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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
4
Classified notices promote the Star’s want ads with phone numbers and special rates. Ads emphasize line-by-line pricing, six insertions for the price of five, and in advance cash payments. The ad highlights a phonograph shop and showcases various sale items and prices.
Six 125 a modern bungalow offered at 2024 dollars with 500 down and 130 monthly payments. 20 acres cleared valley land 50 acres priced to sell with $200 cash and balanced terms. Also Kirkland property a four room plastered bungalow on half acre with city water at 1450 dollars and easy terms. 10-acre farm with stream and cleared land near Seattle priced 1200 dollars with easy terms. Listings include Carter MacDonald Miller Inc 208 Columbia St Elliott 5870 and Diels 648 New York Block with contact details.
Real estate notices describe varied properties from 10 acre and 16 acre farms in Dungeness valley to 160 acre alfalfa tracts near Rainier valley. Listings mention nearby towns Deer Park and Beattie, irrigation rights, creek water, and improvements like houses, chicken houses, and fencing. Also advertised Woodmont Beach lots on Des Moines highway with summer homes and water access.
Fruit and berry land available on hundreds of acres in good logged-off condition. Literature and worker offers available. Also listed are a 2 room house in West Seattle one block from Bevemont for 1100 dollars with 100 cash, and 20 acres for 760 dollars with small house and clearing. Properties listed by H C Peters, 716 Third Ave.
A garbled ledger-like entry lists multiple entities including Liberty Hands, Thrift Stamps, Mallard Oil, Forka Oil and Motor, Universal High Power Tel, Great Western Petroleum, Alaska Petroleum, Coal, Lone Star, Coastalt Tree Pet, Red Monarch, Alaska Copper, MAX WINKLER, and Elliott Avenue addresses. It resembles a commercial inventory or advertising fragment with scattered prices and items such as automatic train control, auto alarm components, and other petroleum-related products.
Misleading sensational ad about cures for rheumatism and kidney issues promises dramatic results and big money, with contact offers for personal attention and various beauty and dental services, sold through a cluttered, aggressive sales page.
Directory listing featuring Treveles and Renoir with Rudy Lundgren for Snell Riey and Stewart at Times aq Main 4997.
The widow Clara Stocker testifies she can spend her $10,000,000 fortune freely while facing a court bid by her son Albert Snyder to declare her incompetent. She described lavish gifts to her manager Walter McGinley and defended her social life as not indicating incompetence. Her expenditures include homes, yacht, car, furs, and diamonds totaling millions as she jokes she is the girl who can spend it.
Special to The Star by NEB Berne June 11 Switzerland votes on a war debt funded by a sliding scale tax to raise about 120 million dollars. The tax burdens refugees and war costs heavily, with rates rising over set thresholds. Geneva and Neuchatel vote against the measure by large margins as cantons debate its impact.
A committee headed by Judge Boyd J Tallman plans a fundraiser luncheon to aid the Mother Ryther home. The group aims to raise 150 000 for a new house and will meet at the Maso club rooms in the Arcade building Thursday at noon. Reservations via Elliott 4885.
A Chicago Labor party special committee announced invitations to labor groups worldwide for an international meeting in Chicago on September 6 and 7. The aim is to formulate plans to bring order to the present industrial and national situation. A London dispatch adds a quirky note about goldfish painting amid German supply shortages.
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