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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1904
Page
6
A dense list of rental, sale, employment, and service notices shows various businesses and individuals in Seattle area listings. It includes druggists, bakeries, furniture firms, clothing and carpet services, and real estate brokers with multiple addresses and phone lines.
An auction by Bekerton Co. offers a furnished room contents sale at No 1 Fourth Avenue Perth with brass beds, parlor suite, dressers, dining set, sewing machine, carpets, and Wyandotte fowls. Also advertised are additional sales on September 2 and other items including jewelry and loans. The notices list auctioneers and contact details.
Notice from the City Council of West Seattle King County Washington that a special election will be held on September 28 1904. Voters within the proposed annexation boundary and the existing city limits may vote For Annexation or Against Annexation. The territory in question lies in Township 24 North Range 2 East Willamette Meridian King County Washington. The description begins at the northwest corner of Block 465 Seattle Tide Lands and follows the lot boundary to Puget Sound.
The notice contrasts tax burdens on Pride with Property and asks readers if they need extra money yet delay advertising for a boarder or lodger. It frames a civics suggestion in a concise question about income and tax burdens.
The document outlines a proposed annexation area with detailed metes and bounds through Hughes Addition and adjacent tracts, the poll hours from 9 AM to 7 PM on September 28, 1904, and polling places for Riverside Spring Hill Mountain View precincts at Peter Hanson residence and Schlotter's Hall on Olympic Avenue. It lists appointed election officers for each precinct and confirms the council signature of Mayor G. B. Nicoll and City Clerk W. G. Dickinson.
P Charley Fitzer 21 and Nancy Jane Burn 20 of Kirkland receive a marriage license. James McDonnell 5 and Ruth Sanderson 21 of Seattle also listed for license at the Bon Marche. En en es.
At last night’s council meeting Councilman Daulton introduced a resolution to appoint three members to attend Chamber of Commerce meetings to foster cooperation with the city legislature. He argued the aim is to promote city manufacturing. The measure was referred to the judiciary committee on legal concerns.
Two Italians faced a preliminary hearing in Portland on charges of complicity in the murder of August Breur last Thursday. Police seek a sixth man believed to have knowledge of the scuffle and shooting. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and his party, voyaging from Victoria, plan to visit Seattle.
A dense listing of prices for meats fruits vegetables grains dairy and other goods. Items include Freeh meat cow beef pork veal mutton potatoes apples lemons berries and flour with per unit and per ton prices. Reading notes occasional OCR errors and shorthand for regional sellers.
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