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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1905
Page
6
Block of listings describes West Wheeler and Puget Sound region properties for sale. Includes Robert Maltby as contact for several farms with pages of acreages, water, outbuildings, and terms. Also features ideal country home and real estate near interurban transit lines with prices and down payments.
Investor notices advertise foot and full lots on Third Avenue near Marion and near Fourth and Verler with prices around 20 dollars. Beattie Boulevard lots and a corner near N PR are described with minor details. A small Green Lake home is offered by Britt Reaely Co at 1319 Second Ave in New York Block.
In a signed circular James J. Hill announces a new issue of 260000 shares at par for Great Northern stockholders. Twenty percent of the shares will be purchasable by existing stockholders. Funds will be used to improve the road and cover litigation expenses with the Northern Pacific.
Gale Men announces Fetate D Willians offers cheaper, easier terms for homes on the lake front near Lake Washington. Twenty salesmen work until lots are sold. Call D Hilliman's Times block offices for a purchase, with a motto of honesty and equate dealing.
Dr. Theodore Zinke a Marburg University chemist recounts he was subjected to rude scrutiny and a $2 head tax aboard a Vancouver Seattle steamer on his U S entry trip. Local immigration officials say he exaggerates facts and note the usual head tax applies to all foreigners.
Secretary of the Treasury Show urged expanding the U S merchant marine at a meeting of the American Bankers Association in Washington D C He said the United States must ship finished products in its own bottoms and push new world markets The Panama Canal’s completion would boost access to Pacific markets if the merchant fleet grows President Swinney attributed bank failures to risky loans and frenzied finance Vanderlip voiced support for reforms and restraint
Thom as K. Wilkins Jr, son of Elijah Bowsher, is arrested in Lima Ohio amid accusations tied to the Christmas 1898 robbery of the American National Bank. Gua Kaib and N L. Michael were named in the crime with $18 000 allegedly stolen. Wilkins says he has spent $22 000 trying to prove his innocence as prosecutors cite evidence from his divorced wife.
Paris reports that General Andre, once minister of war, intends to become a candidate in forthcoming elections. The move signals a possible bid for political leadership amid wartime governance considerations.
A steamer arrived October 10 bringing 3 000 crates of grapes. The report lists vegetables and fruits with prices for beans cabbage tomatoes peppers onions melons peaches oranges and other produce alongside dairy products and butter and cheese prices from Washington and Western markets.
Market data lists commodities and stock quotes including sugar copper and oil, with prices and ranges for Amalgamated Copper, U S Steel, Reading and more. Chicago Wheat, Park figures and futures prices are shown with daily highs lows and closes from Hopkins & Co brokers.
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