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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1907
Page
6
Fragmented classified page notes livestock ads vacancies rental listings and merchandise. Entries mention a yellow cow with star on forehead a feather boa ostrich wing and a fox with price 8 percent plus various realty and business offers from The Star newspaper.
Real estate ad for 2 to 64 acre water front and level acre tracts near Beattie and Seattle. Listings promote fertile black soil, proximity to interurban roads, and easy access to cities with monthly payments and low down payments. Offers include 5 to 14 cash options, 6 percent interest, and guaranteed titles with Becktown office guidance.
A fragmented item mentions D. Wilman and legal actions in a New York context. It references claimants, a Pacific block, Farrell and Du, and a long list of names likely involved in collection or settlement processes. The garbled text notes lawyers such as A Andersen and T. M. Cann and mentions storage of contracts and hearings.
A garbled ad lists potatoes and cabbages for sale with bold pricing and credit terms. It mentions a street scene and a ride to acres, with contact at Pioneer Building and a Robert Maltryv address, though many words are unclear.
An antique classified style advertisement hawks $15 to $25 fine level lots in Tacoma. It urges readers to buy cheap parcels now, claims rapid money doubling, and promises clean plots 100 feet with no tumps or handcars, inviting readers to come today.
An 1984 notice advertises land for sale by the Open Evenings National Land Company at 321 Pioneer Building. Parcels include a six acre tract with water, trees, orchards, and a house, plus a second tract along a waterway with front footage and barn. Prices quoted feature 1.68 and 650 per acre, with government access and terms noted.
A dairy farm listing offers 26 good milk cows and 3 wagons with miles of pasture land and a house. It includes harnesses tools and a complete dairy equipment package priced at 7 806 dollars and valued around 94 660.
Damaged OCR yields a local sale notice listing a Four Gate area house, furniture, farm items, and chicken coop for sale. It mentions Water Street car lines, a buyer’s call at 2 Kivvemth Avenue South, and a Johns County address with prices and terms.
Fragmentary text mentions rent, town affairs, and individuals with garbled names. No clear event or outcome is identifiable.
Fragmentary text mentions businesses and locations around a main street area including Alaska Building and Con & Co. It references a time near evening and a showcase at a prominent storefront, but concrete events, dates, or clear identities are obscured by garbled OCR.
A listing describes a residence near the new car line in the Mound View area. It cites 1,790 currency units and nearby blocks with a reference to 19 North Gret and contact phone fat 494 for inquiries.
The south side foundation of the Pacific Coast Co bunkers was reinforced after bunkers shifted about two feet. Large steel cables were laid to avert danger caused by dressing too close to the foundation.
London July 11 The Berl of Rosslyn divorced from his wife Anna Robinson of Minneapolis has directed his attorneys to seek an appeal from the divorce decree granted to the countess.
City water department reports 66 waste sites found in two days along Western Avenue from Columbia to Vine. Complainants will be served on owners and tenants. One open pipe leaked about four months with an estimated 26 dollars of water lost. Leaks faucets and broken joints common. Only one side of the avenue surveyed. other side likely to yield more sites.
Secretary Taft will speak in the west with stops listed as Denver on August 50 Portland on September 6 Tacoma on September 7 and Seattle on September 9. The dispatch notes Taft will call from Beattie for Mantia on September 10.
Part of a young woman's body with a rope around the waist washed ashore. Coroner suspects murder and disposal from a rowboat that departed with two men and one woman earlier, later returning boat bottom up.
Acting Mayor Charles H. Burnett extends a written invitation to the United National Association of Postal Clerks to hold their 1909 convention in Beattie. The association meets in Peoria this year, with State Delegate W. J. of Everett to present the invitation there.
Charles R. Case of the street department reports crews at Edgewood addition near Fremont for the city stables. Contractors in the Denny Home area of North Seattle grade the site for stables. If Hi Gill blocks the project, 20000 dollars may be allotted for Edgewater and 60000 dollars for North Seattle stables, with both covered before rain.
A fire caused by fog and a misnavigation broke out on the Forest Home steamer near the southern city docks. The vessel drifted becalmed after losing its course and anchor, while wreckage from the nearby disaster between the Columbia and the San Pedro was spotted. Captain Dalrymple of the Dark Inveramsey is hospitalized with the mumps. the Mexican and American Hawaiian lines sailed with cargoes bound for the Orient and Honolulu.
A dressy hat crafted from yellow horsehair with white and yellow trim. It features a broad droopy brim and a deep overhanging crown. Two large yellow and white roses sit at the front with trailing white ostrich plumes.
In Minneapolis on July 31 the ore miners ended their strike and agreed to return to work at the old wage scale. Their grievances will be addressed after the resumption of work.
Atchison Kansas July 31 Frank EK Scott a fireman Fred Batistus Ralph Moddy and two unknown men were killed when a Missouri Pacific freight train wrecked on a grade after brakes failed and it collided with another freight.
United States copper financiers anticipate a fierce war as August Heinze tries to consolidate his mining and smelting holdings across the United States Canada and Mexico. He backs the Miners' Smelting company incorporation and presides over United Copper which holds stock in the firm.
The police are asked to locate Mrs Myrta Delfer and her two sons Hubert and Ralph who lived at 1927 First Ave. The inquiry is led by sister Mrs George Barnett of 679 Forty-fifth St. Chicago. They also seek T F Wraith rumored to be in Seattle for three months. Mrs Wraith of 513 Queen St Toronto seeks news of her husband.
The Pacific Coast Lumbermen's association met to organize a systematic fight against a lumber and shingles rate increase. Attorneys were instructed to gather evidence to submit to the Interstate Commerce Commission showing the rates are excessive.
The Lydia Thompson arrived from Seattle with many passengers en route to San Juan island. Chief Engineer Varney and an assistant allegedly became intoxicated, allegedly started fires by turning on all furnace burners, causing smoke and danger to passengers. The Puget Bound line operates the vessel, while the ship faced near disaster and evacuation steps were taken.
City water pressure dropped dramatically with a 35 inch loss in two days. The water department, previously confident, now fears shortages as the 20 foot Queen Anne stand pipe bell rang repeatedly. Officials cite rapid water through nozzles after morning hours and warn of two more days of shrinkage potentially forcing sprinkling to maintain safety. Police reports note arrests for violations of fr
San Francisco July 31. Police officials Dinan and Hagerty pledge support to Mayor Schmitz’s board if Taylor supervisors seize office. An installation would threaten Hagerty and Dinan, Bantel refuses to honor bids until boards settle. Injunction blocks street aid work as Schmitz supervisors face Taylor challenge.
C J Erickson owes the city 4420 as a penalty for late completion of the Third Avenue regrading contract. He seeks a time extension from the board of public works to satisfy bond legally, with work begun in 1905 and delayed to 1907 amid injunctions.
For 50000 dollars the Seattle Electric Co. sold to the Seattle Brewing and Malting Co. the Rainier av Georgetown tract spanning 192 by 200 feet in Sprague's addition. The site, used as a substation, lies one block south of the electric company's general offices. The buyers plan brick construction for a cooperage and shop and partly for employee use.
City Treasurer Russell designated the banks of the city as depositories for the city funds. Sums were apportioned according to banks' subscription to the water bond issue. Listed banks include Puget Sound National 225000 and others such as Dexter Horton Co, Scandinavian Americans, Washington Trust Co, Northwest Trust, Deposit Co, American Savings Trust Co, State Bank.
London dispatch reports Mrs Marshall Field Jr of Chicago intends to raise her sons Henry and Marshall Field III as ideal American politicians. She plans schooling at famed Olu to instill gentlemanly traits while preparing them for public life in Washington involve wealth used for national benefit.
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