices show multiple listings from Stewart & Co and Maltby firm including 4-room lodging houses on First Avenue, 6 to 7-room modern homes, and cottage basements with fruit gardens. Prices range from 1 000 to 1 100 dollars with cash and monthly payment options. Also advertised are waterfront and building tracts near Alaska, Interurban routes, and inland plots with varying improvements. Listings emphasize income potential and near-city access.
The listing shows diverse produce prices including beans at 3.25 per cwt and 66c per lb for green beans, apples at 6 per box, cherries at $1.50, and citrus with oranges at 3.50 to 4.50 per box. Livestock and dairy values appear for butter at 7c, eggs at 60c per dozen, and meats with beef at 7 percent and lamb at 9c.
A dense ledger of nut meats crackers flour cereals oats and feed prices with dozens of listed items and per unit costs. It includes shipments and market quotes from Chicago and New York on July 19 1905 across wheat corn pork and metal shares reflecting active commodity and stock trading.
Advices from Shanghai report the proposed Chinese boycott of American goods going into effect today. Consular authorities are unable to quell the agitations.
John Q Cannon once secretary of the Utah World’s Fair commission was arrested at Lad bridge Alberta Canada on forgery and embezzlement charges. He is a son of the late Mormon leader George Q Cannon and brother of ex Senator Frank Cannon. He allegedly forged Governor Wells’s name on warrants and vanished in January while serving as Utah National Guard brigadier general. The Cleveland Ohio note adds that American Ship Building Co declared a 4 percent dividend on its common stock.
Kang Yu Wei, head of the Chinese Empire Reform association, visits the United States to press for ending China’s traditional rule. He labels the dowager empress criminally retrogressive and predicts abdication would free China. He urges education and a constitutional government and notes close ties with America despite the exclusion act. He praises Roosevelt and seeks closer Sino American education exchanges including his daughter at Barnard.
The Northern Pacific confirms a direct tunnel line into Portland from a new Columbia River bridge. After surveying seven routes a tunnel was chosen as the cheapest option. Work to begin within 60 days using an existing pier near Vancouver, with through service from St. Paul via O R & N track arrangements and Hariman roads traffic to Puget Sound.
Commission activity eased on Wednesday morning with no grocers buying goods. Many goods arrived from across the country including pears peaches apples two cars of melons new strawberries green corn cabbages young onions and other produce.
State senator Leonard Fowler of Wenatchee arrived Wednesday morning and checked at the Stevens hotel. He attended a Wednesday afternoon chamber of commerce meeting where members discussed appointments and local affairs.
The city will appoint representatives to the National Irrigation Congress in Portland from August 21 to 24. The chamber can send two delegates and the University of Washington two delegates. The event focuses on arid land reclamation and related topics.
The United States signal corps has repaired the telegraph line to Nome after a 30 day outage caused by forest fires. General A W Greeley will tour Alaska stopping at Dawson Yukon Nome and St Michaels. He plans to urge funding and improvements to prevent future summer breaks.
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