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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1905
Page
6
Numerous listings for farms, acre tracts, and houses near Seattle. Alaska Building firms advertise property, tents, and rental spaces. agents Malby and Orr promote valley and suburban lots with terms and interurban proximity. offers include 20 acre dairy ranches, 10 cent crop plots, and mortgage options with quick viewing times.
Classified real estate notices offer several small homes for cash or installments. Listings describe a one room cottage with pantry hallway bay windows and garden priced at 1000 cash or 1000 cash with 15 monthly payments. Other notices promise level lots with views near Riverton and easy access to the car line, plus free offerings from real estate agents and surveyors noting tram streetcar expansion.
The ad from M. B. Crane & Co Inc real estate and insurance outlines lots for sale near Queen Anne hill bounded by iet and Warren avenues and Galer Garfield streets. It notes 2 acres cleared with a barn a corn house and chicken coops plus trees by a creek and a questionably valued 1 acre plots nearby. Several houses are described including a Capitol Hill two story home with a finished weathered oak and full basement. Listings promise bargains from 810 and up with multiple lots and homes in various town sections.
A Frisco line train from St Louis derailed or crashed through a bridge near Parig Texas. Reports say many riders were injured though conditions and precise casualty figures are not yet confirmed.
J White arraigned Saturday on petty larceny with a prior burglary charge to be tried later under the cumulative sentence law. EB Bishop convicted of rape sentenced to eight years in state prison. Pat O'Brien convicted of larceny from the person received three years. Arthur Hendentach sentenced to six months in county jail for obtaining money under false pretenses. Frank Murray convicted of grand larceny sentenced to two years in state prison.
A May 26 strike by several hundred workers shut down multiple large marble yards in New York City. The action seeks shorter hours and higher wages.
Mrs Emelyn Hawley named hostess for the Portland fair and Friday night announced her assistants Mesdames W F Freudenberg W Lake P W Stuart A E Miller J C Dickson A A Schram and F E Pell to aid in her duties At Friday night city council meeting a scow building contract worth 160 was awarded to Francis Praser A water main petition for the north end was filed and Salmon Bay Lumber Co received permission to construct a barn on Salmon street.
Commodore R E Tod owner of the schooner Thistle sails in the Kainer's Cup from Sandy Hook to the Lizard May 17 with eleven ocean racers. Tod, the only Corinthian skipper, competes against professional crews, his chances keenly watched.
Council members plan a Monday evening site visit to Lake View Cemetery to decide against extending the cemetery into unplatted areas and to remove neglected graves in the unkempt section, following a Streets and Sanitation Committee discussion.
In Sacramento on May 20 L. Ghristianson, released from Stockton insane asylum, killed his 80 year old mother and then wounded himself fatally. Both bodies found at the scene.
The markets listing a vast array of produce and commodities reports prices for beans, onions, potatoes, fruit, dairy, meats, cereals, oils, and eggs across regions including California Oregon Washington and Minnesota. It also notes Chicago and New York market quotations for wheat corn oats park stocks and other staple items.
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