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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
6
The Star lists rates for classified ads and notes it cannot guarantee accuracy or assume responsibility for errors in telephoned advertisements.
Short classified notice indicating a general help wanted theme with a compact listing of 18 words and three additional spaces. Text appears as a historical situations wanted fragment truncated for brevity and lacks full details or names.
Classified line pricing states minimum charge 16e with charged lines counted. Seven insertions cost six and each line is paid. All caps or fractions count as two.
Classified item lists contact details for Ballard Agency P H Mullen with addresses on Ballard Avenue near City Hall and a Main Office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University plus phone numbers. It reflects a daily schedule notice and a local business listing format.
Railway timetable notices advise callers to verify train departure and arrival times with King Street Station information bureau. The fragment lists names and ages for marriage license records including Scattinn, Lewe Chaan, Oberto, Beattie, Chesney, Coffin, and Magendush among others in Seattle and Marysville, with dates and fees partially visible.
A jumble of personal notices lists names and relationships unrelated events. Entries mention wives, husbands, and children with July dates and streets, followed by a death notice for John Hagen and several other obituaries or memorials with ages and dates.
Funeral notices report James I. H. Lynch and Ralph Crabtree services. Lynch was buried at Lakeview Cemetery under Lodge No. 26 F and A M rites at the Beanery parlor. Crabtree’s funeral held at his residence with burial at Lakeview. Memorial mentions include Natalie Findley of Nome Alaska and Donald Laing. Undertaking firms Butterworth & Sons and another company listed.
Police describe a skilled burglary at a vault complex where a central steel vault and nearby trunks were targeted. The thieves bored the door and used nitro glycerine to try to blast the vault while a guard watch failed to deter the break in. No clues yet and owners await claims to determine losses.
Real estate listing notes a plastered and papered home with water view, two closets and pantry. Mentions 178 a year and 16 cam and 108 per month as price terms. Purchase through Gatewood Station by asking for Mr Gatewood tomorrow.
Compelled to sell this week outlines a plastered cottage with a front room and two bedrooms. The ad notes a reduced price around $1.7k and mentions rent and location near North White.
Fragmented ad style notice lists property and rental details for Century Realty and local listings. Mentions Alaska Building address, monthly payments, and a 4 room cottage for sale with price and down payment. Includes stray names and numbers from an old classified page.
A burglar entered Frank Priest and wife at Glencairn while absent and stole numerous items including ladies hose and a 48 calibre revolver. The gymnasium cash register at 510 Sixth Ave Lost 216 dollars. Mrs Gowney and Mrs Jacoby reported thefts of items from their homes. A moving screen was recovered but break in at City of By any night remains under investigation. railroad work in Mexico prompts speed orders with a October 12 1912 deadline.
In the San Bernardino valley a story of the devil and an arrowhead scar explains a natural feature near the mountains. The Festival of the Arrowhead drew over 40,000 visitors with parades, races, balls, and floral displays marking the annual event.
The listing covers multiple races with entries for each, including horses such as Mien Fai, Oriflamb, Bonheur, Emma G, Abbey, Mike Asheim, Turnaway, Bannatyne, Mattie Russell, Akn-Ar-Ren, Guards, Harry Scott, Barney Oldfield, Los Angeleno, Hill Handicap entries like Emiley Corbett and Tremor, and selling or allowance details across six races with various ages and weights.
Ameri cans in London trade near parity while reserves in New York fall short of prior year. Bond sales top five million, state action curbs rail rate hikes, and freight rate opposition grows. The Randall act and other big attractions headline a week of events with general admission ten cents.
The report notes August elections in Cuba are expected to begin soon and predicted to proceed peacefully. Mexico enacts a new mine law affecting foreign investors, with President Diaz referenced. Union Pacific stock and bonds near a convertible basis. conferences planned among Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas on freight rates. Dow Jones & Co. provides market coverage.
Open and close figures for wheat corn and oats listed for July and September contracts. Prices shown for wheat July Sept and beans? corn and oats with bid and ask style values. Market activity at Chicago grain exchange summarized in brief lines.
Market listings show Golden rod quoted at 36 50 per spray and Yakima apples at two dozen for 1éc. Today's specials include various produce and meats with prices noted in cents and dollars, including lemons, celery, potatoes, onions, pears, and cheeses.
The notice lists various prices paid to producers for livestock and produce. It includes dressed and live poultry rates, beef and veal cuts, hogs, sheep, raspberries and other fruits with unit prices and per pound or per dozen quotes. The fragmented items show market values in a rural community context.
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