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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1907
Page
6
Notice outlines telephone classified ad rates of ten cents per line for seven words per line with a three time charge, one cent a word, and a minimum ad charge of twenty cents. It lists downtown agencies, contact addresses, and phone numbers Ballard avenue and Main Office locations, disclaiming accuracy.
Classifieds list loans, property for sale, rental offers, goods for sale, and service ads. Entries mention dairy cattle, dyeing works, banks, and a waterfront home with acreage near Seattle, plus interurban transportation notes and generic loan requests.
An advertisement touts a real estate offer with 10 percent down and balance due in five years. It claims no living down payment, nearby rail access, and a short 18 minute commute to the business district with two car lines nearby. Only a few remain.
An ad promotes a nearby line to North Reservoir Park with a large lot and deep garage space at a price of 276 dollars. The message hints at a doorstep service and terms though the text is unclear.
Subdivided land tracts of 2 to 16 acres north of Beattie offered at 66 dollars and up per tract. Soil quality is very good suitable for vegetables berries crafts and more. Cash at sale. Colman Block.
Listings describe a modern five room house with electric and gas, near a boulevards, and choice acre tracts priced at $60 to $16 per month. Adjacent land offers easy access to electric car lines and sidewalks, with abstracts provided by CHAS EF ADAMA at 203 COLMAN BLOG. Nearby area one mile from Hound is noted as solid land in first class settlement with strong value.
Real estate notices describe several houses with brief details: a four room dwelling about a block from a car line, priced around 01,200, plus a two to four room cottage close to transit. Listings name contact as D Bh Thompson at 405 Oriental Meek, Main or Ind. 665.
A four room bungalow with finished interior and exterior, cement foundation, convenient to the car, all for cash or balance on monthly payments. Location given as near Pioneer.
Auction style housing listings describe a four room cottage with fine view and water nearby, near Wootland Park and Phinney Ave, offering $306 down and monthly payments, with other homes and land plots advertised, including cheap terms and nearby schools. Potential buyers urged to act quickly as some deals end soon.
A real estate ad from the Burnett Company promotes building lots in Youngstown at five dollars a month with prices from two hundred sixty to two hundred sixty nine dollars. Terms include a twenty six dollar down payment and eight dollar monthly balance. The notice promises quick ownership and mentions car service and evening meetings arranged with an uncle Richmond. It lists contact numbers 259 2653 and 1237 Main Street.
Menkitt Realty Co lists homes and building lots in Ballard and Seattle areas. Offers include various room counts, cash balances, monthly payments, and prices from 1,200 to 2,700 with terms and locations near Fourth Ave Chestnut St Preston Mt and Ballard, plus "new" homes and lots with modern features.
Notice asks for an exchange of a 16 HP vertical submerged tube boiler for the smallest fire box model. Ad seeks details from The Senate Star issues 1907 1309 and 1911 with a free ride in bottom beats and a Harbor trip. No children allowed. Contact Hiliman.
The expected party of native Hawaiian women known as the flower of the Sandwich Isles will arrive Friday, chaperoned, on their way to Belee. A notice of their advent was received at the Chamber of Commerce this morning.
Reported today that A. A. Bunen remains conscious after a skull fracture was ruled out. he suffers a broken wrist several broken ribs and a deep head cut. D. Kent has a fractured skull and remains in critical condition with medical staff hopeful for his survival. Other injured are out of danger.
The Zu Kunst editor Maximilian Harden was found guilty on charges brought by Count Moltke. Moltke sobbed in court as crowds jeered outside, shouting down the wife beater and moral leper. Harden was praised for the charge's provocation and the defense filed an appeal.
Pent up wedding notices list several names including Colman to wife of A. Coleman at 4407 Corly with a date of October 26, Marson to wife of M. Mar son Maple Leaf with October 26, and Wicks to wife of Fred Wicks at 212 Twenty first ay dated October 27. The fragmentary text references multiple couples and dates in a local notices column.
In a Tacoma court today seven attorneys argued the case of Antone Bugge charged with fraud 5200 from Morton Cohen. The sole witness outside Bugge was Cohen who aided in Bugge’s arrest over a vaudeville theater lease at Tacoma deemed worthless.
Investigations reveal M. Tucker a Black man age Unknown who was seen discarding clothing at a pawnshop and admits involvement in a string of house robberies over several months. He names homes of Langer Stetson Stetson McClanahan and other residents where he allegedly took clothes during evening meals.
The White House has told Senator Bourne of Oregon that the presidents third term propaganda is not endorsed. Bourne, a frequent visitor, had consistently urged nomination despite the presidents lack of consent. The president urged Bourne to end his lobbying and preserve friendship.
A volunteer fire department was organized in South Park last night. The company will be paid by the city, $1 an hour for the first hour and 50 cents per hour afterwards, for actual time spent at fires. Roster includes F. M. Sharp chief, R. J. Spencer captain, August Ozer second captain, Tom Culver first lieutenant, R. F. Burdick second lieutenant, J. W. Lees, A. Worrall, F. M. Bird, J. G. Warden hosemen, E. T. Phillips secretary.
The Humboldt departed for southeastern Alaska this afternoon aboard the steamship Hertha of the Alaska Coast Co arriving in port this morning from the Aleutian area. Real estate notice lists for sale by owner property at $850 and £200 cash with monthly potential gain and contact by phone.
Bertha reports a rough voyage as 186 passengers disembark and 4000 salmon cases from the Yakuat cannery are unloaded. Buckman returns from San Francisco with 50 passengers and 2000 tons of freight. Hrabloch arrives from Crofton to load wheat for Liverpool. Aki Maru sails for the Orient.
The royal jewelry and art objects of the late queen of Belgium will be sold at public auction to pay the debts of Princess Louise. The divorced princess, bequeathed the items by Queen Marie Henrietta, owes nearly 1 million dollars, and King Leopold declined to aid.
The committee on reception and entertainment of the Chamber of Commerce recommends annual Founders Day celebration on November 13th carried out by the Pioneers' Association, with observance designed and organized by that group.
A French Canadian laborer Alex Lamore shot F C Morrison the conductor on an outbound Renton interurban car after being denied a seat. Morrison 24 was wounded in the neck and taken to Providence hospital for X ray tests. Lamore, jailed by Patrolman W R Putnam, used a .38 caliber bulldog revolver.
Eleven Berlin Dye Works employees in Los Angeles suffered acute ptomaine poisoning after consuming canned corned beef late Monday. Many fainted or remained unconscious for hours. Seven doctors treated workers through the night. three or four may die. Ida Hariey, William Starr, J B Cottle and Elizabeth Weideman were in critical condition with death feared.
Denver dispatch reports George Harper and Mary Armstrong arrested for the eight year old murder of Esra Tenney and his son. Tenney's remains were found last week in the Salt Lake area and identified by the daughter using a dental peculiarity.
Thirteen men were freed from the penitentiary yesterday afternoon on parole. Names include George Bailey of Seattle and F A Thompson of Walla Walla for forgery, Charles Corbett of Everett for forgery, John Massam of Walla Walla for larceny, F B Gifford of Whitman county for forgery, J H Beauchamp of King county for larceny, George H Noyes of Okanogan for embezzlement, Myrtle Felter of Lewis county for grand larceny, J W Conrad of Okanogan for assault, and James Boggam.
A report notes horse theft linked to Manuel Douett of Pierce County and an assault tied to J. H. Thompson of Columbia County, with Perjar R. L. Gooding of Spokane also named.
An unidentified man crossed Fr ay and University when Andrew Holman, a local commissioner candidate, was struck by a car near Valdes. Holman reportedly used a ring stick to shield himself as the vehicle clipped him, sending him about 20 feet but causing no serious injuries. The car's impact twisted the man’s legs and avoided a worse outcome, though the full details remain unclear.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bets in the Sprague ownership dispute involving the Sprague in Tacoma. The decision confirms Bets’ title and settles a contested claim over the property in question.
Royal couple narrowly avoid injury when their train derails near Cherbourg as they head to a battleship. A bystander named John Kane of Seattle was killed by a falling tree after the accident.
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