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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
6
Fragmented ad text describes real estate, rental offers, and personal notices in Richmond. Mentions Burnett, Darnt, and Alaska Ride with contact phones. Includes properties for sale or rent, village homes, and farm listings with dates and prices.
An ad offers cheap large parcels priced from 30 to 50 dollars with payments of 26 dollars cash and monthly balances. The plot is north of the city near the sound and railroad with inter urban access and a boat office nearby.
Property ad describes a realty offer with notes, gates, and corner lot terms. Emphasizes cash price around 2460 dollars, walkable area near a broad street, and a 1964 context with shipping and a highway mention.
Property listings and prices from Ballard and Green Lake showing multiple houses, lots, and terms. Includes 2,000 price for a 2, room modern house with cash payments, several 4 to 6 room homes, lot details near Interlake and Lake Washington frontage, and agents Young & Broberg and Ambienta nanner & Morton arranging terms and contacts.
James Hart of Auburn was temporarily deafened after a lightning strike or electrical discharge hit a telephone receiver in a storm. He raised the handset to his ear and the instrument shocked him, throwing the receiver from his hands.
A street committee approved spending $10,000 today to construct a relief sewer intended to relieve congestion in the district around Tenthay and Waet Denny Way. The new line will run from Weastlake Way to Harvard Gy.
In Long Beach California on September 12, Mrs. Walter Ployd underwent a surgical procedure to restore her right eye. The surgeon grafted skin from her forehead into slits in the upper and lower eyelids. The operation was successful.
A fragmented OCR item lists a first class block and dairy farm on river bottom land with cultivation details and outbuildings plus multiple business line items. It also references a city map, a deli, real estate pricing, and a few scattered names and addresses, all jumbled and hard to parse.
The Washington high school cadet exam results list first sergeant elective Harry Marshall and duty sergeants Sanders Guthell Howlstrom Davie with Cr Turner as quartermaster sergeant and Shille as color sergeant. Cor porale candidates were far below trade. another exam set for next Monday evening. L H Allen known as Tony, founder of Valdes, died in his berth aboard a Southern Pacific train near the Oregon boundary last Sunday morning.
EB Moore, a jewelry salesman, arrested for stealing diamonds and jewelry worth 10 000 dollars from a firm. He was captured on the Mexican border and brought to Los Angeles, where he faces charges as the case proceeds in county court.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions university and numbers but lacks coherent events or names to summarize a clear item or outcome.
Heirs to Lou Grae ham protest the $11600 sale of the estate appraised at $25000. Judge Alber two will hear the administrator report and objections in two weeks. Nome miner J W Beaver returned to the city with three small chickens hatched in a candle incubator.
City officials battled flood damages as basements flooded yesterday. Property owners threaten suits alleging inadequate sewers. City crews worked to repair sewer breaks while inspecting damaged areas and securing the big box drain near the tide flats.
In Guthrie Oklahoma Territory a Kaw City mother dreamed her son Joseph M Shields a Tacoma Washington railway worker had died in the line of duty. She wrote a letter but a telegram arrived confirming his death the same day and stating he would be sent to Kaw City for burial or handling.
George F. Vanderveer deputy prosecuting attorney says he set a record by winning four cases in one day. He convicted Mayo Miles of manslaughter and William Hiownt of assault with a deadly weapon and secured two additional suites in which he was involved.
A man giving the name J. O Halloran was found beneath a bed in room 12 at the Vernon rooming house shortly after 2 this morning armed with a pistol a billy and passkeys. He was placed under arrest by Patrolman Humes.
The Globe Navigation Company's schooner William Nottingham reaches Melbourne with sails blown away. It had been bound for Seattle with coal and was overdue when word arrived. Shipping men advise sailing around Cape Horn via Good Hope route due to dangerous seas.
An Oakland paper claimed San Francisco would be quarantined due to bubonic plague with 80 deaths reported yesterday. The city board of health rejected the quarantine claim and stated no quarantine would be imposed.
Knockdown scows are being built in Seattle for the Mexican Pacific company developing land in Acapulco. Steamship Santa Clara sailed south from Valdez and returns with supplies for Valdez and Katzlla. Schooner Camano left Pt. Gamble for San Francisco with lumber. Glory of the Fleas passed in and heads to Port Townsend for orders. Melville Dollar in for Mukilteo to load lumber for Shanghai. Dr Harvey Knowles named surgeon on Minnesota succeeding Dr Cameron.
Moran's releases the Seward a new steam schooner for Northwestern Steamship company. She loads at Moran's for Valdez and Katalla to sail Sunday carrying about 4000 tons the largest cargo shipped from this port to Valdez. Captain John O'Brien commands.
Steamehipa Montara from Nome via Southeastern Alaska delivers concentrates from Treadwell while Alki from Killle noo carries fertilizer. The board of public works approves Vashon Island Fruit Growers Association request for temporary buildings within the first fire limits with revocation on zero days notice.
In Los Angeles two women claim the life insurance on Frank Wilcox, found dead with a bullet in his brain two years ago. Mrs Inez Wilcox and Carrie Wilcox, who said she was his widow, faced a judge as the court ruled Wilcox did not die by self harm and ordered the insurer to pay the policy to the legitimate mother. The district attorney was alerted to the matter.
W. Cook of the American-Hawaii Steamship line, the Pacific coast manager, is in New York and intends to buy a vessel. The move signals expansion plans for the transpacific service and may affect future schedules and capacity.
The report notes that Atlantic Coast will replace the lease for the Seattle run, outlining a shift in contract terms and service arrangements. Details on the timing and parties involved are yet to be confirmed.
The Gras Army encampment opened with the commander in chief Brown delivering reports. He praised Roosevelt as a friend and urged permanent investment while noting no dues suspensions. O'Neill reported member deaths and a smaller rank than last year. Jobason urged governance for insane soldiers. Charles Burton of Nevada was elected commander. Toledo will host the next encampment with a national speakers muster in the afternoon.
The Luna Park natatorium hosts the first big swimming events tonight with eight races plus heats and a finale. Over 80 amateur entrants from Seattle and nearby towns compete in men women and boys divisions, as spectators are urged to support a healthful sport.
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