Rates for Classified Advertisements
The Star presents rates for classified advertisements with a disclaimer that accuracy cannot be guaranteed and the newspaper cannot assume responsibility for errors in telephoned advertisements.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
6
The Star presents rates for classified advertisements with a disclaimer that accuracy cannot be guaranteed and the newspaper cannot assume responsibility for errors in telephoned advertisements.
Brief notice shows a 18 word request with two extra spaces per line. reader sees an unopened, fragmented help wanted ad in the classifieds section.
The notice outlines pricing for classified ads with a minimum charge of one cent per word and different line counts. It states seven insertions cost six when paid in cash and that all lines or fractions are billed as two lines.
To ADVERTISERS Classification cannot be given after 1 o'clock daily Ballard Agency P H Mullen 6409 Ballard av OPP City Hall Ballard 306 Main Office Seventh av between Union and University Phones Main 1060 Ind 441
Notice warns readers not to rely on printed railway timetables in papers. For accurate departure and arrival times contact Ki Street Station Information Bureau, Sunset Main 2740, Independent.
Fragmentary OCR text lists several names with relation to spouses and dates, including references to a Maldere Te, a Jensen family, Larson, Ran Gall, and Culley, with partial dates and city mentions. The readable items suggest brief civil notices of marriages or household connections but lack complete context or full details.
Edward C. Miller died in September in this city at age 34. obituary fragment mentions Briain Edward Briotnl and uncertain dates.
Fragmented notice page lists funeral service for Edward with service time and burial, plus varied local ads for theaters, universities, employment, rooms to rent, auctions, and goods for sale. Also includes public notices and classified-style offers from businesses and agencies around Seattle area.
Fragmentary OCR entry presents disjointed phrases and names lacking coherent event or context for a proper newspaper item. No clear people, places, dates, or actions emerge to summarize into a record.
Multiple listings advertise acreage and lots near Bremerton and Tacoma Interurban stations with prices from $60 down and monthly payments. Properties include five and ten acre plots, riverfront tracts, modern cottages, and waterfront lots near the Navy Yard additions, with promotions for free tickets and excursions.
A county road site offers a bid of 1000 for a sale item not previously offered. The buyer cannot find a more favorable alternative. The reference notes come from HANDURY Room A Arcade Building with a nearby Manchester location indicated.
Investors target Bremerton land near the navy yard as a new growth area. Prices advertised include large tracts at 50 dollars and smaller lots at 20 dollars with terms of 1 or 2 dollars per month. Shuttle Homesperkers Co. promotes front offices at 655-6 Empire Widg with a Bremerton branch.
An advertisement for 240 acres of land near Hremerton offered at 15 dollars per acre cash payment. The listing is by SBRATTLE MORTGAGHR BOND CO located at 407-458 Mpler Building.
Fifteen passengers were lightly injured when the New York Chicago Limited derailed at Geneva Pa due to an open switch. Officials suspect train wreckers caused the accident and have sent Woodhounds from Greenville to trace them. Most injuries were minor. one man suffered a broken leg onboard the day coach.
A small classified notice offers a new four room house for rent at an address on Bon108, located one block from the streetcar line.
Advertisement for tract land near a station with a boardwalk to property. Claims grand views and good water at low prices with a promise of value increasing within a year. Mentions terms and sections but details are unclear due to OCR errors.
Property offers 46 by 107 lot with two stories and four large bedrooms plus a spacious living room and kitchen. Includes furnace, laundry area, concrete basement, hot water heat, and full bathroom fixtures. One-half cash and balance on terms, located one block from Woodland Park hill and near the university. Phone North 72-...-18.
A Chicago theatre train rear ended an excursion train carrying visitors to Laporte and Indianapolis. Mrs Eather Hecoz and an unidentified man are dead, three dying, and over 40 seriously injured. Ambulances and Mercy Hospital treated victims as investigators probe the wreck along the Lake Shore line.
Sacramento observers react to news that the Northern Electric railroad which runs electric lines in the Sacramento valley and the California Traction company operating interurban lines near Stockton will merge and construct a line to San Francisco.
A. T. Thomas was killed by unknown assailants and his ranch buildings burned. His body was found along the roadside near the fire scene. Police say robbery is the suspected motive. Mrs. Thomas and her visiting son left Spokane for the ranch.
Taft headquarters confirm Arthur L Vorys, original Taft manager, will accompany the candidate on a speech tour of the south and west. Vorys plans to return tonight and Taft may begin the tour on Wednesday September 22. A separate note reports James Roth, 16, seriously injured after being struck by James Bennett’s car on Cherry Street between 24th and 36th avenues while coasting. vehicle No. 70 involved.
G. W. Roberts operating a feed and sale stable at Seconday and Battery streets lost control of his pair of black horses on the Washington Park speedway. He was thrown from the buggy and suffered a fracture of the right leg.
Mormon groups who had campaigned in Boston for admitting European immigrants have left for Lake City after their demand was refused. Immigrant officials say they will notify the president of the decision.
Antone Osten a local contractor was arrested by Pa patrolman McNamee on a four in hand warrant for moving a building without a permit. Osten posted $10 bond to appear in court tomorrow. Joseph Walter a structural iron worker attacked his wife with a poker and is held on battery charges. The Socialist Party opened its Berlin convention at Nuremburg with Paul Singer presiding. A man known as M Karro, said to be a tramp, was killed by a Great Northern train at Bellingham after being knocked unconscious by companions. Admiral Kvelmans arrival at Victoria signals loading for Havre and other ports.
Market brief notes total sales around 719 500 with wheat positions for September and December bids. Mentions corn September activity and associated prices with scattered figures and coded bids.
A mob abducted and hanged a black man near Brookshire Texas on Saturday, implicating him in a white man’s shooting. Local authorities moved the father of the accused and other suspects to jail to prevent further violence as tensely felt racial tensions kept residents from idle hours.
William Bullinger reports a 21 year old Reader stabbed Miss Willie Bullinger during a church service in Newton North Carolina. The assailant, recently discharged from an asylum, attacked while the closing hymn was sung and died shortly after.
Flourishing fiction titled The Golden Rose by Amelia Rives is reprinted. Many young readers ponder the ideal versus the physical in love as ministers meet in Tacoma for the Puget Sound M E church session. Auburn Argus reports Brown has purchased the Argus and took over last week’s issue.
The clipping lists sale items and prices for a public market sale tomorrow. Items include beef, cantaloupe, peaches, radishes, parsley, turnips, cabbage, lettuce, lemons, apples, pineapples, oranges, grapes, plums, prunes, watermelons, carnations, eggs, potatoes, onions, squash, chops, steaks, roasts, and boiling beef with varied unit prices. Strong OCR errors present. many prices are unclear.
The list covers live and dressed weights for cattle hogs and sheep, with prices per pound and per head for livestock. It also lists fruit and vegetable quotations including blackberries apples tomatoes prunes canbage lettuce spinach beets and beans with per unit or per dozen prices.
A scrambled OCR fragment mentions a SAR related item with unclear names and dates. The readable portion hints at a historical society or event tied to a location and a figure, but key details remain illegible.
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