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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1905
Page
6
A mixed set of rental and sale notices from Seattle-Tacoma area listings. Includes For Rent rooms and homes near state university, exchange offers, attorney ads, bank notices, and numerous real estate bargains with prices, locations, and terms. Includes Alaska Building ads and government land offers.
Fresh cantaloupe arrives from California and strawberries provide surprise lows. Native raspberries are excellent, cherries move fast, California peas are scarce at 7 cents. Cherries range from 1 to 1.20 dollars. Bean prices vary by type with dry beans listing up to 3.76 per bag and assorted vegetables priced per sack or pound.
A long itemized listing of prices for fruits vegetables dairy meats cereals and staples. It covers onions potatoes apples berries citrus poultry fish and nuts with dozens of specific prices per case, crate, sack or pound and notes regional sources like Yakima Walla Walla Hood River Minnesota and California.
The page blends price quotations from Wheat and Pork futures on the Chicago Board of Trade with New York stock quotes and a playful frog cartoon. It notes grain and grass seed prices from Downing, Hopkins & Co and features a humorous India bullfrog illustration with measurements.
A poster from the Hilo Asiatic quarters claims the Chinese government will retaliate against the American exclusion policy. It states Pekin will order boycotts on American goods, impose a death penalty for violations, and fumigate Americans entering China at five dollars per person.
In Fort Hunt Virginia on June 14 Admiral Dicken's squadron was destroyed by fort guns and withdrew after night. In Baltimore the cruisers Newark and Atlanta with the Sylvia and Maryland naval militia were repulsed by fort defenses early this morning.
King Oscar's letter to the Norwegian storthing president M Berner clarifying his position was read and the body referred to a special committee. The storthing adjourned awaiting the committee's report with no demonstrations observed. It is believed dissolution of the union will be confirmed after reaffirming it cannot be dissolved without Sweden's consent. In Buenos Aires rivers Havana Uruguay and Salado overflowed inundating Santa Fe Rosario and other cities with heavy losses and forty thousand cattle drowned.
A Nebraska delegation touring Washington state, including Seattle and Port Blakeley, extols the vast Northwest timber resources far surpassing Nebraska. They tour Moran Bros. yards, view a forthcoming battleship, and praise Washington hospitality as they compare regional wealth and scenery.
A race track powered electric car traveled from the race venue into the city on Tuesday afternoon without its conductor. The missing driver was not found until the vehicle arrived in Seattle.
Water Superintendent Young warns that irrigation is restricted to six to nine daily, with many residents violating hours and overwatering, triggering water scarcity and complaints. Permits may be issued by the water department to allow sprinkling at other times.
Chicago June 14 Hines secretary of the men's association and T J Mahon business agent of the Teamsters union testified before the grand jury on labor graft charges Neither would discuss details in the jury room Shea said he expected results from the inquiry W P Read an employer of coal teamsters said he would replace his teamsters with non union men in 48 hours unless deliveries were made regardless of a boycott
Monterey Cal June reports say Drum Major George Perry of the Fifteenth United States band killed himself by shooting through the heart at the Presidio. Cause unknown.
Notices from Jefferson City report the weddings of Miss Mary Gantt daughter of Justice Gantt and Lieut Edwin A Hickman with a reference to state supreme officials. In Plainfield New Jersey Florence Waring daughter of Orville T Waring and Capt Cha Humphries were married at Grace Church in the afternoon. A separate item advertises a special round trip rate to the Lewis and Clark exposition and teachee travel deals from Seattle to Chicago with limited June dates.
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