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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1909
Page
6
A complaint alleges Harry Elliot assaulted Mrs. Otto Roseberg on March 5. The charge is brought by Otto Roseberg, husband of the alleged victim, in a local legal notice. The text also includes unrelated recipes and classified fragments about selling, buying old furniture, and a kitchen tip.
Los Angeles reports deny claims of a Baldwin sister in the will contest of B. J. Maliwin died in Arcadia. Secretary to the turfman H. A. Unroh scoffs at Mrs. Mary Baldwin Morin’s assertion she is related. Police in Monrovia and Arcadia chase Henry Murray after a running gun battle.
A cluttered classified page lists rooming houses and lodging offers with partial addresses and scattered prices. It advertises cash deals, exchanges, and business for sale including a millinery shop and real estate firms, with contact references and stray phone numbers.
A fragmented historical classifieds page lists various local services and businesses including detective agencies, hair goods, money lending ads, opticians, osteopathic physicians, patent attorneys, painters, and physicians. It references Arcade Ridgarel line items and multiple storefronts, with scattered addresses like 316.1 and 111 Cherry. The snippet reflects a mid century urban advert landscape with diverse trades.
Extensive farm listing offers 82 acres cleared with underdrained, easily cleared balance. Features include running water, a country house, seven large barns, dairy and poultry facilities, tools and equipment, and proximity to station and school. Terms require $4 006 down with balance on easy terms. owner retiring due to ill health.
Detroit financier Archibald G. Ellair claims Theodore Roosevelt is now a plain citizen and not entitled to special treatment aboard a Hamburg American liner. Ellair refused to cede his stateroom matching Roosevelt's, saying the former president deserves no extra accommodations.
Classified notice offers three b-acre plots near the city for first class chicken ranches. Land is promptly cleared and close to stores and a church. Prices range from $266 to $600 with flexible terms. Contact WHt and WHHEELER at 409 Coleman Nick.
In Olympia the morning session of the house ended after a liquor fight over Senator Potts' bill allowing first class city hotels to sell liquor on Sundays. The bill failed 47 to 17 with Absent, needing 48. Renick flipped to permit reconsideration, leaving supporters to seek one more vote tomorrow. The house and senate also settled differences in the criminal code.
Fragmentary railway timetable notes advise callers to verify departures by phone at King Street Station. The readable text includes birth announcements listing wives and newborns with dates in March and locations such as Rainier Boulevard and Queen Anne Avenue.
Rates for classified advertisements listed for “Situations Wanted” feature both male and female ads at half a cent per word. The notice outlines pricing and placement options for readers seeking or offering employment opportunities.
A West 60th and North West meat market owner advertises for sale in The Star after a friend's tip. He paid 22 cents and ran the ad twice, hoping to move stock of sausage and pork chops as another local seller joins the market.
A 1909 advertisement touts rapid waterfront home growth in Navy Yard City near Themerton Navy. It claims large profits from sales, offers cheap terms like $2 down, and mentions free transportation from a bank office near the navy entrance and a boat to the water front.
A garbled OCR passage mentions values and advantage with a reference to NeanEoo and Tacoma. The text is incomplete and unclear, lacking coherent names, dates, or explicit events to summarize as a full news item.
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