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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1907
Page
6
Brief entries list names A B Ernst and Joan G Terry as secretary figures in community notices. Details are fragmented but indicate administrative roles and scheduled time expressions.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a cottage and scattered terms like ears and peas. No clear people places organizations or dates are readable. The readable bits do not form a coherent event or notice.
A local notice announces a sale near Colman by Winship Bros with bids listed for items priced at 629 and monthly payments of 4. The shortened language notes purchase options and the involved parties in a compact buyers guide style.
Rental ad offers a modern five room cottage with $150 down balance. Owner at 419 Bailey Ride promotes up to date amenities including electricity. Located within a block of the best car service, promising affordable lease terms.
Two men identified as Ward Miller and Howard Davie from Chicago held up the Clinton state bank just before 5 pm yesterday. They forced staff into the vault room, grabbed 2200 in gold and silver, and fled to the Hotel Henson before officers arrived. They escaped onto a roof with 700 in gold and 1600 in silver left behind. posses pursued but trails vanished.
Seattle Star Exclusive by C. H. Tavener reports that San Pedro and Los Angeles sit as prime war targets with rich inland towns like Redlands Pasadena and Long Beach. U S Army Engineer Capt Amos W Fries warns there is little to stop a hostile fleet, urging San Pedro as a critical naval base due to a near finished breakwater and harbor expansion.
A black satin mouseeline gown features a close fitting one piece with a wide circular skirt. A blue messaline girdle sits high at the back and forms long sash ends to the hem. White lace shoulder accents outline a vest and collar of blue dotted net.
Mrs. Worth wife of Captain Frank Worth of the steamship Nunivak died of heart disease early yesterday. Captain Worth has been north since fall and arrived in Seattle Saturday. Funeral services will be held at Fremont Undertaking Parlors tomorrow at 1 pm with interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
Edward Serdell arrived in Eureka from Chewach Washington after traveling over 900 miles on horseback through rough terrain in Washington and Oregon.
The First Presbyterian church will hold services in its new building near Seventh and Spring once ready, even if the $60,000 debt is not fully raised. A relief fund drive led by U K Loose has solicited member subscriptions, with broader public response slow due to a national economic downturn. The $60,000 debt remains unsettled, but church officials expect completion and a planned service date in December.
Readers hail The Seattle Star exposure of a milk dealers conspiracy, praising investigations into alleged exorbitant profits and supply shortages. Letters from local residents recount price hikes, poor milk quality, and difficulties for newcomers during October and November 1967.
George H. Davie proprietor of the Davis hotel in Dungeness and uncle of Charles Tennant Seattle detective chief suffered a double fracture of the left leg when he stepped on the side of his foot while seeing friends off on a boat. He was placed aboard and brought to Seattle, arriving early this morning after a painful journey.
William Fitzgerald a shoreman living at the hotel was seriously hurt when a coal hoist broke while he worked aboard steamships at the Great Northern docks. He was caught in the hold suffering a broken leg and a serious scalp wound.
James Edwards and a white woman identified as Clare Edwards, likely Rose Cohn, left Chicago with detectives to answer to New York accusations of robbing a millionaire of diamonds and $25,000. A man named Robert H. Brown of Atlanta said his companion’s colored accomplice rifled his baggage at the time.
Community notice invites readers to visit for affordable Choice level lots priced at 25 dollars with payments terms and an illustrated booklet about the property. Open evenings at 980 California Building Tecoma.
Real estate ad promotes a sit room house with storefront potential in Alaska. Mentions new car tine and monthly payments of $890 under Charles Somers Company listing.
Mrs Barbara Anderson aged 60, a recluse living in a cabin boat on the Illinois river near Provia, was found dead with 12 dogs feeding on her body. Observers say she may have died four or five days earlier in a lonely spot.
Steve Adams has been admitted to bail of 20000 dollars in Rathdrum Idaho. Darrow said the bond would be supplied immediately and that efforts would be made to keep Adams from being returned to Colorado to face the murder charge.
Captain John Bermingham to probe the drowning of Flossie Burkman and sisters Reta and Ada Shotte after they were swept from the deck of the steamer President on a Seattle voyage. Details are sparse as the inquiry is announced by the United States marine inspector for the Pacific coast.
An ad urges readers with $500 to invest in a new “t room” home near Drive 61,800, offering monthly payments around 26. It promotes two new cottages on 18th street and vacant lots for sale, with contact at Mr Mille, Weet Hesith realty office on California Ave near Park.
Kron Prinzessen Cecilloonte sails to New York with 2 000 000 dollars in eagles from Bank of France. Report says French bank holds 10 000 000 in US gold and will ship if needed. In Constantinople famine threatens large areas of Minor due to crop failure and food distress, with sultan halting barley exports.
A list of individuals with names ages and dates such as Devine 36 on Nov 16 and Ulrich 66 on Oct 23 appears. Entries include addresses like 1006 Columbia Ave and 1418 Ninth Ave and hospitals or locations like Providence hospital. The fragmentary notice reads as a public obituary column listing multiple deceased persons and basic details.
Birth notices record Abney-To wife of B Abney at 812 Thirtiethay on November 21 a son and Butler-To wife of J M Butler of South Park on November 14 a son. An electric line costing 2 500 000 will be built connecting Westminster and Chilliwack British Columbia.
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