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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
6
Want Ads charge two consecutive days per line per day seven words per line. Three consecutive days one cent per word. One month ten per line per day. Minimum ad 20 cents. Acknowledgement of space usage at full rates on all account advertising. Ballard Agency contact details and disclaimer included.
Consumers learn of Cedar Nook Poultry Farm at 322 EB 17th St offering coat and poultry goods with home delivery to the city at reasonable prices. The ad lists Wainwright McLeod Inc and phone numbers 1219 and 417 as contact points. A separate notice mentions a large banking network with interest on time deposits and over 1200 branch offices in the United States and Canada.
Advertised real estate listings offer 4 to 146 acre parcels with near beach access, water frontage, timber, and improved features. Properties include a quick-sale 6000 price for a 146 acre tract with house, barn, and orchard, plus quarter-acre tracts at 400 each with water, sidewalks, and fruit trees. Various offices invite cash and monthly terms.
Readable bidders seek ten acre tracts under the Tieton ditch at 100 dollars per acre with terms of 608 cash and balance at 7 percent. Prospective buyers urged to act quickly. contact Mandy & Huckelry at 4069 1702 American Bank Bide.
Vague ad notes cheap land in Mesttie, offering five and ten acre tracts with terms. Mentions beekeeping and garden products as income ideas. Promises accessible purchase with small balance due, urging men with dollars to buy and see “the big Cotman.”
The article describes Magdalena Bay as the western coast port of Lower California, leased by Mexico to the United States for naval use. It details its isolation from land routes, approach from La Paz, and the bay’s unique geometry with two bayous feeding to the ocean. It notes key landmarks Hughes Point Mt San Lazaro Santa Maria Bay Cape Corso and Man of War Cove with a customs house lighthouse and shallow waters hindering large naval moves.
In Chicago on March 17 police forcibly removed Emma Goldman from Workingmen's Hall after she attempted to address about 300 listeners. Police, including 25 plainclothes and 45 in uniform, rushed the hall and escorted Goldman out as the crowd dispersed amid threats against Chief Shippy's force.
Gov Huebtel pardons Guy Sexton a trusted inmate serving a short term for email theft after he attempted to escape last Saturday from a prison in Denver. The pardon cites his bravery during the incident involving Father Leo Helurieha.
Obituaries report Madaline Reusser age 33 and Watchers age 67 died March 16 in this city. George’s child and Henry C Thoman 29 buried in Wilmerding after rites in Atlantic City. Gust Laquretos 45 died March 16 with body at Bonney Watson parlors. Fred Wishard 38 died in city. James C Smith funeral held at Cartons.
Madaline Reusser will be honored in a funeral service at 2 PM Wednesday at the Butterworth chapels, with burial in Lake View Cemetery after. Anna G Steward's service is set for 1 PM Wednesday at the Hutterworth chapel, followed by burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Remains shipped to Anacortes for burial.
United Press reports from Portland Oregon that Phyilia Dare and the son of Lord Hoseberry have not eloped. Letters from Miles Dare say only a marriage proposal from the Duke of Birmingham’s son was received ten days ago with no mention of Roseberry's heir.
Mackmurn the topline violinist opened at Pantages theatre yesterday afternoon and drew praise from the audience while Murphy and Willard staged a funny sketch The Phrenologist Marion and Pearl performed comedy acrobatics Polk and Rollins banjo act and Arthur Houston and Co jugglers also appeared A live monkey and lifelike snakes enhanced the program Elwell's songs gained approval
Advert explains Theo Wilts & Co at 1008 Ist City Meal Estate inviting Missourians to find top sporting and athletic goods at bottom prices on the coast.
For 7760 dollars a new, modern three room home with electric fixtures and lake mounta view is offered by WwW. M Lucas Bldg. Co at 419 Bailey Ave. Bayonet street corner location features fruit trees and sturdy concrete work. Potential buyers encouraged to inspect.
Auction notice for two building lots on Rainier Meighte car line two blocks from streetcar with price 640 dollars. Also lot 40m110 on 3rd Avenue Madrona Heights with street improvements in order two blocks from two streetcars priced 1160 dollars with 600 cash required. Includes 406 Oriental Main or Ind address reference.
Washington March 17 Mrs Frederic Schoff of Philadelphia was reelected president of the National Mothers congress indicating continuity in leadership.
Real estate ad notes 4 room cottages with utilities and garden on city lots. Several lots and acres near car lines offered with cash and installment options. Properties include 4 room cottages, 5 to 6 room houses, fenced lots, and a 16 acre tract near city limits. Call Young & Droherg 2004 Jefferson Place Ballard Ballard 815.
Numerous short notices advertise acre and half tracts near the county road to Country Club two blocks from the Interurban with prices from 500 to 1000 and easy terms. Also listed are a 1 acre plot for 1000 cash 256 down and garden soil quality, a cheap chicken ranch with house and land, a two lots with sound view near Prince and Columbia, and various cottages and rental offerings with terms and contact hints.
Water from melting snow in the North Palouse has overflowed the Palouse river reaching Colfax. Homes along Morton street are evacuated as floodwaters rise. Russiatown faces extensive inundation and the Lewis mill bridge is washed out. Inland Electric tracks near the fairgrounds are submerged. Clearwater and Snake rivers rise with a flood crest expected today at Lewiston.
In Cleveland on 65th Street John Wagner and his wife face a mailed death threat from a Polish writer who pledges to kill Mrs Wagner within 14 days. Police and secret service hunted the author while the note claims a doomed love and two deaths.
Oscar Lindquist of Tacoma writes that after losing sight in one eye at age four he sought doctors in St Paul and later Dr Alfred F Anderson Drugless Sanitarium Co. and, during the first week of treatment, the cause of his defect was found and his eyesight began to improve reading large print.
Unclear OCR fragment mentions oats leaving for the U and Gary at a pier. Details about origin, destination, date, or shipping line are unreadable.
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