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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
8
Fragmentary item describes land at Snap-Good Tract Valley and a new house near Saingie mill. Mentions prices around 49 cash and 1.66 per square foot, with references to Seattle and Beacon Hill. Includes a stamped street address 124 Spring Street and a $506 figure.
A sparse item references a waterfront camping area on a sound and temporary storage and posting at a post office. It mentions a tent or pack rate of 14 dollars per month, and room and times for a building is implied. The text is fragmentary with unclear entities and dates.
In a terse ad style note a buyer seeks a small upfront payment for a larger university project. The message offers a thin balance plan and urges quick action to secure the deal.
Seven room country home at Poulsbo with three acres of cleared land and panoramic views. Includes fruit trees, water and stone features, near town with development potential. New owner can pay a small cash amount with long-term balance option. Hanson sale listing in Fork Block area.
Ad shows a dispute over business trust funds at 3018 Third Avenue between the plaintiff and P Fay Company Inc. The notice implies a civil action seeking redress or recovery of money or property. No court or filing date is provided in the readable text.
Fresh listing notes a waterfront tote at bargain price to be sold by October. Agent details include J C Rick Co and location 220 Lumber Farchange. Includes a new 3 room cottage with ample ground and rent terms. contact Mr Pete for full details.
For sale at low price a New York area property package including a cheap sit-com setup with three guitars and farm equipment, plus land near a county road two minutes from a station. Nearby is farm land priced around $66 down and $5 monthly. Also advertised are a belt-value plot near Mill Street at $1,750 and a canal lot with railroad access at $1,600. Inquiries at 155 Spring Street and second-hand boat offers near Bremerton Colman Dock.
Hustlers can make $200 to $2300 per month selling 4 and 6 acre tracts. All expenses paid, permanent position offered. Office near station, contact Mr. Fee to join Zeke and Interurban to Pacific Ct for details.
Local notice indicates land parcels in West Seattle priced at $135 with sale details pending. Officials urge interested buyers to monitor forthcoming announcements for exact parcels and bidding dates.
Improved vacant lots at 7 percent with loans from 60 to 606 for short terms. Miurtevant & Co Heston Block provide services. Also money for salaried people and others on mortgages and contracts. Greenway American Bank Main 2676 Independent.
Various real estate ads list two acre tracts near Duwamish with improvements and cash deals, cottages for sale or trade for land, prices ranging around 600 to 1000 dollars, plus parcels near Green Lake station and a 19-foot family launch offered for real estate. Also noted are bicycle sales, a cottages and houses for sale, and multiple business service ads in Seattle.
Listing advertises a room cottage for sale with terms described as easy, mentions sash and door bargains, and promotes nearby car line access and small lot cost savings. Includes firm name W. Edmonds and references to investment appeal and practical goods.
A fragmented ad column offers housing deals for Lincoln Beach Park area and Pioneer Square with bungalow and houseboat listings, door and window prices, paint and mill services, patterns and models at 416 First Ave and Main, medical and financial ads, and various shops including signs and house numbers.
Fragment reads like an advertisement for a weathered product from Kitesp county near the lake. It mentions easy payments and a recommendation to buy now with cash, implying a sale of a useful item. The text is garbled and reads as an overlong promotional snippet without clear names or dates.
Property listing notes two lots north of Ravenna Perk with price 566 cash and 12.60 per month. Additional details are incomplete for full location and terms.
Complete plastered 4 room cottage offered with only 25 down and payments per month. Property near service and twenty minutes from Pioneer area, appealing to buyers seeking affordable homeownership.
Fragmentary OCR item for PARRAY INV CO with scattered numbers 444 ind 4943 and unclear context.
All foreign consuls on the Pacific coast will be entertained by the Seattle Foreign Consuls Association chaired by Bernard Pelly at the fair grounds tomorrow. A dinner at the exposition and a grounds tour follow a day featuring a fireworks display with a descriptive net piece for each nation. Pelly said the consuls have aided the exposition, leading to a day set aside for them.
At the fair grounds yesterday two of the five prize winners were women. Mrs. Mary E. Hart received a prize for educational literary and art and women's work in Alaska, and Mrs. Eugene B. Willard of Juneau won for her Alaskan life book Kin-DaShon's Wife.
United Press reports ER H Harriman will file for probate this week likely Thursday. A board of trustees is expected to run the estate including Judge Lovett and Charles A Peabody. Estimates place the fortune from 50.9 million to 200 million with the widow and children likely to receive most. Dispatches from Port Limon say naturalists William Kohna and R G Euterach were killed and eaten by tigers in the Turrialba mountains.
Advertises a three room bungalow with fine view, priced at 250 dollars with 40 percent cash and 92 dollars monthly. Mentions improvements paid, small tract of ground, and a move to settle funds. References Kenton Interurban line and Remington Bee or Weber nearby. promising homestead prospects at Fockane.
A compact listing from Fred Br Sander, Inc shows a modern house pre ceded by the Colman Building room A, located two minutes from Pioneer Square, inviting inquiries for a bargain.
Local property listing notes a modern new band set Suentenes offered by owner within one block of reel. Telephone contact listed as Main 44té.
Fragments describe a $1,000 room rental, upkeep, and ground tracts. Mentions interurban route, Occidental and Vester intersections, and a Mr Pete owner with workers. Includes vague wages references and a two story second floor detail.
Patrick Flynn, 40, attacked by Tommy Gallio in a lodging house at 609 Eighth Avenue after warning to leave. Gallio fled. Flynn died at the city hospital hours later from knife wounds to arm neck and face. Detectives scattered photos and descriptions of Gallio. an eyewitness, William Plomb, was briefly detained.
Residents and Broadway high school groups oppose converting the Lincoln Park football practice field into a grassy lawn. Park officials cite dust into the reservoir and lack of staff to maintain the ground as reasons, threatening a loss of space for school and community use. Public outcry grows as students plan to seek alternatives to preserve the field for noon meals, practice, and games.
By order of court a 3 room cottage priced as low as $50 cash and $5 per month is offered. Three large tracts and a streetcar ride to Occidental Vodet are noted with terms. Contact Mr. Leremen for details.
Real estate notes advertise owner sale options including inexpensive homes with installments and rent-to-own plans. Mentions nearby streets and stations, cheap cheese upkeep, and potential farm space with ground suitable for chickens and cows. Listings reference Green Lake, Barrington area, and a station near Occidental and Vester.
Listing describes a fifty foot tote for 969 dollars with easy terms and a Reno Rock chicken ranch station near 240 Wrymouth, with two cows three young chickens and two horses moving to California. An earmarked property at September 16 offers 575 dollars with 976 cash and 65 monthly. Separate Seattle interurban stop at Pacific City inquiries to Mr Brown. Property at 208130 feet fenced orchard trees pricing 9600 dollars.
A flood of ads offers land, eight to forty acre tracts, and new homes near Seattle and Tacoma. Prices vary from 20 cents to 75 per acre with options of cash down or monthly payments. Locations include Olalla, Silverdale, Port Orchard, and Ballard with spur lines and streetcar access.
An unsigned ad from an ongoing broker touts acreage from $10 to $8000 per acre and promotes properties on Bainbridge Island and near Seattle Lake Baddngton shorefront. References include National Bank Commerce and City Call. location listed as New York MBrlock with a cryptic address and date code.
Eilers now offers brand new high grade pianos for $168 with payments of $5 per month. The deal emphasizes affordable entry to quality instruments for customers seeking home music.
A sensational pyrotechnic production titled the Discovery of the North Pole will be shown at the exposition foot of the Pay Streak tomorrow night. The display will feature explorers, dogs, mountains, icebergs, and storms with the pole itself present. The management withholds whether Cook or Peary is depicted, keeping mystery around the portrayal.
Preparations for a reproduction of the Boston Tea Party and the burning of the British sloop Gaspee are underway at the Pay Streak foot. The program opens with Wagner band selections and a Clan Fraser Piper performance. Pneumonia and lung ailments noted with Leary's Compound advertised.
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