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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1904
Page
6
A garbled excerpt mentions a man with a house to rent and multiple individuals reading a classified notice. The text suggests a seaside interest scene and a Madison Street reference, but details are unreadable.
A dense list of Want Ads including retailers, drug stores, physicians, carpenters and housing notices. Entries name countless local businesses such as Tremont Drug Co and University of St Pharmacy, plus assorted job bids and real estate offerings with locations along Ballard Ave, Ewing Street, Pike Street, and nearby avenues. The page features employment leads, rental notices, and property for sale across Seattle neighborhoods.
Real estate notices offer numerous homestead plots and houses near Seattle Tacoma Kennewick and Pasco. Properties include acreages with timber, creeks, orchards, and modern cottages. terms range from down payments to monthly installments. Call for details and available lots on main roads and car lines.
An auction by Mekerton & Co. offers a sale of residence items on Ninth Ave South near Jackson Street including beds chairs tables carpets stoves and more. The listing also notes a separate auction on First Avenue at 10:29 sharp featuring folding beds tables chairs rockers and carpets along with other furnishings.
President Roosevelt appoints Robert J. Wynne as postmaster general replacing the late Henry C. Payne. Wynne has served as acting postmaster general and as first assistant postmaster general, noted for his newspaper background and reform efforts in the Treasury and Post Office departments.
Lew Dockstader announces a return to authentic minstrel shows, rejecting modern burnt cork vaudeville and pledging to resurrect plantation songs and clean humor. The veteran performer explains his 1884 germ idea and recalls his rise from Hartford to national prominence with Primrose & West before becoming Primrose & Dockstader. He notes the public’s tiredness of mixed minstrel vaudeville and mentions Sam Sanford, a 75-year-old veteran still seeking engagements.
Samuel Scott of Missoula Montana died at 74, noted as the oldest gold seeker in the state, after arriving in 1854. A wreck on the Northern Pacific’s Rocky Mountain division near Garrison left freight cars stacked high and Bow man a fireman killed. John Pope a North Yakima real estate man committed suicide at his home. Black Butte Quartz Mine and Partners in Seattle planned larger operations near Grants Pass Oregon, as the west’s largest quicksilver mines expand.
Wholesale price list covering fresh meats, produce, dairy, poultry, fish, and cereals. Includes cow beef 6 6c per lb, veal, mutton, bacon, potatoes, apples, berries, dates, cantaloupes, peaches, and hay. Also lists grain prices, flour blends, sugar, and meal per ton or barrel.
Readable fragments show varied prices for farina hominy buckwheat pearl barley split peas and popcorn in weight and package formats. Entries include 60 and 4.00 price points with multiple bag and sack sizes and inconsistent OCR artifacts.
Fire swept the German village exhibit at the World’s Fair early today in St Louis causing destruction of the main building. Ten occupants escaped, two were carried out unconscious.
Judge Parker came to New York from Esopus at 10 this morning and spent the forenoon reviewing the state campaign. He planned to meet New Jersey leaders this afternoon to discuss strategy.
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