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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
6
Classified scraps show money to loan from Mutton Credit Co and Birch Loan Co with guaranteed terms and salary-based lending. Jobs target males for plastering and carpentry at Pacific Trade College. furniture for sale and rental offers appear alongside loan ads. Lost items include a ladies gold watch with monogram and umbrella in Dearborn and 10th Streets.
Fragmentary classifieds indicate a moving and storage business listing with addresses at 111 Cherry and 326 Second Main and references to transfer and storage services. Several company names and contact lines appear broken within the OCR.
Advertises multiple six to nine acre plots and five acre tracts for sale with prices. Offers low down payments, monthly terms, and various amenities including fruit trees water access and improvements. Mentions locations in Seattle and Alaska area offices with contact details.
Local note reports eight famines in West Seattle with ships moored late and homes within the census district. details remain unclear as the deadline for relief is near.
The text outlines reasons related to property rents and tract ownership, mentioning free weed and fruit, and monthly costs. It also states prices around 709 dollars per tract with 81 percent cash and remaining as monthly payments of 18 dollars. The source is garbled and incomplete.
Want Ads charge for two consecutive days ten per line per day seven words per line. Three consecutive days one cent a word one month ce per line per day. Minimum charge for an ad twenty cents. Ballard Agency P H Mullen at 21 Ballard Avenue opposite City Hall Ballard 206. Main Office Seventh Avenue between Union and University Main 1060 Ind 441. The Star cannot guarantee accuracy or assume responsibility for errors in telephoned advertisements.
In St Petersburg on May 27 Prince Napoleon Murat a descendant of a Bonaparte marshal and grandson of Caroline Branser of Bordentown New Jersey fought two Plen duels and wounded both opponents one seriously while he was unharmed.
Manchester lies between Seattle and Bremerton Navy Yard offering affordable houses with sweeping views. Real estate ad promises easy access to city life and surrounding country, inviting buyers to view properties and contact Seattle main line for details.
No coherent summary available due to highly garbled text. Readable fragments mention a cash offer and payments, but essential details such as event, date, or source organization are unclear.
Auction note describes a bungalow on a full acre lot with chicken yards and a garden. It mentions proximity to a car route and a sweep of sound and mountain views, with emphasis on neat, attractive features and a stated price around one dollar per month in rough terms.
John H. White Co lists address 407 Oriental Street with phone numbers Melo 5169 and ind 2098 for contact.
Damaged OCR describes tote purchases for children tied to the University area. Mentions payment terms of 16 and 5 monthly, and a stall near a university cat line. References MLAUGHLIN REALTY and an address at 116% American Bank Wide Main.
For sale trade property details describe 106 acres of land near Rupert Idaho and waterfront areas near Everett Washington. Contact Mr Wm A Blakesley Snohomish Wash or Mrs K Doubleday Tukwitts interurban line for inquiries. Prices and terms quoted with land and property transfers noted.
An old classified style ad promotes a $1,000 cash price for a lakefront home on Lake Washington. It claims a concrete foundation, modern features, and strong views with a reduced 2004 price of $1,000, to be sold if contact is made. location given as Thompson 406 Oriental Inn Mein.
Puget Sound waterfront summer homes on the mainland between Beattie and Tacoma. Claims include proximity to interurban lines, bathing shores, and clam fishing. Mentions Colman dock and a Fay Company address with Mehibore Bide.
A chaotic ad like note touts Seattle harbor real estate. It claims premium ocean views at quick commutes with a 32 minute tide view and lists PL. FAY COMPANY INC as the contact in the Mechihern Building. It emphasizes that distant lots fetch higher prices and promotes rapid development advantages.
A public notice outlines a new fare schedule for quartering and services. It lists contact details and a phone line for inquiries at the Main office and references Oriental Meck for location.
The California Prohibition Party opens its campaign with a presidential candidate seeking the party’s statewide support. Local activists urge voters to consider the nominee as a reform option in the upcoming election.
The California Prohibition party state convention convened to name delegates for the national convention in Columbus Ohio. Fred W. Wheeler of Los Angeles appeared to control the meeting with no opposition to his selection as California’s presidential choice.
About 100 Eagles members depart tonight by special train to Spokane for a three day state aerie session starting tomorrow. They will be escorted from the Eagles hall to Union depot at o clock. The local aerie drill team will compete in the drill contest.
Diggers unearthed a human arm and leg at the Gunness private burying ground near the murder farm in La Porte Indiana. The coroner will send bones to Rush Medical College to determine cause of death as work resumes with renewed vigor and more bodies feared to be found.
Dresden reports King of Saxony has recovered Princess Pia Monica from her divorced mother Mme Toselli. Father and daughter are seen together in public, attending concerts, visiting parks, dining out, and shopping as a normal pair.
In Kansas City on May 27 the Presbyterian general assembly condemned California for how Chinese and Japanese were treated. The report blamed the San Francisco board of education for stoking race troubles and noted Taft and Bryan backing foreign missions.
A brief note indicates preparations are underway ahead of a June event next week. Details are limited but suggest organizational activity and planned actions leading into the rush period.
Washington May 27 report from conference committees of the senate and house says a positive agreement was reached on all features of the currency bill. The measure will be presented to both branches of Congress as soon as possible with provisions including a expiration by limitation on June noted.
Washington May 27 Secretary of Agriculture Jas Wilson plans to resign soon per close associates. He has held a cabinet post about ten years the longest serving among the president's officials family. If he steps down before Roosevelt's term ends Gifford Pinchot United States forester is seen as likely successor.
Olaf Kielland, amid fleet festivities, secured a marriage license at the county auditor’s office as crowds swelled. Over three days only 27 licenses were issued with six Saturday, 13 Monday, and eight yesterday. Kjelland hoped for more after the fleet departed.
Miss Clara Brett Martin announces candidacy for Ontario provincial legislature opposing Dr. R A Pyne of East Toronto. Backed by women groups after years of bar application struggles and support from the International Council of Women, her bid marks a historic first for Canadian women in politics.
J R Morrison principal nonsistant county engineer traveled to Vashon Island to locate gravel pits for road reconstruction. Estimated cost of the work is 3260 dollars.
County Treasurer Matt H Gormley announced taxes due by month end could be paid Monday June 1 due to Saturday holiday and Sunday last day. The office was crowded with residents eager to remit funds to support the government.
The Monticello makes four daily departures from Flyer dock at 6 30, 9 30, 1 30 and 4 p m providing passenger service for Navy Yard commuters and visitors.
Chicago reports United States Circuit Judge Peter B. Grosscup may retire from the federal bench to join a prominent law firm. He has not confirmed or denied the rumor, with business prospects cited as a reason, noting his stock in street railways and other corporations.
A. Benson accuses A. Sehold of deceiving him when buying Sehold's Case for 1700 dollars. Benson bought the restaurant business May 26 and says Sehold falsely claimed there were no personal property taxes or liens. Benson says Sehold left for Portland.
New York May 27 With a pick and shovel Maxine Elliott broke ground for a new theatre on 59th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue The venue to be named the Maxine Elliott Theatre drew a large crowd as she struck the earth with her heel and swung the pick to dislodge rocks
A woman hurled a document at President Fallieres during a luncheon walk in Guild Hall. The episode sparked suspicion of an assassination plot as Fallieres and the prince of Wales continued their promenade. The paper reportedly catalogued suffragette utterances while Fallieres remained calm.
About 300 to 400 mining men from seven districts including Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Alaska Yukon Territory and British Columbia attend the Northwest area Men’s convention in Egan's. A favoring resolution for a Northwest branch of the American Mining Congress is reported with Seattle as likely headquarters. The meeting also backs the A Y P fair and urges government investigation of monopolies in Alaska.
Carrie Nation was fined 25 and costs or 30 days in the work house after Magistrate Brady found her guilty of severely scolding and embarrassing men in public in Pittsburg on May 27.
Five persons aboard the Buffalo launch were rescued after three days adrift in the Channel near San Clemente. The engineer disappeared, a crew member drowned after falling overboard, and one body was recovered. The rescue vessel had earlier found a missing small boat and traced the crew ashore.
Ove Gude the new Norwegian minister arrives in Washington and is presented at the White House, succeeding the previous minister. The Seattle Star notes the arrival and official reception as part of diplomatic duties.
Minister Hauge died suddenly in the snow during a visit to his homeland. Minister Gade arrives with his wife a poised and attractive figure expected to charm the diplomatic world and become a leading social presence in international circles.
Maud Berggren seeks a separation and alleges the husband has failed in marital duties. The filing notes a Vancouver British Columbia marriage on January 19, 1903, and asserts the couple’s estrangement amid legal action.
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