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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
6
Advertises various rental options in a city area including furnished rooms with water and heating, un furnished suites, and multiple unit buildings. Mentions rates, location near Broadway Pike, and contact details for inquiring parties.
Real estate ad listing multiple properties with terse terms. Includes Greenwood Avenue lots and three room houses with down payments and monthly terms. Mentions locations near Lake Green, W. Windsor Office, and 8 North Shot in a dated ad.
A real estate ad highlights seventy acres of unimproved waterfront land near Bert Barey with multiple outbuildings, fruit trees, and cultivated plots. It includes details on neighboring parcels, available terms, and contact information for Harvard Realty Company and associated brokers offering affordable payment plans and nearby utilities.
For sale beautiful tracts of land near Meadowdale on easy terms. Some improved and unimproved acreage from one to ten acres offered at fair prices. Visit Meadowdale at 3 Carry your lunch or get at Meadowdale. Wheeler Inc Colman Mullding.
A brief notice states acreage is offered either for sale or cash rent. It notes required information should be obtained at office locations. Details on exact parcels or dates are not provided in the readable text.
Joe Crevanse an 11 year old epileptic boy died after a fit toppled him onto a culm heap near a mine. He rolled into a waste fire and was fatally burned before help arrived. Coroner Carroll's office was notified and Dr Wiltate, deputy coroner, would attend tonight. He was the son of Mr and Mrs John Crevasse and lived in Black Diamond all his life.
The Kanagawa Maru departed for the Orient at daybreak and then for Manila. The Dolphin cleared with a full passenger load for southeastern Alaska including 20 round trips and will visit Sitka and other sights as Alaska Steamship begins excursion tours. The Watson left early for Saint Michael with freight, while the Humboldt arrives from Skagway and the Umatilla is due to sail for San Francisco tomorrow morning.
Senator at Nome on way to Seattle with the Victoria and Ohio following fast. Breamer Benater reached Nome yesterday as Merchants Exchange reports at noon. The Senator will sail south tomorrow and the Victoria also leaves Nome tomorrow. The Ohio left Nome yesterday. All three steamers quick passage prompts a change in second sailings.
In San Francisco at 1 38 p m the conference between the City Front Federation and the Ship Owners association adjourned sine die. Union leaders admit the situation is serious and that no immediate arbitration prospect exists for the waterfront strike.
After years of rapid activity by Fire Marshal Elonx the Seattle hotel owners have started rewiring to meet fire safety standards due to the condition of the building electrical wiring.
The fire and water committee of the city council will consider City Engineer Thomson's report and estimate for a second water main from Cedar River to the city at its Thursday night meeting.
Antonius Brander, builder of the Hotel Brander and major Seattle realty holder, fled yesterday as Mia Brander filed a divorce suit. Deputy Sheriff Klein pursued and fired a shot that struck the ground near Brander’s feet.
The city council last night referred to the fire and water committee an ordinance for the appropriation of $1,006 to cover the preparation of estimates for a proposed Cedar River water main. Vast acreage near Seattle with rich soil is noted in the misread lines. Real estate auctioneers and ads follow.
The steamer Waialeale begins the Beattle Nanaimoe route tomorrow night under Captain Duffy. The new service was announced exclusively in The Star two weeks ago.
City Meat Inspector John Hall reports recent tainted beef in Seattle and urges a stronger ordinance. He says one man cannot oversee three packing houses retail shops and fish markets, noting no ante mortem or post mortem inspectors at the main packing house where federal inspection exists.
A garbled report describes a strike by a chain gang with unclear details. Police expect the stoppage to end soon while the workers issue ultimatums and a tense standoff unfolds amid disrupted meals and routines.
Janet K. Corey filed for divorce from her husband in Reno Nevada alleging separation since May and asking for custody of their child. The complaint notes she seeks support and clarifies desires regarding living arrangements.
Mrs. R. W. Deane of this city emails Governor Mead via a complaint about police treatment and Mayor Moore's private secretary Frank Wilkins. Deane says she faced contempt in Seattle and seeks redress though the governor notes the letter was received and forwarded.
Fred K. Sander presents a Main St franchise with a good faith clause and no drop of the Second Ave line, but Chamber members withhold endorsement for not protecting Second Ave property holders. Franchises goes to council tonight. Captain Louie Watney on the fishing schooner Selma narrowly escaped a fall from the Great Northern trestle. he dropped 26 feet, struck a timber and was treated with a non serious head wound. An International Shingle Weavers union session Sunday will represent 80 locals as strikes may widen. A warrant filed against John Campbell and Mike Pinherty by William Hawkins for assault and battery is set for June 20. Patrick Washington, 59, dies. funeral tomorrow at St. Alphonse church, Calvary interment. Christian Endeavor excursion to Bainbridge Island departs at 6 o'clock.
The class day exercises for the class of 1906 at Washington University were held at 10:30 this morning in Denny. Addresses celebrated the virtues of their alma mater. An alumni dinner followed in the university building with a band concert on campus afterward.
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