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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
8
A mix of rental and sale ads across Seattle areas including Ballard and Beacon Hill. Listings feature cottages near Lake Washington, five acre tracts east of Cozy Cove, and varied property prices from $4,600 to $9,900 with terms like rent-to-own and half cash.
Advertiser seeks a five room cottage in Wallingford with reasonable monthly rent and no encumbrances. Contact details reference Seattle area banking firm and phone numbers for inquiry.
Fragmentary ad notes a waterfront site with monthly rate of 9 percent and a price of around 15000 dollars. mentions University Pier 6 and East Seattle area.
An advisory notes visitors and others to attend regarding an investment phone site story. The message mentions a payment action, double price terms, and an email contact for further details.
An obscure listing offers acres and three cottages with two large plots, priced around 796 dollars with small cash down. It mentions a S24 Yevier to Burlington and a desire to show or sell, noting limited man power and a second floor in an unspecified building.
The notice warns readers about phony ads using false names and addresses offering free trips and land. It touts a bungalow cottage with large ground tracts for 700 dollars plus monthly payments, near streetcar lines, and directs readers to a landlord for contact.
Three level percent foot tots three feet above sidewalk three blocks south of Greens Lake half block from Moerichean car North Soth and Keystone place Some assegtments o as worse.
Rivalry between Peary and Cook intensifies as Cook declines to enter the dispute while promising to send a ship north to retrieve two Eskimos who accompanied him. Capt. Osborne of the Arctic Club accuses Peary of fabrication and vows affidavits in New York to back Cook, claiming Peary opened Cook’s trunks and a letter to Mrs. Cook before sealing them again. The dispute reaches Copenhagen with further comment expected.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook claims Peary may have reached the North Pole by faster over smooth ice and says he will await scientific vindication. City officials, including KR. H. Thomson, pledge to probe graft charges in the lamp contract with Bouillon urging an inquiry and naming possible city official involvement. Bouillon delays evidence until an investigating committee is appointed.
Skepticism about the North Pole discovery rumor spreads to question John R. Bradley of The New Yorker who funded the Cook expedition. Seattle sportsmen recall Bradley in 1906 British Columbia claiming or implying personal hunting feats and patronage of science.
Anthony Fiala lauds Peary's rapid progress toward Cape Sheridan and the pole based on a 1908 1909 sequence. He cites crossing parallels 84 to 89 and note of 35 miles daily on sled routes, with return leg averaging 31 to 40 miles daily amid open leads and shifting ice.
The store announces a weekend sale closing Saturday night at 10.00. Any unsold planes will incur storage charges or the entire lot may be sold to a single buyer. John C Walling Co lists address at 419 421 Union near the post office and the White Store with late hours.
George Obradovech was granted a divorce from Esther Marie after she threw a frying pan at him and briefly put him to bed. He also claimed she refused to care for him when ill and said she didn’t care if he died. Judge Tallman granted the decree. Other divorces followed: Ethel McNurney from Harry L. McNurney for cruelty, Alisha Davis from Ulysses S. Davis for support, Mattie W. Murray from William P. Murray, and Edith Marie Williams from Benjamin Williams filed a petition. Desertion listed as the charge.
President William H. Taft will become an honorary member of the Arctic Brotherhood during his Seattle appearance for the A Y P exposition on September 30. Alaska delegates, including 100 current and former residents, will join the order as initiates. Godfrey Chealander leads arrangements for the event with a fur parka and nugget set as gifts planned.
In New York Sept 0 pending trial of separation Homer Davenport the famed cartoonist must pay his wife Daisy Davenport $400 a month alimony under a supreme court order. Davenport says an evening paper pays him $15000 yearly and other royalties boost his income. The court ruled the alimony not excessive as it amounts to less than a third of his income.
Dispatcher Willson stages a sensational fake wreck with two large locomotives on a single track. Sparks, shouts, and a booming finale simulate a deadly crash. Five thousand spectators attend the 9 PM program at the A Y P E fair grounds as California and Hoo Hoo effects precede the show.
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