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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
6
Rates for classified advertisements listed by The Star include 18 words for 25 cents in the Situations Wanted section. Each additional word incurs a per word charge. The Star states it cannot guarantee accuracy or accept responsibility for errors in telephone advertisements.
A notice explains pricing rules for classified ads: one cent per word with a minimum charge. lines charged by actual lines used. seven insertions cost the price of six when paid in advance. all capitalized lines or fractions count as two lines.
Classified notice indicates a posting rule for advertisers, advising that classification cannot be given after 1 o clock daily. It lists Ballard Agency contact details with P H Mullion at 5409 Ballard Avenue opposite City Hall and the main office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University with phone numbers Ballard 306 Main 1050 and Ind 441.
Do not trust printed time tables in newspapers for train departures or arrivals. For accurate information contact King Street Station Information Bureau by telephone at Main 2740. Independent tips advise callers to verify times directly with the station.
A compilation of birth announcements and funeral notices. Entries list names and dates such as Mrs Dahl and Mrs Reine, with reference to July dates and various family names. The obituary items mention Mason and Florente Col with funeral details and interment.
A fragmented page shows listings for patent attorneys including A Dame & Brooks and Colman Darnee & Co, along with notices for photographers supplies, real estate dealers, and storage services. Also visible are transfers and typewriter services with addresses and contact lines, indicating a classified business directory snippet.
For sale a 40 acre ranch with waterfront over 800 feet. Located 3 miles from the lake lands in a well settled district. Includes modern six room house, barns, chicken house, small fruit, rural delivery and telephone service. Price $2,500.00 or best offer.
Old classified notice markets waterfront home sites with rising costs per year. Properties offer 24 foot cabins, 175 monthly rents, and 5 acre tracts near city views. several ads promise easy access and cheap terms while noting distance from Alder bottom and various agents like P. F. Conrey and Wm C Mieck.
In Pensacola on July 30 a mob of about a thousand attacked the county jail to seize Leander Shaw, who had assaulted Mrs. Allian Davis. The sheriff and officers were overwhelmed. Shaw was executed at an electric light pole on the jail grounds. Two men died and many were wounded in the melee.
A steamer named Heliance departs from Colum bie at Colman deck at nine in the morning for a day trip to Manchester. The excursion promises a fine bathing beach, a town site, and good hotel accommodations near Puget Sound, six minutes from Beattie by tide.
An unclear ad promises easy terms for owning a home with rent stepping off and offers beachfront land for sale near Manchester. It touts water views, guaranteed titles, and a round trip ticket sales point at a street address with refunds if located. The copy hints Manchester as a growing suburb with prominent buildings to count.
A distorted ad-like notice touts Manchester as a central suburb between Beattie and Bremerton Newyard, claiming superior market access and the ability to live and work locally. It highlights home ownership affordability and prime beach views, listing Manchester Investment Co. with contact lines.
Joseph Thomas Co Inc advertises land in Takima Valley with fruit trees and three years of care. Income price $2558 per sere, terms one fourth cash, balance 1 3 and 2 peers. Contact 109 Cherry St, Entrance Lowman Bide.
Classified notices describe modern 4 room cottages, 2 to 6 room homes, and lots for sale near streetcar lines in multiple neighborhoods. Prices range from cash offers to monthly payments, with numerous terms and inquiries directed to local offices and agents.
The Roosevelt built immigration commission expands with three lay members and five officials as they probe coast smuggling rings. Reports allege a Chinese cook and a San Francisco Chinese detective link to border entry schemes, with a $2500 price tag and guards involved. MH North denies any government complicity.
At Colman wharf thieves strike carpenters extending the wharf. L Mote reports a coat vest and tools stolen from the toolshed and a $500 trunk robbery at the same wharf with no arrests yet. The ongoing thefts disturb workers with no apprehensions by police.
After a police court session yesterday, Henry Broderick appeared while Frank Welch, listed as an inmate, could not be found despite the jail records. A thorough search failed to locate Welch in relation to the disorderly conduct case.
A man calling himself Bud Brandes befriended Stanley Wishart at the Mansfield Hotel on Fifth Avenue two weeks ago. Brandes led Wishart to his room, then yesterday removed a diamond stick pin set with pearls a Smith and Wesson revolver and its holster and vanished.
United Press reports a Wednesday meeting at Kuhn Loeb & Co. arranging an $8,000,000 provision to meet notes due next Saturday. The deal is viewed as signaling an agreement between Harriman and Gould that could abandon Goulds plan for a vast trans continental railroad.
Early yesterday morning room workers gained entrance with a pass key to room 48 at the Rochester hotel on Pike Street and stole 24 dollars from C. Henry.
Joe Carroll Marsh, who underwent appendicitis surgery by Dr. BK F Roller three weeks ago, has left the hospital and is staying at the Newport hotel.
John Costello a wealthy rancher near O'Brien swore an affidavit stating he cannot receive a fair trial before Judge John HB Gordon and that the trial will instead be held before Judge John B Carroll Deputy Sheriff George Leighton was threatened by Costello amid the case context.
Measured entries listed for five furlongs six races at Meadows with purses, horses and odds. A fisheries case closing remarks note guilty pleas from Northwestern Fisheries and Pacific American Fisheries with sentencing due today.
New York reports steady American stocks in London near parity. Canadian wheat harvest yields average across 6 million acres. Taft backs Hughes for New York governor renomination. Legal rulings pause East River ferries Friday. Rail strikes loom as Lackawanna workers consider action. Western railroads position to attract buyers. Bonaparte leans toward Standard Oil action in Supreme Court. Japan favors Taft for president, hoping his conciliatory stance aids in policy.
Construction of a new wharf between piers 6 and 7 at the university has been awarded to Waterhouse Co. The pile driving phase will start soon and the structure will measure about 66 feet in length and width.
A man known as Harvey completed a fifty year sentence in San Francisco after serving most of his term in youth crime. He was released two weeks ago following a reform program aimed at reintegration. Authorities note the case reflects long past youth offenses and the difficulties of expunging a criminal record.
New potatoes priced at 1.50 per hundredweight and various meats marked. Apricots 65 cents per crate, corned beef 26 cents per pound, sturgeon 10 cents, pot roast and other cuts listed with multiple per-pound and per-box quotes. Fresh fruits and eggs also featured with crate and dozen quantities.
The listing shows Western avenue purchase quotes for poultry hens live per pound dressed per chicken live per pound and a range for pigeons at 2 dollars. Beef and hogs include wethers and bulls with per pound prices, while fruit and vegetables list berries cabbage lettuce spinach cauliflower potatoes and cucumbers with various per unit or per ton prices.
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