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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
6
One General Electric shunt wound motor, four horsepower, 226 volt, 1878 RPM. Appears new though misdated. Also old lumber, windows, doors and pipe available. Carpenter and job work offered by J. Wyden Wreckers, LL at 8214 ASE F-10-4-P location noted.
Motor parts and sewing machines offered, including Singer New Home Wheeler and others. A carload of general purpose houses is advertised for sale at Backus Street and Maple Street Georgetown with contact Ruth Ruth at a telephone number.
Property listing offers acreage near Meadowdale with homes on installments. Prices listed include 8000 dollars for a three to four room home one block from car access, 660 dollars cash with rest paid monthly. Contact Winship Bros at Colman Building for details.
An aggressive sales letter touts $ million in street improvements for West Meattie, promising dramatic growth and higher property values. It promotes two acre tracts on a peninsula near central schools and ferry, offered at $900 and $1, E00 per acre with exclusive sale terms. The ad guarantees rapid profit within five to six years and invites readers to contact Main 442 for details.
The Warner Investment Co announces several city real estate options including a four room cottage with $1,606 price and $1,100 cash, vacant lots on Sider Ave and Dayton Ave near Forty Gret, and a modern cottage near Lincoln High School. Additional properties on East Seth Street and near Green Lake offer cash and monthly terms, all within about twenty minutes from Pioneer Square.
Telegrapher strikers press for congressional support as they demand action on their grievances. A formal briefing of operators’ duties will occur before Senator Bah and Representatives Plies and Humphrey to present the case.
Members of the Central La Council called a special meeting open to all union men for next Monday to discuss the question of supplying coal to union workers.
United Press reports a New York market swing as stocks opened lower then stalled, but recovered in the last hour. Union Pacific, Amalgamated Copper, St. Paul, and Brooklyn led gains of two points as prices closed at the top.
Property listing notes a 30 by 120 foot corner lot on Deacon Mill close to a school and car service. Terms offer one half cash payment.
The notice outlines a land sale offering parcels at 450 dollars per lot in the same locality under uniform terms. It specifies basic pricing and general sale conditions without listing individual lot numbers or purchasers.
Classified notices advertise low down payments and monthly terms for houses, cottages, and lots in Fremont, Ballard and nearby areas. Offers include 2 bedroom cottages, 4 room houses, and riverfront or lake view lots with prices from about 100 to 2100 dollars. owners seek buyers by owner financing and trade options.
A Seattle advertisement promotes a land offer with ground sales, cottage building options, and easy terms from 1 to 3 dollars per week. It highlights a large rush last Friday, customer response, and open evenings for convenience, urging readers to act now for homes or investments.
In New York on October 3 the government resumes the Miasolution suit against Standard Oil of New Jersey. C. C. Steinbrenner testifies on the books of Galena Signal Oil, as Kellogg seeks to prove the Galena and Waters-Pierce control 7 percent of the lubricating oil business and that railroads paid inflated prices. The government alleges rebates and price fixing with railroads.
A new protest by focal German oil dealers targets Standard Oil over the company’s German branch enforcing exclusive retail contracts. A paper warns retailers they risk being devoured by the American octopus while defending their field from encroachment.
Goldfield Nevada reports the entire block railroad system from Minden to Beatty halted with no passenger or freight trains moving. Mails are delivered by automobile. two days of embargo raise bread prices as the 20 000 residents rely on outside supplies with only a week’s stock on hand.
Sigmund Schwabacher of San Francisco, president of Schwabacher Hardware and board member of Schwabacher Bros. & Co., is in Seattle for a brief visit to attend to his business interests.
A property sale note describes near by blocks from Yester car and minutes from Second avenue with street improvements paid. It mentions a $1,906 mortgage over 3 years at a stated rate and requires buyers to provide cash with close-in ownership efforts by Main 86 and references Kingsbury and Fremont contacts.
A fragment notes a stretch of land between two reservoirs and near a new boulevard. It mentions Potters North University Addition adjoining parkland and praises the property as among the prettiest on the market, signaling rising value.
Ballard Bay area real estate notice lists several houses and lots for sale with cash and installment options. Properties include 4 and 5 room homes, corner lots, and acre parcels near Ballard, with agents Young & Bohrberg at 161 Jefferson Place Mallard Bay.
An online dated advertisement from Richmond Burnett Company lists a $5 monthly plan and $29 cash down for a property or service, promising steady terms and showings at noontime or evenings. It mentions contact points at Empire use Phones, Main 1247, Ind 2988, with additional references to American Bank Building and local alley details.
Several properties list down payments from $100 to $270 with monthly plans or easy balances. Lots range from 4¢-foot Bastot plots to half and full acre Beacon Fill tracts near Greenlake and University areas. Prices given include $4,200 saled lot and $2,600 quick sale, with two front homesites at $666 and $1,200 and nearby utilities noted. International Bond & Realty Co promotes terms and locations near Madison and Madrone.
The Colorado society last night elected George A. Custer president, Mrs I M Harrison vice president, Miss Doris Aggers secretary, Richard Mueller treasurer, and Judge George Rimmonds sergeant at arms.
William F. LaShells files a libel in a United States court against vessels Giacxo and Detective owned by W. C. Stetson seeking wages owed to him as engineer.
Bronx Investment Co offers six lots two blocks east of Wayans with 91 000 down and 960 monthly payments, plus three large-room cottage basements on lot 460102 priced at 1 160 near school and lake Fremont Ave. Contact North 1108 for details with a low down payment option.
Frank Davies a Cumberland school teacher arrested on a charge of criminal assault was today released from custody after depositing $1000 cash security for his appearance. Chas Garberson sues Trans-Continental Freight Co Chicago for 305 breach of contract over loss of goods in transit and 57 overcharge after arrival in Seattle.
Evangelist Hart at the Methodist tabernacle on Union Street plans a campaign against theatergoers and dancers tonight. A water service will remove water from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, October 4, from East Cherry Street to East Thomas Street on Thirty seventh Avenue, and along mains east to Lake Washington and west to Thirty second Avenue between East Howell and East Thomas.
A total of 683 complaints were filed with the board of health last month about bad sanitation in various parts of the city. John H. Langton, manager for the New Washington hotel, arrived in Seattle yesterday from Baltimore.
A San Francisco hearing reveals a system of rebates used by Southern Pacific and major shippers to label interstate shipments as state shipments to dodge anti-rebate laws. Witnesses admit refunds on state shipments. attorneys argue funds were effectively interstate traffic disguised as state business.
In Lida Nevada four men were shot by Harry Wiseman during a card game at the Mohawk saloon. Jim Hobbs Dave Wright and Shorty were struck with bullets. Hobbs Wright and Shorty are mortally wounded and unconscious. Beaman fired back and the incident remains a mystery.
President Roosevelt returns from a southern trip and weighs Taft support in states visited. If Taft is strong he may back Taft. if Taft support wanes he could announce his own candidacy. He privately questions repeating, yet may run if foes threaten. He gauges public mood during travels through Canton and the Mississippi Valley.
A flood of 1,000 bandits attacked Tai Lek market near Fatshan and Canton, in daylight. Ten robbers and six soldiers were killed. sixty robbers and ten soldiers injured as Chinese guards fought for an hour before the raiders were repelled.
City officials led by Mayor Moore favor an amendment to create a commissioner of public utilities. The ex officio member would join the board of public works and oversee street car lines gas companies and similar enterprises.
City of Seattle has paid 19 581 06 to date as a result of the 68 600 embezzlement by ex comptroller John Riplinger. Price Waterhouse Co will need at least one more month to finish exporting the city books while Lester Herrick Herrick have several months of work left. Bills for September work of the experts are in the city comptroller’s hands.
Shannon's theater and Gus Seville with Miss Dampiere sue for one week’s salary after rejecting a promised 75 dollar weekly wage. The theater owner claims the acts were poor and offered 15 dollars to depart after a brief performance.
Judge Albertson ordered the sale of the Lou Graham residence at Zistar and Madison streets to George Upper for 11600 set aside due to insufficient realized amount. Heirs plan to raise funds needed to cover administration expenses.
The will of Alfred A. Abraham son of Youngstown was filed and allowed this afternoon. His property was fixed at 300000 dollars. Judge Albertson appointed Anna Abrahamson as executor.
Mrs Estell Dalton Andrews sues John Dalton in superior court for 3464 dollars claiming it is owed for support and maintenance of John Dalton Jr and Ina Dalton since the couple's divorce on October 22 1903.
Trial of Jack Hines in Goldfields Nevada proceeds amid questions over admissibility of testimony by Mrs Hines. Prosecutors allege Podborsky assaulted her at the Butler hotel in Battle and Hines pursued him to Seattle then Nome, culminating in a Sunset shooting on March 21.
The finance committee of the city council today opened a session to cut annual city department estimates and consider a reduced levy. Officials indicated a large reduction is likely, with possible cuts bringing the levy down to about 16 mills in the final plan.
Attorney Wm A Greene of Moran company was arrested on a warrant issued by Constable Meek after an alleged threat. Greene had previously secured a divorce for Mrs Edelhagen from her husband and had been seeking her whereabouts. He reportedly threatened to kill the attorney.
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