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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1903
Page
6
Star Want Ad Agencies lists numerous drugstores and pharmacies in Seattle and nearby areas with addresses and proprietors. Also notes a birth announcement to Mr and Mrs F R Hopkins of Green Lake announcing a daughter.
List of deaths including Charles H Kraft 72 at Wayside Mis elonpital from chronic nephritis Mary J Kraft 68 at Provident hospital bronchial interstitial nephritis Ponita Goldman 22 Interbay inflam rheumation Mrs Brome 38 Dravus st uriemia Thomas S Barrett 24 Fremont accidental suffocation Mary H H Vickers 43 Seattle General hospital decidual malignum hydatice Mary Stump 46 Nome Alaska spinaitis Frances Anderson Leon City N W T typhoid ver
Various small ads and notices list help wanted, furniture buying, and real estate listings. Mentions of elderly aid, draft interests, and real estate opportunities appear alongside partial notices about homes and rental rooms in a dense, old-style classified layout.
Historical classified style ad listing multiple land parcels for sale near Seattle area. Mentions 16 acres improved bottom land near Duwam Valley, 12 acres clear with orchard, and several farms ranging from small to large. Includes contact names Maynard and Stewart & Co and notes on location on Renton car line and near Bitter Lake.
A jumble of old style want ads seeks loans on various collateral with monthly payments and terms. It lists lenders, offices, and references to financial services, real estate, and hotel and lodging notices.
The Star announces three insertions for Help Wanted and Situation Wanted ads at no charge until December 1 1903 Ads must be sent to the office or telephoned in as charges apply for ads left at agencies Phone Sunset Main Jose Ind 1138
The barkentine Plickin ger under Capt. Kounts, three days out from Tacoma to San Pedro, returned to Port Townsend with four feet of water in the hold. Water entered at about one inch per hour as lumber cargo shifted. She turned back toward town after departing the strait.
The steamer Al-Ki under Capt. William Thompson cleared for Ladysmith last night to load 600 tons of coal and then return to complete cargo for Southeastern Alaska. The Excelsior under Capt. Moore is due to sail tonight for Kodiak and Copper River ports. Repairs on the Faral son are complete and she will sail tonight on her usual canal run.
Police tighten watch on wagon drivers who abandon horses unhitched to save time. Officer Clarke reports repeated violations and arrests as carelessness risks property damage and rider injury. Justice George orders strict penalties to deter the practice, with many more arrests anticipated.
The steamer Jeanie led by Capt. PF HW Mason reached Valdes harbor Saturday after rough seas. Passengers include James Casey and Dr. A Von Gunther who plans to buy brewery log machinery at Wal too hard to deliver. The Seattle post office reports no more registered mail to New Hebrides and nearby islands due to delivery issues. Kate Davenport is expected daily from the north with 20,000 cases of salmon for Pacific Packing. The Jeanie will be taken over today by Pacific Navigation Co as other ships remain in port.
Funeral services for Capt. Charlee Kraft were held yesterday from Butterworth and Son's chapel. Interment occurred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The report lists local firms Toklas and Co and Cor.ind & Gencca as vendors for attire and formal wear. The text is fragmentary but confirms a military burial and funeral notice.
Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices list California grapes at 1.25 per basket with some as high as 100, peppers at 1.00 per box, and Delaware fruit scarce. Beef veal mutton pork and other provisions shown with varied per pound or per hundredweight figures. onions potatoes apples and other produce priced per box or per cwt.
A hunt is underway for two horse thieves. The pursuit began yesterday at Georgetown and stretched over Grant street bridge to Beacons Hill where the pair fled into the brush at nightfall. Deputy Sheriff Keyes, Detectives Byrnes Adame and Barbee, Special Officer Clark, and two deputies lead the chase from Walla Walla through Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle.
C O Young, a Juneau engineer known in the area, died aboard the Dolphin at Petersburg while being transported toward a hospital. His wife, Mrs. Young, brought the body to Juneau where it rests at Young's Undertaking Parlors. The cause was a heart ailment or a burst blood vessel, undetermined by doctors. He worked for the Pacific Packing and Navigation Company at Petersburg.
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