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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1905
Page
6
Classified notes show laborer wants steady work at fixed pay and many property listings near Lake Washington and Tacoma. Items include rental store space, farming bargains, and several acres with houses, orchards, barns, and livestock, with terms and nearby transit mentions.
The real estate listing notes a two or three room house near streetcar lines in Seattle with twenty two years of age and modern improvements. Offered by M. & Turner Investment Co with a price aimed at quick sale. Potential buyers are told to contact the listing office for details on the property and sidewalk street conditions on Washington Street.
A fire destroyed the Northern Laundry plant at Mercer and Westlake early Monday. Manager Mrs Rowe, who lived above the laundry, was missing until rescued, with search efforts failing to locate her remains overnight. The loss exceeded $10,000. Paris news notes a minister of war hosting a luncheon for General Chaffee and staff.
Real estate ad touts Atlantic City additions on Lake Washington lakefront. Twenty salesmen at the store urge buyers to act today for easy terms on new i room houses and three lots at Main Street and avenues near streetcar service.
Real estate note advertises a modern up-to-date one-room cottage with reception hall and bath two blocks from the railroad. Terms show $0 cash and $5 per month under GUION & COMPANY Inc established 1568, listing Nest Palate and Leonier as contacts.
Weather notes favor dry moderate winter with snow in Wenatchee Valley and milder coast conditions. Cabcade Orchards promotes a January Portland Fair exhibit opportunity and offers orchard tracts for winter planting promising perpetual income in Washington’s fertile area.
A public letter from Congressman D B McKinay, a Taft Roosevelt Orient member, notes Japan will keep labor at home. Marquis Ito says Japan will not export labor, preferring to build the empire with domestic workers. The policy could ease Pacific coast tensions and reduce fears of Japanese invasion.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the IOOF opened its eighty fifth annual session in Philadelphia with a welcome by Mayor John Weaver and addresses by grand officers. A parade and receptions follow as the convention runs all week drawing thousands of delegates and visitors.
Thousands of veterans from across the nation gather in Chattanooga to mark the Chickamauga anniversary with reunions of the Army of the Cumberland Wilder's Brigade and King's Brigade. Pageant events include excursions to Mission Ridge Orchard Knob and the National Cemetery with aCol John J McCook address.
The annual IBEW convention begins in Louisville with about 800 delegates from every state. Headquarters at the Galt House, sessions at Liederkranz or Germania hall. Local members prepared elaborate reception for about 70 foreign delegates including Canadians, with social events and excursions planned.
Berlin reports army division and fortification maneuvers start today in West Prussia and Posen despite cholera spreading in the eastern and northeastern empire. Officials say disease is generally controlled among troops.
The Star records official confirmation that D&RG owns the new Western Pacific railway from Salt Lake City to San Francisco with completion expected within three years. The line is tied to Pacific coast growth, rival mergers, and the D&RG system’s expansion. Fiscal year 1906 earnings were $17,031,507.32, up $595,072 from the previous year. expenses rose $118,517. net earnings increased by $474,565.
Edmund D. Randolph treasurer of New York Life Insurance Co. testified before the legislative investigating committee in New York that George W. Perkins sold eighty hundred thousand dollars worth of bonds and repurchased them two days later after a report to the superintendent. He said the deal aimed to secure a favorable legal report.
A dense list of price quotes for vegetables fruits and dairy items. Beans beets carrots cauliflower peppers onions apples and many others show per cwt per sack per box and per pound prices plus box and crate figures. Prices range from 8c per lb for garlic to 1.50 for pears and honey to 5.50 per box for Valencia oranges.
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