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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
6
Rates for classified ads are outlined with 18 words priced at 26 cents plus extra space per word. Help Wanted and Situations Wanted sections apply. minimum charges and line counting rules are specified. multiple insertions offer six for the price of six when paid in cash.
Classified ad fragment mentions Ballard Agency with P. U. Mullen address 6409 Ballard Ave and a Main Office on Seventh Avenue between Union and University. Includes city hall reference and phone numbers Ballard 606 and Main 1060 441. No clear action or deadline provided.
Public notices mix railway timetable warnings with obituaries and house listings. Items include dissolution of a corporation, job ads, rental offers near the university, and auction notices at The Eagle Auction Co with addresses and times. The page also lists memorials and funeral service details for local residents.
An East Coast company seeks immediate rental and investment partners for a popular Beatte department store venture with floor space for rent. Also offers a nearly new furnished 40 unit apartment complex with marine view within walking distance and car service, priced at 926,000 with 17,000 cash down and 14,000 terms.
Classified snippet offers multiple rural properties and farms for sale including five acre tracts near Emily and Bremerton area listings. Describes cheap acreage homes with water frontage, poultry operations, cows and fruit stores. also notes free tent offers for caretakers and a copper and gold mine investment prospect.
Classified notices show Hutton Credit Co advertising loans on household goods, salaries, and a ranch for sale with two springs, fences, and cows. Interurban pickup in Tacoma area. Mentions 170 orchard land and land trade options. Contact Mr Peel and F. Iperberg for terms and property details.
A mix of loan offers and a farming opportunity outlines various lenders and terms. Advertisers include Far ms and Lands, City and Country Loans, Sturtevant Co, Dick Loan Co, Tolman, Heattie Credit Co, and the People's Savings Bank, with rates, security details, and payment plans. A property listing promotes a 2000 acre Western Washington farm opportunity near Arlington, with cash down and monthly installments through a timber and dairy land concern ELWOOD LUMAR & TIMBER CO.
Ten miles north of Yakima and four miles from the station, 180 acres of Breet orchard land in Yakima county. Abundant irrigation water from a private ditch, two cool houses, a barn, and nearby dry land totaling nearly a section. Prospects for strong returns through alfalfa and wheat. Terms: 8000 cash, 16000 in four equal yearly payments at 6 percent.
Century Realty Co offers a choice waterfront property at 1016 Alaska Ride. Four acres sloping to a lake with good soil, partially improved. New six room house, barn and outbuildings. Nearby neighbors and schools are nearby. Located about 16 miles from Seattle. Terms available. Contact Robert Malthy at 919-920-981 Alain Building, 18-21) 186 tote in the addition.
The notice promotes free Sunday excursions to Bremerton with tickets at the Times block office and touts a range of property ads near universities, parks, and lake views. It lists multiple developers including INTERNATIONAL BOND & REALTY CO and A Wilkin & Co, with pricing from $1000s, monthly terms, and transport via University car to Seente/Beenie station.
Fragmented ad copy shows a cottage bargain with unclear terms. Company name Brainard Jackson & Co appears with an address at 1822 Alaska Building, alongside odd phrasing and stray tokens suggesting a real estate or auction notice.
A fragmented notice advertises the sale of waterfront tracts adjoining a city area. It calls for immediate sale with cash and references improvements and a potential development option. The exact owners, location details, and terms are unclear due to garbled OCR text.
A six room modern house on a 250x196 foot lot within three blocks of the Green Lake car line. It has hot and cold water wired for electric lights, a bath rooms, fine lake view, and is near schools and stores. Price about $1,058 with $26 monthly payments. This is a rare renting alternative.
One half acre lot offered for sale at East 69th Avenue near Ith Avenue. Fully cleared and ready to build with a price of 1600 dollars. Location is described as one block from a nearby landmark.
Mrs. John Roberts fired on a posse all day beside her husband at their cabin near Prestonia Arkansas. A bullet mortally wounded her as Roberts surrendered. Sheriff Mooney and posse members Max Lowery and his son were injured but expected to recover.
The 8 A C club launches a new era with junior programs emphasized. No senior football this season but smokers boxing and wrestling continue. possible senior basketball and junior football planned. Aquatic meets and life saving display slated. water polo grows in popularity. opening smoker on Oct 10.
Lee Johnston, condemned for Belle Gilchrist's 1906 Nome murder, leapt from the vessel near Unimak Pass after planning escape. Officers link the act to guilt, noting his recent despondence and prior dismemberment confession.
Lee Armstrong formerly of Seattle ended a long spree in Webb City Missouri after a struggle with Mrs W R Barlow wife of his business partner. Armstrong slept at the Barlow home and after resisting she wrested the revolver from him then he forced the door shut and shot himself causing a fatal wound to his head. He leaves several children in the city.
In North Yakima on Sept 21 a divorce suit is filed by George M. Hyde against Mary Hyde over a bond with J. H. McLain a sheep herder. Hyde loved his wife but she prefers life on the plains with McLain, who befriended the couple and stayed at their home.
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