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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
7
Ambiguous ad fragment outlines two purchase offers with terms like balance payments and down payments. Includes scattered phrases about a car on Fire near Phinney Avenue and a stop at North Sixth.
Four room cottage at corner lot with view. Advertises a down payment of 8858 and monthly balance. Mentions car financing and a title company L BVRTT CO with North 14 White phone listing 049.
Fragmented property ads describe modern cottages near Plomeer Square and Madison with terms like down payment and monthly payments. Other listings include a 40 foot lot near Madison, a terrace house close to transit, and multiple addresses with prices and terms. Contact numbers and ownership notes accompany several entries.
Tonight the Central Labor Council meets to decide on removing the A.Y.P. from the unfair exhibit. Carpenters and steel workers back reinstating the fair display while machinists and other trades oppose it citing past contractor mistreatment. Local unions have sent hundreds of letters nationwide urging workers to stay away.
The Star selects ten prizes for best answers to the Girl Question. Winners include Leonia W. Browne with six Moore theatre seats, James Wilson with four orchestra seats, Miss F Austin with three seats, E Banks Ansley with two seats, George Buyken, Robert P. Ball, Mr. Smith, George J. Stewart, Frank Fowler, and F. J. H. Victor each receiving one seat. Recipients are urged to claim prizes at The Star editorial rooms before tomorrow morning for the Moore theatre performance.
Mayor Miller refused to pledge city credit to back a $2,250,000 water bond issue. He cited George H. Tilden’s plan to sell bonds at par with 4 percent interest, backed by city credit, as unacceptable for this authorization. Seven serial bonds, bearing 5 percent and accrued interest from July 1, 1908, would be charged against water department earnings.
King county commissioners ordered a stop to a costly practice where city and country constables cooperated to defraud the county of fees by letting country officers serve papers beyond their bailiwicks. Abrahams and Carrigan discussed referrals to the prosecuting attorney for deductions and an investigation.
After a heated dispute over a Seattle Renton lake shore road county commissioners sent the matter to State Highway Commissioner Josh Snow. A three member committee will request $30,000 from the road fund to build the lake road. Snow agreed to travel to Seattle for a Thursday conference. Two routes are proposed the hill road and the lake road.
Clearings are reported at 1,692,909.00 with balances totaling 297,038.00 for Portland. The day shows 00 balances and the note references 826.09 in clearings.
Fragmentary local notice describes property and payment terms. It lists Green Lake, Kauffman tradition, cash options of 760 and 6806, monthly 61108, and a Marion ride T-room house priced around 7709 with a 3 year balance. It references GEO W THOMAS & O and a street address 38rd North.
County commissioners avoided a direct vote on Sheriff Hodge’s report about feeding city prisoners. They sent the matter to the prosecuting attorney for action to evade admitting error from Sheriff Smith’s regime. Hodge paid jail matrons $47. the rest went to the county.
California attorneys pursue legal loophole as the California Jockey Club announces it will not run racing after April 17. separate items report Oakland City Attorney John E. McElroy's death from pneumonia and a fatal shooting of Anna Mangano in New York by her father.
The King County board of commissioners adopts a rule to pause franchise requests from large corporations until a complete merit review is done. Rainier Power and Irrigation applies for an electric line franchise in the southern county area, with decisions postponed as road improvements are considered.
The park board moves to rush contracts finishing grading between Frink park and Madrona park and between Madrona and Denny Blaine park for a continuous drive from Mt Baker park to the exposition grounds. Leach park pavilion could serve as indoor gym in winter and a bathing pier in summer. Also considered buying 24 lots for a marine view park.
Cleveland police report a woman claiming to be Helen Falkner and a man named J H Boyle arrested on kidnapping charges in the Whitia case. Evidence includes chloroform candy, seized clothing, and id connections to Sharon Pennsylvania and East St Louis.
The catalog lists a Dresser Special at 14.00 in maple with a beveled 24x30 mirror and 21x42 base, an upright oval mirror version, an Oak Buffet Special at 28.75 with a long linen drawer and glass compartments, and a Princess Dresser at 27.00 with a serpentine front and bevelled 32x40 mirror.
FIANT Michigan March 24 Mrs H C Moon fears her son Harold aged 19 may be kidnapped or drowned after vanishing since February 27. Police pursue abduction theory as Billie Whitla returns home.
The court dismissed the case against Carstens Packing Co over diseased meat after evidence showed the two lumpy jawed cattle were not owned by the firm. Deputy state food inspectors had seized the cattle before. A separate rail schedule update from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific details minor travel time changes between this city and Spokane. Judge Mr. N. Barkin, former Utah chief justice and ex-mayor, visiting Seattle, comments on Mormons and polygamy in Utah politics.
Globe-Wernicke Elastic Bookcases and filing cabinets are adaptable to many surroundings. They feature end locking devices and roller-bearing dust-proof doors. Styles include golden oak, weathered oak, genuine mahogany, Mission in oak, and the Ideal Case in mahogany with beveled glass doors.
A description of card index systems as modern, up-to-date aids for filing letters, bills, mercantile reports, and business papers. It promises organized folders, edge-to-edge indexing, and reduced guesswork by converting notes into accessible statistics. Address: GERRE on Fourth Floor.
Readable catalog items list household goods offered at special prices including a 15 inch bailed garbage can a self closing wire mouse trap and a fourte en inch drip pan with lid lifter nickel handle and multiple Royal Granite ware pieces along with a Columbia step ladder basement salesroom remarks indicate strong built quality and varying discounts across items
Noon crowds gathered along the Madison Street wharves to watch Brindamour perform a handcuff escape in Elliott Bay. The crowd of about 10 000 saw the diver struggle briefly before surfacing, then raise cuffs and irons seven seconds after his drop. A witness expressed mixed disappointment. Also, Westminster church renews a pastor reception hosted by Dr J M Wilson at 902 Borenay with local ministers invited.
A widower sought to marry a young girl but was told to destroy his two daughters aged eight and four. The elder daughter overheard plans to burn them in a clay oven. she escaped to a neighbor and told the tale. The younger sister is missing and the fate of both girls remains unknown.
After two days of canvassing by Cham ber of Commerce solicitors, Seattle housewives show reluctance to pay the listing fee and rush to provide rooms for the exposition. W F Coleman of the Information bureau warns that delays could doom the plan as the city-wide canvass must be completed quickly.
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