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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
6
A dense listing of rental offers includes housekeeping rooms and furnished suites near Madison and Western avenues with reasonable terms. Multiple notices advertise furnished rooms, near Dearborn and 2nd streets, with various rates. Other items mention sale posts, livestock, wagons, harness, and books, reflecting a busy classifieds page with diverse short notices.
The excerpt advertises multiple real estate offers including ten acre tracts near rail lines, bottom land and timber, with terms of payment and low prices. It mentions free government land and acre tracts with small payments, along with numerous parcels for sale in Fremont Beattie and nearby areas. The notices urge inspections at office locations and reference local buildings and streets.
Fragmentary business directory noting attorneys at law in New York and Tennessee firms plus a savings bank and insurance mentions. Reads like a misc classified list with partial addresses and placeholders, obscured names, and unclear contact details.
Ralph Connor later denounces Winnipeg society at St Stephen's Presbyterian church linking social wealth to sexual vice. He blames married women for inviting immorality and urges separating the clean from the unclean and a return to virtue within homes.
A Beattie property listing describes a desirable lot with a cash balance of 15 dollars and dated terms for a home sale. The proposal mentions electrical fixtures and reels as part of the sale package, noting a price and incentive for buyers seeking a quick closing.
Stanislaw Lporski, 35, a Polish lumber loader, was fatally injured at the Stimson mill when a 24 foot timber pierced his body after he stood near the edger machine. He died about four hours later. The timber was sawed in two to remove him and he is survived by a wife and children in Poland. The body will be buried Saturday. Ballard photographers document city scenes for a Portland fair catalog with $640 appropriated and more to be raised by the Business Men's association.
Incoming steamers brought no news as 11 yachts started day four in the Kaleer’s Cud race. The Nantucket lightship reported no yachts sighted in the fog, with a northeast wind at 13 knots off Nantucket.
New York correspondent Levy calls claims of May Patterson false saying she confessed to having the pistol when the weapon fired at Caener Young. He insists the defense story is a barefaced lie and denies assisting Patterson.
Salvation Army figure Commander Miss Booth will speak at the Beattie Auditorium Monday night. She travels with La Cal Mies from Chicago Staff Captain, Griffith from New York, Mrs. French from Sap Prange Co, and Maj. Pryan, currently in Portland.
In Portland Oregon authorities report a controversial bear incident connected to a claim by James Ra of Roxy Ann precinct about killing a bear nicknamed Teddy. President Roosevelt’s planned Oregon visit for a bear hunt is noted while local leadership is praised amid the confusion of the event.
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