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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1908
Page
6
The Star states rates for classified ads and notes it cannot guarantee accuracy or responsibility for errors in telephoned submissions. Situations Wanted ads are 26 cents for 18 words with additional space charged per line.
The notice states that a one cent minimum applies to each word. When invoicing to an account the actual number of lines in a set will be counted. Seven insertions are billed as six when paid. All caps lines or fractions count as two lines.
Funeral for Carl, son of and Mee Smith held from Mayfields party, 2614 Market. school opens Sept 12 1908 at University Place College of Commerce with all departments. Ads list hardware, lodging, sewing machines, real estate, loans, and employment in Seattle area.
Classified ad offering a 40 acre farm near Port Orchard with cows orchard water and buildings, priced at 2000s with monthly terms. Also listing waterfront acreage near Seattle at 180 to 200 per acre with 16 percent down and monthly balance. Additional small homes with waterfront plots and storefront featured with contact details.
New Yorkers watch perilous work above the East River as the Manhattan Bridge nears completion. Workers tread narrow, swaying walkways high above the river, eplicing 2200 foot cables while 250 laborers risk falls for bread and butter jobs.
Five of the six men discuss the shortcomings of the xth, outlining practical faults and concerns in a concise debate.
Fragmentary text describes acre tracts and quarter acres with prices near a waterfront area. Mentions travel from a northern point and a board walk to water, and hints at west sea markets and value changes within a year.
Maj. John M. Burke advances Buffalo Bill to the Yesler estate at Twenty-eighth Avenue and Jefferson Street, promising ample grounds and transit access for two performances Thursday and two on Friday with Buffalo Bill on horseback as the main feature.
Belllingham sheriff uses long distance lines to seek word on missing launch crew of James Staples Fred O Neal and a third man believed drowned or marooned after vanishing Friday night near the upper Sound area.
Rev. E. M. Randall, Epworth League general secretary, denies statements accusing him of attacking Taft. He says his knowledge of Mr. Taft is too slight to warrant such remarks and disputes the attribution.
The Pennsylvania association of the state of Washington will meet Friday night at the Arctic club rooms in the Alaska building to plan securing a Pennsylvania building for the A.Y.P. exposition. The last legislature appropriated 75000 dollars, but the governor vetoed the bill. The local association will seek another appropriation.
Chicago Sept. 15 Trainmen and railway officials outline a plan to block legislation hostile to railroad interests in every state. The organization, to be called the American Railway Employes and Investors association, includes officers of all railroad unions and railway officials.
Congressman Wesley L. Jones expresses confidence that the newly nominated legislators will vote for him and that hold-over members will support his position, signaling anticipated legislative backing.
An unclear transcription notes a manager referencing the will of the people and a meadow scene described as natural. The fragment mentions advertising by a Louisville Courier-Journal style source and references names like Snell, Ankeny, and WF, though details are garbled.
A busy public market ad lists prices on cantaloupes at 750 a crate, apples 75c a box, bananas ibe and cantaloupes at two for 1e, shrimp unknown, beef 5e Ib, black 10c per basket, new dill 15c per dozen, and various vegetables. Also advertised are eggs, potatoes, onions, carrots, Summer squash, squash, lamb chops, steaks, and mutton with assorted per unit and per basket prices.
Prices paid to 10 producers list poultry and meats including old hens dressed chicks and turkeys per pound. Cattle hogs veal and other meats priced by weight with live weight and dressed rates. Fruits vegetables and staples such as apples lettuce potatoes carrots and beets shown with per unit or per sack pricing.
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