Rates for Gasified Advertisements
Rates for gasified advertisements are listed with a note that accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The piece mentions situations wanted ads and pricing: 28 cents for 18 words plus 3 cents for each additional space.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
6
Rates for gasified advertisements are listed with a note that accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The piece mentions situations wanted ads and pricing: 28 cents for 18 words plus 3 cents for each additional space.
Help wanted notices described with pricing rules: one cent per word with minimum charge. Advertisers pay for actual word count. multiple insertions priced at the same per-word rate when cash is paid. All caps counted as two lines or fractions thereof.
Ballard Agency contact details list two locations with addresses and phone numbers. Main Office is on Seventh Avenue between Union and University with a separate Ballard Avenue office near City Hall.
Newspaper notice cautions readers not to rely on printed train timetables and provides telephone numbers for station information. It also lists names and ages of individuals, some with marital status, and notes multiple funeral arrangements and notices from local directors and listings, including lost and found items and classified ads.
A 40 acre ranch listing offers 32 improved acres with cleared sections. Includes fine colt stock, mares and a yearling colt, cow hay, 100 hens, and all farming tools. Price listed at 2800 dollars. Contact W. Heabe in Hochester, Washington.
Classified notice advertises a vacant Ballard lot near a streetcar line with water access and level cleared land. It lists a $100 price and cash option with a claim of fast ten minute access, plus mentions a Scandinavian American Bank and realty firm Young & SaqPanY. The fragmentary copy includes stock-like financial data and unclear dates from 1908.
The page lists real estate offerings near Beattie pattern model worke and Waterfront areas with prices from 260 to 6600, plus ads for patent attorneys Adams Moore and others. Also notes opportunities for fruit farms and rental properties with monthly terms and contact details.
A solicitation promotes a cultivated tract offered on trust for three years. Prospective buyers are urged to invest, with price listed as 8276 per acre and terms: one fourth cash, balance over four years. The ad emphasizes stability and steady income from trees and land.
A damaged OCR fragment advertises $200 wine level lots in ries near Woodland and mentions improvements. It hints at a death case and urges calling the best for fast service. The garbled text lacks clear names or dates but implies a legal or real estate sale process.
An advert lists a fifty dollar cash lot for new items with plaster work and refinishing. It mentions a 16 minute break from Pioneer 51.980 and urges cash payment with delivery or contact for details.
Real estate snippet offers a cash sale at $400 for a house with a new stereo system. Unclear ownership and occupancy status. Contact DP BR THOMPSON at 908 Wey Main or nearby address for details.
United States District Attorney Todd leads a federal case against Parkhurst, a bank employee charged with embezzlement. Parkhurst faces Commissioner Bowman as his wife learns of the investigation. bail and legal steps unfold amid courtroom delays and family distress.
The notice advertises multiple real estate and farm items including two houses and two lots on Westlake Avenue with Lake Union view and payment terms, plus a $9 500 tide lot offer, cheap wholesale and factory elites, and farm assets such as two cows, laying hens, potatoes and horses. The text mentions sale contacts at Pacific City and the Tacoma Interurban with streetcar service noted.
A man identified as Fifer fatally shot his wife Mrs Fifer, and three women along with a child before turning the gun on himself. Police and hospital staff described the scene at a Seattle hospital and nearby homes as investigators labeled the act premeditated.
Paul Bayne and Nicholas Kauten of Ballard are improving after their injuries from yesterday's blaze at the Seattle Cedar Lampher Manufacturing plant. Kauten remains the more severely burned and will be confined to Providence Hospital for a month.
Market round up reports strong American stocks in London film and copper sectors. Del and Lackawanna western switchmen appeal to President Truesdale. DOJ rehearing filing planned within ten days. ICC stands firm on forcing export rate publication. Gompers denies promising labor votes to any party. New York sent 3.55 million dollars in gold to Canada for crop movement. John M Knapp seat sold. German lines plan Pacific service against Japan. Gould announces 5 million Wheeling and Lake Erie notes payment tomorrow. Twelve industrials and twenty railroads rise. Wall Street broker insures 100 thousand dollars on Taft in London.
Lemons rise in price though fancy lemons are quoted at 22 cents per dozen this morning. Spring duck is set at 20 cents per pound for tomorrow with market notes continuing.
A fragmented list shows spring produce and meats with many odd pricing marks. Items include rhubarb 4 pounds, cream cheese 13 cents per piece, tomatoes 10 cents, peaches 20 cents, pancakes pies 7 pounds 25 cents, lamb chop 25 cents per pound, kippered salmon Wenatchee, several bunches of celery and cabbage, lemons apples oranges grapes and dairy items, plus eggs potatoes and mutton chopa and various steaks.
The notice lists prices paid to producers across categories including poultry 4d per lb for dressed chickens and 2c per lb live weight, eggs locally at 36 1/2c, meat items such as steers around 4¢ per lb, and assorted fruits and vegetables with figures like 45-80 cents for loganberries and cauliflower at $1.50 per sack. It reflects a Western av market snapshot with multiple species and unit prices.
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