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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
6
Star want ad lists Bagley’s Drug and Quaker Drug Store at 1013 First Ave and P H Mullen on Ballard Ave opposite City Hall seeking office space rentals or listings.
A collage of rental notices and real estate ads lists furnished flats on Olive street with 3 and 2 rooms, larger 4 and 3 room options, and a 4 room residence. Busy listings include a whole building on Eastern and Aven streets, and numerous rooms for rent. Also advertised are loan services for salaried individuals, city properties, timber lands, auction sales, and real estate firms in Seattle area with contact details.
Notices to property owners advertise cottages and 4 to 6 room houses for sale or rent around Seattle including Bargain price rooms on Washington street and near Green Lake. Listings mention owner contact, terms per month, car line access, city water and sidewalks. Includes several parcels and vacant lots near Madison street and Mallard with lake views and investment potential.
Promote Cascade Orchards offering 110 per acre with perpetual water rights in Wenatchee Valley. Ads tout 10 acres to riches, irrigation canal running, and soil ideal for apples and pears. Listings include 15 acre parcels near Des Moines, waterfront 40 acre tracts, and country homes with orchards, aiming at eastern buyers seeking valuable agricultural investments.
An editorial questions whether Seattle’s Chamber of Commerce serves private corporate interests. It cites silence on Second and Westlake franchise proposals and Moore Gilman streetcar plans, contrasts Fort Lawton water aid, and accuses the chamber of favoring the Seattle Electric Company over citizens.
Mariners report late departures for Nome from the Senator and Oregon while Cottage City from Skagway sails with about 40 passengers. Jefferson and Robert Dollar also near port with plans to sail south, Kilburn wreck reported at Coos Bay, and Great Northern Boston lines arranging return voyage passenger arrangements. The Truth Seekers society set for Sunday meeting at Alkihall with Spirit Messages lecture. For Sale Farm Lands continued with two Puget Sound valley offerings and detailing improvements and terms.
A miller A anderson and Harry Smith, a painter, were jailed after a gunshot near Post street station. Officers Mason, McDonald and Carr arrested them at Columbia entrance after a chase and found a revolver on Anderson. The two men were taken to the city jail in the patrol wagon.
The market notes ripe tomato stock and lower cantaloupe and pear prices with fruit shipments rising in carload lots. Blackberries and strawberries are plentiful after rain. watermelon prices vary by buyer demand. Listing includes beans, beets, carrots, cabbage, grapes, cucumbers, onions, and assorted fruits with mixed price ranges and regional suppliers.
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