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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1909
Page
7
Answers pour in as subscribers are reminded that subscription expiry dates appear on address labels. If renewals are not received, names may be dropped. Rate is 62.00 per year or 1.40 per month. Readers are asked to notify the paper if copies miss delivery and to phone promptly for corrections.
Classified columns list jobs and services including female and male helps. Entries show addresses, phone numbers, and duties such as operating telephones, housekeeping, and general labor. The page notes rates and guarantees accuracy for notices and provides contact details for listings.
Fragments describe a sale of a bake shop with equipment, rent, and a Portland location. Mentions include a New York oven, complete baking outfit, low rent, and a quick sale price near 59 dollars in one note. Additional lines reference cigars confectionery stands and grocery outlets with various rents and locations in Oregon and nearby cities.
An advertisement touts five acre tracts near town with potential income of 2600 dollars yearly after five years. It claims proximity to railroads, markets in Beatty Tecoma Portland, and cites cherry culture government bulletin. Offers include land near Hoods Canal and other farms with payments and consignment sales.
The Portola celebration in San Francisco featured battleship officers touring the city by auto, a 6000 voice children's chorus at Union Square, and a Merchants' Exchange reception. Queen Virgilia and Don Gaspar de Portola are to be honored at a grand ball tonight at the Fairmont hotel.
Supporters raise funds and plan protests over the possible deportation of Will de Lara. Immigrant official Ridgway notes residence and evidence can block deportation if three years in the United States are shown or anarchistic charges are refuted. Local unions and attorneys cite international parallels and pledge to oppose harsh measures.
From Lisbon dispatches the Rift tribesmen have placed artillery within two miles of Melilla center and threaten an assault on Spanish troops. The position of the garrison is described as extremely serious with heavy losses already reported.
An advertisement claims acre tracts along Henry's Riding on the Beattie Everett Interurban will double in value within two years. It promises easy terms and urges buyers to invest now, predicting steady price increases despite no specific dates or guarantees.
Property listing offering 100 acres partly cleaved and cultivated with pasture land, orchard, barn, well, modern improvements, and farm implements. Includes livestock such as cows and pigs, hay, potatoes, and equipment. price around 500 dollars with easy terms, or trade for all or part. Also offers 100 acres near a wharf with new房e and fruit trees and more land features. price about 1 008 dollars, trade possible.
Notice to dairymen describes a tract of land allowing 1 to head of cows and poultry per acre with year round water. Access to abundant feed and water, close to a large city, cleared and level. Terms favorable. Fresno Irrigated Farm Co, 322 Glove Midg.
Wanted buyer for Lake Washington water front and acreage. Prices have advanced and buyers should act before it is too late. Includes a grand view, a large land parcel, a low dock adjoining the land, and boat service. Come and see us.
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