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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
6
Classified fragment shows varied wants and rentals including a female help wanted ad, rooms for rent, a store job listing, partner for business, a printer and job work location, and a hardware and sash door dealer pitch. Mentions Mist Ave, Third Ave, Cedar St, Madison, Lake Boulevard, and other street references with assorted prices and conditions.
Gentle work horses offered for sale with single or pair options. Cart and Signor available. Also millinery stock and fixtures for sale including Worthees items. Contact Queen Anne 147 for details and pricing.
The fragment describes property parcels in Yakima with references to Riverside, Spokane Avenue, and a corner lot near River Park. It mentions a cottage style dwelling, a 0 feet contour, and a price around 74 dollars for a corner lot.
fragmented OCR notes describe Nelson Macpherson Co and CAPITOL INVESTMENT CO with references to land, prices, sidewalks, belting, and a Coeur d Alene Reservation opening. mentions MT Marionite, Beattie Tinie, and regional details. appears to outline property, pricing, and future development in a historical context.
Fragmented OCR lists names and scattered items including Adolph Mahrens and Lew Wainaten with references to prices and debts. It mentions a sale or auction context, property and unsettled accounts, and a request to consider low prices.
The Ohio is reportedly two days out of port en route to Seattle though cables on the northern peninsula remain faulty. Captain Weaver of the President expects the Ohio to start south on Thursday. Prison terms of one year each were given to W J Reed and Louis Brown at McNeil's Island. Deputy Marshall Thomas K White from Council City arrived aboard the President with five insane persons. Proposals to improve Southeast Alaska navigation aids were urged at a Masters and Pilots association meeting for submission to authorities.
The Hill liner Minnesota departs today for the Orient carrying about 12 000 tons of freight and numerous passengers. It also delivers the final shipments of last year’s cotton crop. A verdict in a civil case against John A. Plummer, a brakeman, upheld damages of 5000 for the loss of his left side in a March 1906 accident. Meanwhile Y M C A boys organize a camping venture on Orcas Island named Kids Kountry Klub slated to depart July, for a month of hunting fishing and swimming under the club’s secretary B Kirk acting as ruler supreme.
Mr and Mrs J B Warren welcomed a bright baby girl Sunday at Beattle General hospital. Mother and baby are reported well. Chief Wappenstein, formerly on several local papers, left for a two week vacation with his two children. Inspector Willard will oversee the department during the chief's absence. Free lights for new Green Lake area buildings are urged by the House of the Good Shepherd.
Levi Strauss and James K Garfield two cabinet members will join President Roosevelt officials July 12 in Seattle. A public rally in the Christian Endeavor tent will discuss Good Citizenship as Vice President Fairbanks attends events. The convention site at Lincoln hotel will host speakers and meals for thousands.
Beattie Tacoma Power requests city approval to construct a reinforced subway under Western Avenue starting from Union Street station. The six by eight foot arched tunnel will extend several blocks with branches, carrying seam heating pipes, high and low pressure conduits, and 434 high voltage wires to reach the power house.
The head camp of the Woodmen of the World issues the program for sessions in Seattle from July 24 to August 1. Seattle camps contribute 600 dollars for contest prizes. Events include a delegate reception, hall dedication, prize drill, drill team parade and prize drive, officer elections, a steamer excursion to Tacoma with banquet, a Grand Theater party, and lake excursion with a Fortana Park dance and city tour.
Report on Beattle coffee houses abolishing ten cent meals and moving to a fifteen cent minimum. Details describe updated prices for beef, pork, mutton, chicken and other items, with reference to coffee and meals like corned beef hash and liver and onions.
Chairman Sawyer and Treasurer Russell named a committee to review Shorrock & Co reports and draft a city council presentation. Experts found a $2 465 apparent shortage in funds tied to secretary Charlies McAilleter's guarantee deposits for street uses. duplicates and torn receipts obscured proper records.
The Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers wraps up its fifth annual Tacoma convention with a banquet at the Tacoma hotel and talks on topics of interest. Seattle members plan an Interurban departure. toastmaster BK Fowler praises the event. papers discuss brick use in business streets and asphalt in residences. An excursion to South Tacoma shops and a planned Tacoma Eastern rail trip to Electric power plant are on the agenda.
Arcanum day celebrated in New York and Brooklyn marking the 30th anniversary of the Royal Arcanum. Supreme and grand council officers attended the event, highlighting the order’s milestone.
The Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of Seattle offers policyholders up to 40 percent savings on Board of Insurance Trust rates. It targets dwellings, brick properties, and protected manufacturing sites, with options to join the National Association of Factory Mutuals for larger risks. The Mill Owners' Sprinkler Company sells first class sprinkler systems approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, contact Main 1458 or Independent 827.
A casual note mentions a car trip to Earling Ton on Sunday in the Renton area. It states there are no Keep-Off-the-Grass signs and no agents or solicitors expected to bother travelers.
Joe Engle known as Big Joe Engle dies in Skagway from heart trouble. A famed Klondike era sporting man, he wandered through Yukon mining camps and later led the Skagway Board of Trade. His generous nature and sizeable frame were widely noted by Alaskans and Seattle visitors.
The article explains Mrs. Fiske leading a permanent stock company in America with the New York idea at Third Avenue, aiming for a lasting troupe like Europe's subsidized theaters. It notes past American attempts and contrasts with Paris’s Comedie Francaise and England’s model, highlighting Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Fiske’s role in reviving a durable organization and retaining core actors.
The 1 650 000 dollars for Seattle sewer bonds carried to Chicago by City Comptroller Carroll was credited in local banks yesterday afternoon. The First National bank of Chicago and Dexter Horton bank handled the transfer with Harris Trust & Savings bank drawing the full amount, which was honored. Funds will finance the north sewer project draining the northern city area.
The formal opening of Bros enlarged establishment last night featured Wagner Bros band and decoration. The store occupies a floor area exceeding square feet and stands among Chicago’s west side shops devoted to men’s furnishings.
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