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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1908

Page

6

Classifieds and Rail Ad Fragments Stir City Pages

Public notices show a railway timetable caution and job ads for sailors lumbering and domestic work. Classifieds advertise rentals rooms for two and furnished homes, plus furniture and coal sales and a large Seattle grocery auction with stock and fixtures offered by MUTHER Auvetioneer.

Eagle Ager Towco Ly Haturday Madison Harp National Cash Register Auvetioneer Pike Street Ape

Clairvoyants Offer Palm Readings in Local Agency Tent

An advertisement touts Mme Estelle Vollmer and her Egyptian palm readers at a corner tent offering divination from cradle to grave. It claims past present and future insights, vows accurate life details, and invites clients to consult for marriage, business, and success.

Mme Estelle Vollmer Riath Madame I'ytieneria Rainier Bogiewood Eradie

Various small ads of land, loans, and services in SeattleTacoma area

Classified notices list real estate for sale and loan offers, with various six to eight acre tracts, waterfront parcels, and farm land near Auburn. Financial services include loans and savings bank notices, plus professional ads for osteopathy, opticians, physicians, attorneys, and transfer services. The dense page mixes property, livestock, and local business promotions.

Real estate ad miscellany with scattered listings

Fragmented classified notice listing land and property trades in Yakima Valley Seattle area with multiple brokers and terms including cash options and payments. Mentions rural tracts near Green Lake and interurban routes, plus random notes about development firms and transportation events.

Real estate and property listings with numerous terms

A fragmented ad page offers properties for sale and land with terms. Listings include houses on Second Avenue and Phinney Avenue areas, waterfront acreage, a Bremerton dock fruit store, and Greenwood Park additions. Terms include cash, monthly payments, and commissions, with references to brokers and a real estate company.

Greenwood Park Lars P. Fay ING Fea Mehrhorn Second Avenue

Will Do I Will Do I Ask Port The Want Ad

A fragmented notice asks about placing a port related want ad. Details are unclear but the item references an inquiry or request concerning advertisement placement.

Acreage Sale Notice At Eight Dollars Per Acre

An agricultural land sale item notes 600 acres offered at eight dollars per acre. Details are obscured by damaged text but indicate a public sale context and a named party or location referenced as a seller or organizer. The readable fragment highlights the pricing and acreage involved.

Bread leads to starved millions in rich England crisis

London reports 2.5 million unemployed and 3.5 million dependents facing hunger as the city endures extreme poverty. Salvation Army and Church Army operate soup kitchens and labor tents while private groups try to feed and shelter desperate workers, women, and children amid a nationwide crisis.

Salvation Army Church Army Thames Embankment Dole The Carlile

Pastor Stirring Controversy Over Women’s Roles

Rev. F.C. Whitney of the First Baptist Church in North Yakima voices a demand that women remove their hate while attending services. The move provokes objections from the women of the congregation who cite personal reasons.

North Yakima Wash F.C. Whitney The First Baptist Church

Have You a Big Family and $100 Cash

A brief notice promotes a program offering $100 cash and $16.60 monthly support for large families. The item hints at eligibility and application steps in a concise public notice style.

Fire Breaks Out in Nevereveat Mine Trapping 300

A long smoldering underground fire in the Nevereveat mine of the Amalgamated company erupts in the last two days. About 300 miners are driven from work to escape suffocation as three horses die from gas on the 1,600 foot level. Officials say the bulk heading helps contain the blaze and the mine may reopen soon. The fire has burned for years across the St Lawrence, Amaconda, and Nevereweat mines.

Butte Nevereveat Amalgamated Company New Fife St. Lawrence Anaconda Nevereweat

Boehne Faces New Task After Evansville Win

Evansville mayor John W. Boehne, who promised to clean up Evansville with God’s help, achieved a 90 margin of success and then ran for Congress defeating Cannon supporter John H. Foster. Boehne says he has prayed over the congressional challenge.

United Press Evansville Ind John W. Boehne Boehne Congress John H. Foster Cannon

Attempt to wreck Rockefeller's train in Adirondacks

A freight wreck on the New York and Ottawa line at Derrick near Tupper Lake was caused by a deliberate derailment aimed at a passenger train carrying William Rockefeller's private car. The switch was tampered with, the lock broken, and a railroad worker did not open it, suggesting a planned attack. Local woodsmen hostile to Rockefeller and the isolation of the Adirondacks fuel speculation of intentional malice.

United Press Utica N. Y New York & Ottawa Derrick Tupper Lake Junction Adirondacks William Rockefeller Woodsien

Disguised Lincoln Student Flashes Gun in Street Stunt

A girl student from Lincoln school dressed in male clothes flourished a rusty revolver in a Second Avenue drug store as jeered by several young men. Private Patrolman Dick Holden took her to the police station, then to Matron Margaret DeHan's home, and she was later returned to her family by Human Officers John Vaupell and A M Kent. She said she acted from discouragement over poor studies and did not want to burden relatives.

Lincoln School Second Av Pike St Dick Holden Margaret de Han John Vaupell A. M. Kent Alex McDonald

Drunken Rowdy Kills Man After Insults on Idaho Street

Walter Driscoll of Fallon Washington was stabbed in Troy Idaho after allegedly following Til den Shoemaker and several young women from an entertainment. Witnesses said Driscoll intoxicated and foully spoken, then stabbed when he lunged to throw off his coat. The inquest noted intoxication and motive. Dr. Cyrus Northrop of Minnesota hosted a university alumni banquet at Lincoln hotel. He urged more men as teachers. James A Packenpaugh of Sheridan faces grand larceny charges for taking 279 dollars beyond a valid draft at Dexter Horton & Co bank. He was jailed after the accusation.

United Press Spokane Walter Driscoll Fallon Wash Troy Idaho Driscolll Tilden Shoemaker Driscoll Shoemaker Anen Northrop Cyrus Northrop University of Minnesota Minnesota Lincoln Hotel James A. Packenpaugh Sheridan Packenpaugh Dexter Horton & Co. Bank

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