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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
6
Classified excerpt shows varied listings across Seattle area including train timetables, telephone information, door hardware, coal market, and business opportunities. Notable items include a rooming house price, a retail sale ad, and multiple notices for loans, apartments, and services. Names like King Street Station and Pioneer Building appear with phone references and addresses.
A cluttered blast of real estate pitches offering $180 an acre and near 200 acre tracts. Advertises parcels near Green Lake and Tacoma Interurban routes with flexible payments, free excursions aboard the Yosemite, and numerous farm properties from five to several hundred acres. Includes various prices, locations, and mortgage terms.
A damaged OCR item outlines a property sale near Merth Fontes with price hints and terms. It mentions a half acre plot, a house, and cash figures such as 2 600 down and 4 666 for four papers. The text is fragmented and hard to interpret.
Century Realty Co advertises 40 acres under cultivation with 2% acres in young orchard and 1% bearing orchard, a 4 room house, barn, team of horses, 186 chickens, good water, and lakefront access. Property includes 94 miles from M and 8.266 acres in timber, offered at 46 per acre. Wolff Schropie Co handles contracts and investment guarantees.
Wakima county listing for 186 acre orchard tract with abundant irrigation water from a private source. Includes two good houses, barn and other improvements. Asking price 98.60 cash and 11,008 in four equal yearly payments at percent. owner seeks quick sale.
Listing describes 40 acres near Auburn with 16 acres cultivated and a 2,400 price. includes house barn chicken yard and tools, with details of water heated home and teams of horses. Also notes 40 acres four miles from town priced at 6,560 with farming equipment sold separately and owner leaving town. Waterfront lot with hillside land and outbuildings listed at 1,190 with terms. Country home ten miles from Pioneer Square features 5 acres, orchard, fruit, creek water piped to house, six rooms, and outbuildings priced at 8,500. Contact agents Dow & Gray and Robert Maltby.
Prosser area real estate listing offers 1 acre plots and small cottages with water, electricity, and concrete basements. Properties include ground near Woodland, views, and proximity to car lines. payments from $16 monthly and $260 per acre with $16 down. International Pond & Realty Co advertises locations 1009-10 American Bank Bldg.
Advertisements tout affordable properties around Woodland Park and Lake Washington offering lots on ridge north of the park, a 1 room house for $1 down and $15 per month, a furnished cottage near the university district with $16 monthly rent, and a new Fremont Boulevard bargain T-room house reduced to $4000 with potential ground expansion. Terms include cash down payments and monthly installments with 6 to 7 percent financing. A call to action urges investment and real estate exploration.
The Star lists rates for classified ads and situations wanted. It notes that accuracy cannot be guaranteed for telephoned advertisements and cites 18 words priced at 260 with three insertions, plus additional space charges per line.
Classified ad advising advertisers that classification cannot be given after 1 o'clock daily. Provides Ballard Agency contact at 5409 Ballard avenue near City Hall and P H Mullen. Main Office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University with phone numbers Ballard 306 Main 1050 and 441.
Ten more houses started in food Park, with records showing new properties in fine late condition. The pitch urges buyers to quit paying rent and buy a home now, noting a landlord advantage and a chance to purchase in Heattie for 760 dollars.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a price increase of 100 dollars and an item or property related to a place called Methorn Building and Weedland PPA. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable. The fragmentary text limits a precise summary.
Historical notice describes multiple real estate offers with prices ranging from cash deals of 504 to 4 600 dollars, seven room modern homes near Wallingford, and other properties in the vicinity. Names such as Denny Fuhrman and James appear in a fragmented rental or sale context with approximate locations and terms.
Readable lines advertise a home and lot sale with warehouse style pricing. Prospective buyers are promised "more for your money" than competitors in Beattie and urged to visit the station north of Pauntieroy, walk to the property, with easy terms.
A small four room cottage near Green Lake is offered for sale with seven inches incumbrances and six hundred cash required. The listing notes plaster walls, papered rooms, a good pier frontage, and proximity to the lake. The price is five thousand six hundred dollars with 1116 cash and balance at closing.
Advertisement from White Co listing 60m 110 ft plot and 46 families slated for new cottages with four large rooms, checks, corner crack, and piped water to the house. Rent stated as 180 per year, image shows 20 camn and details for Oriental Bank Main 407.
Incomplete OCR text discusses deed transfer to heirs if payment is made in Oregon and mentions penalties and fines related to property, with garbled phrases about carrying and holding.
Oddly garbled yard sale style notice offers a neat treem cottage with mission finish and corner lot near Meridian Avenue and University Boulevard. Claims to be close to shops, mentions mowers and garden items, asks 815 per week? and emphasizes quick sale for cash to a buyer with a young person.
Listed four room cottage close to lake area with electric light and modern conveniences. Includes premade features and advertised price cash options with nearby Green Lake and North Ossii locations mentioned.
A brief classified notice announces a pickup line with price 299 dollars and 62 percent CMA with a balance of 16 dollars per month. H E Orr Co Inc located at 707 168 Alaska Bide.
A dubious advertisement promises returns from a $10 cash to $10 monthly scheme without interest. It touts rapid, extraordinary gains, urging contact via call or letter to ANK & CO at 60b-604 Piemerr Bids to secure a “hundred dollar invest” and “pancoah convuel income.”
Fragmentary text shows Homerhekerh Co owners and a land sale or financial term in 1646. Mention of a wide branch office and reference to savings and a navy Verdana style phrase. No coherent event or dates established.
Republican gubernatorial nominee G Cosgrove drew the largest welcome in Garfield county history as his train arrived in Pomeroy at 7 30 p m. He was greeted by local officials and a marching line of school children and G A R members before addressing a packed Opera House crowd. Cosgrove praised his steadfast ambition to become governor and thanked Garfield county for its support as he continued his campaign through the state.
Thirty four Eskimos with huts sleighs and reindeer arrived in Seattle to form the Kakimo Village for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. A M Haber leads the concession and the group ranges from two months to 64 years old. They will set up on the fair grounds and live there through the opening year. Utah proposes a $25000 addition to fund exhibit planning and state support.
Caroline Casselle a Toronto vocalist with a rich dramatic soprano will debut in Seattle at the Schubert club open house on Oct 3 at the YMCA auditorium. She is to perform again around Oct 10 for the Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs at the new Harvard and Thomas avenue clubhouse opening.
Advertisement-style teaser notes a buyer could own a home in Manchester for about a quarter of Beattie’s price and still live in Manchester while working in Seattle, signaling a regional cost-of-living comparison.
A historic real estate prospect near Seattle promotes eight miles southwest of Seattle as a community with a school, store, post office and rides to Beattie. It invites buyers to own homes, offering daily property viewings and Sunday excursions aboard the steamer Reliance from foot of Columbia.
A grand free excursion and oyster bake is advertised for Sunday September 20. The Yosemite steamer will depart University Street at 10 AM and 2 PM, with a big band aboard returning early. The event is supported by the US Navy Yard addition and promises free parcels from Times block offices.
A graduate from Toronto Sebo must and recently won a medal at the event. The achievement highlights the athlete’s performance and recognition in the competition.
Seymour A. Loop collapsed at his place of work due to heart failure. He is survived by his wife and others at their residence.
Local market listing shows prices paid to 10 producers for butter meat vegetables and fruit. Items include live weight cattle hogs veal and pork with per pound pricing and quantities. Union picnic Sunday at Wood Park noted as a social item.
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