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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
6
Rates for classified advertisements in The Star outline charges and rules for situational ads. The text notes accuracy limits for telephone ads and details minimum charges per word line, line counting, and a seven-for-six insertion deal when paid in cash.
Classified notice lists P H Mullen of Ballard Agency at S409 Ballard Avenue near City Hall with main office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University and contact numbers Ballard 306 and Main 1050 Market details indicate daily schedule restrictions after 3 PM.
Station officials warn travelers not to rely on printed newspaper timetables for train departures and arrivals. For accurate times contact Ki Street Station Information Bureau Sunect Main 2740.
A damaged clipping lists several birth notices with partial names and dates. Entries include multiple wives and daughters associated to various individuals, but many details are incomplete or garbled. The legible elements mention September and August dates and familial relations without full context.
The fragment lists individuals including Tant John Dee Taft and Fetenyia C. Felch with ages and dates in September. Mentions Washington and Unie city context, suggesting a public notices brief with names and scheduling details.
Funeral services for Anna Week will be held Wednesday at the Butterworth chapel. The remains will be interred at View Cemetery. Butterworth Funeral Directors, 16 E North 825, Green 466. Mend-the-Torn Co. by Kelly & Spaulding.
A jumble of ads lists home sales rental notices business opportunities and mining prospects. Items mention small houses tenements nine room homes and furnished rentals with prices and terms plus notices for bakers lumbers mills and a relinquishment of 432 acres in Benton county indicating urgent sale and contact details.
Fine room cottage on a lot near Green Lake Station offers water and electric wiring, concrete foundation, priced at 1060 dollars with monthly payments. Green Lake Station office of PippUCcK & Co lists North 921 Main for inquiries.
A brief note describes a new modern room house with concrete adaptation and a basement bath in the city, highlighting ownership and a notable sacrifice associated with the project.
In Portland Oregon detectives pursue a high value robbery involving a package of notes and papers worth over 56000 owned by Joseph Meyers, Salem and Wells Fargo figures connected, following an earlier attempt by Meyers sons to stop the marriage to Zenacde du Rette. The heist occurred at the union depot around Aug 21 after a brief Portland stay.
Mary Thompson of Seattle and Alfred C. Gilbert of Portland plan a quiet wedding within two weeks. Gilbert, Yale athlete and pole vault world record holder at the London Olympics, has delayed travel home for the ceremony and will soon wed in Seattle. The couple will then tour the eastern states before Gilbert resumes medical studies. his father, Bert Gilbert, runs piano dealers in Portland.
Charles W. Anderson once pardoned by President Roosevelt for a felony is missing after a poker game in Kansas City. His wife says he left town after today’s court call, and authorities note his past reform followed by a fatal boating accident where Holmes rescued a drowning youth who later died.
A garbled report notes thefts involving Norman Conger or the Weather Bureau reaching Washington. It mentions telegraph companies not receiving precedence and a rectification, with an instant improvement observed.
A wide list of market prices and specials is detailed for pickerel at 15 to 20 cents a pound, large pies at 25 cents, cherries at 9 pounds for $1, and peaches, apples, and melons with assorted per unit or per box rates. Fresh vegetables including radishes, lettuce, lemons, and squash are listed with bulk prices, alongside meats such as mutton chops and various steaks.
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