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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1907
Page
6
SITUATIONS WANTED AD an ere Three Times for Cen Seven words or fractions of Words to the line cash in ad vance When charged to account actual number of lines as set will be counted Int me BI for an ad 85 cents Bal. vant Ad. Agony P E willen 391 Wallard Av Opp ty Hall.
Investment notice describes 4 room and 2 room cottages for sale with monthly rents and cash asks. Listings include location near Madison Avenue and Tad Ave with water view, fruit trees, berries, and proximity to a car line. Properties priced around 300 to 750 dollars with monthly payments. Contact A. Gordon & Co at 118 Madison or Betlet and Tad Avenues.
In the Wensteher Valley area an irrigated land expansion and canal work are planned as an addition to Camede. The project aims to improve water distribution and farming capabilities in the valley region.
The readable text hints at a local Wenatchee Valley matter with names and events unclear. It mentions ownership and a transaction but details are obscured by damaged OCR. No clear outcome or dates are readable.
A damaged OCR record describes a real estate listing in Saskatoon with a four room unit and price 81.086, terms 8700 416 or 016 per month. The text mentions a Green Late man sion home and King cowing reek, but the details are unclear.
Fragmented OCR notes describe property terms for units near Greenlake and Fremont malls. Mentions blocks to car end stores, balance terms, potential fines, and contact for residents. Concludes with ambiguous payment asks and a phone call option for interested parties.
Mayor Moore failed to conclude review of Pike Place covering and Goodwin Realty plans to build wooden structures for public market use. Many building law evasions requested by applicants complicate the issue. If vetoed, Councilman Revelle may seek passage over the mayor’s objections. Also reports from Norfolk and New York on Red Men assembly and tobacco trade war actions. Steamship movements include Umatilla, Pennsylvania, Humboldt arrivals and cargoes into Nome and Skagway.
In Bellingham on September 1 a man named Kneuton alleged a woman named Carr stole a diamond ring after a piano playing stint in Boston. He urged her to live with him or face police accusation. Carr handed the letter to police and Kneuton was bound over for trial.
A dispute between American Ridge Company and the city over payments for the Emergency hospital and municipal court building may stall work. The bridge company seeks August work payment. the board of public works refuses, citing that only completed work is payable. The mayor supports the board, threatening a broader fight if delays persist.
The case against John Brassington, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses as Pacific and Oriental manager, was dismissed by prosecutorial request in Judge Morris's court this morning. The stock sale to W Mathews valued at $100 faced false representations, with Mathews now pursuing action from abroad.
The Atlantic City session of the Hoos Oos II convention opened at nine this morning. Debate centers on restricting membership while a heated campaign over the supreme chair unfolds with delegates from Atlanta and Baltimore backing John Alcock of Baltimore for next year’s convention.
In Olympia Washington fire swept a Maine Street building storing several tons of dynamite and other explosives. The blaze was checked by chemical apparatus with little damage. The site is near the city’s business district and this marks a fourth mysterious blaze in ten days, stirring suspicion.
Councilman Armstrong told the license and revenue committee he will oppose any new saloon licenses in Hallard ward 13. He cites 25 saloons serving 15 000 residents as beyond what the area will bear.
The get rich spirit invaded M. McCulloch's saloon in the south end Saturday night. Bartender R. Fisherlegh allegedly tapped the till for $176 and decamped. Police wired Spokane and Port authorities to watch for the man.
A Japanese seaman attempted a dramatic escape from the steamer Kaifuka Maru yesterday by running down the cable. He was seen by Roy Litico aboard the launch Puget who raised the alarm as to his capture by a supervisor and an engineer.
J C Reilly a member of the Beattle police force was jailed after attempting to drink to see how it felt to be intoxicated. He was discharged from the force by Chief of Police Wappenstein. In Port Townsend the Puget Sound artillery inspection was led by Major Crittenden in Col. Cammina's absence. The Kevennes liner Agsvania was scheduled to arrive in port today from Hamburg via the west coast of South America.
A vivid portrait of Newport as the luxury capital of the rich, detailing Mrs. Ogden Goelet and the 400 society’s lavish lifestyle. The piece describes vast expenses for food, gowns, jewels, and gambling in mansions and casinos, with servants, gowns, and estates symbolizing money’s grip on social life.
A Newport cottage would require a large staff including a French chef and assistant chef, vegetable woman, charwoman, private secretary to the mistress, several tutors, governess, maids for each woman, valet, nurse, housekeeper, multiple extra maids, chauffeurs and chauffeurs’ boy, two biders, five gardeners, and a watchman. Roles vary with the household size and number of car teams.
Newport notes describe a fashionable resort with vivid, but fragmentary, impressions. The text references the city and a high style setting, hinting at glamour and notable sights.
A reader recalls a striking new port that must be seen to be believed and, after viewing, leaves one pondering the nature of what was witnessed.
New York reports Henry Clews argues a woman’s reliability and refining influence make her superior in business, and that a woman should pursue a career alongside love and marriage. The piece notes his daughter Elsie Clews Parsons’ fame and his wish she pursued business, not just marriage.
The state offers nearly 200000 acres for settlement under U S homestead laws accessible by living and improving the land or buying at 1 25 per acre. The Ozark mountains host most of the public land while a census taker in a village handed forms to a woman who misread a question about marriage as "Condition as to marriage" and answered humorously.
The body of three year old Irene Law was exhumed today under a physician's certificate and the health office's order. Officials concluded the child died from natural causes and a related health action may be pursued.
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