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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
6
Do not rely on printed timetables. for train departure and arrival times contact King Street Station information roau Gunect Main 2740 for independent guidance.
Fragmentary notices address wives of N. King in Young Town, OG in South Tle, H M Amp Som in East Pine, and C Hamcock in Teth Av. Each item notes births or arrivals with dates in September, but details are incomplete and names appear garbled.
Fragmentary obituary notice mentions Anna Hayler wife of Crew Hayler and Sarah Helmes. service at family residence, September 34, 1965, interment at Lakeview Cemetery on a Saturday. appears to be partial OCR with unclear dates and ages.
Classified fragment shows funeral notices, businesses, jobs and lost items in Seattle with listings for funeral directors, private lessons, dissolution notices, lost items, employment ads, rooms for rent, real estate, and various trades. Contains names, addresses, and contact details amid mixed notices.
Read this garbled OCR fragment listing various names and businesses. It mentions W Schwede at 1406 ths dea Phys Ians and a shoe shop by Rausch at 162% First Ave plus a transfer company and a.contract of hour work. The text is incomplete and mixes ad lines with stray phrases about goods and services.
Classified dairy farm and acreage ads offer $10 monthly payments, $760 entry, and 66 down for a waterfront property with 200 laying hens and 2 cows. Pacific City Tacoma Interurban access with streetcar coming. Also advertised are eight free rent places, a 70-acre farm for $1,000 cash, and several small lot homes near Bremerton and University districts. Listings cite timber, water views, and easy terms from multiple brokers including International Bond & Realty. Market notes mention moving quickly for bargain prices and commission paid to brokers.
Property ads show multiple parcels for sale near Charleston Emerton Youngstown and Woodland Park District with prices from 125 to 600 cash or monthly payments. Includes 930x180 foot lots near Fremont Avenue and 606x108 plots within walking distance of Pioneer Square plus tracts 40 minutes by car with school access and garden ground. Listings mention Wilkin and Co and Patten brokerages with terms like 5 down and monthly payments.
About 206 acres sold in several tracts at $480 per acre. Property lies in Hautiful H & Orr Park near the city with level soil and good water, near Lake car lines and Everett interurban. Branch office at Denny Matton north shore of Green Lake will show the property. act soon.
People are buying lots in the GREEN woop ARK 8ROCOND ADDITION and building as funds allow. For a short time only, stage fine tote is offered at $286 with terms 5 and 68 per month. In case of death a free deed goes to heirs. Come in today before weather worsens and the best lots are gone.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a cottage and garden items with prices and monthly amounts but details are unclear. It references a university and location Meridian and a water-related phrase. Content is incomplete and syntax is garbled.
Fragmentary OCR shows a property listing with multiple figures including down payments of 198 and 200, monthly payments around 15 to 16, and cash options. Mentions sound view and a location near 66th with various terms unclear. No coherent full address or owner names recovered.
Quick sale of a cottage near Green Lake blocks from school. Features include plaster walls, electric fixtures, good basement, and furnace. Recently sold in a sought location, price around 106 dollars and some cash, contact Baturdey & Co North 21 for more details.
The Washington high sophomore class officers are Aldrich Fenton president Jacob Stone vice president Roy Marayett secretary and Everett Smith treasurer Fraternity officers Tuiph Dean president Clarence Langdon vice president Marell Allison secretary Mise Alien treasurer Percy Jones yell master and Miss Kate Meacham class editor of White Blue and white colors adopted Alpha Literary Society officers Minn Edith Mitchell president John Hovingdon vice president Maud Brown secretary Florence Todd treasurer
Six masked armed men robbed 16 Brady Bros. laborers on a reservoir project at Beaver Lake near Two Bridges New Jersey. They forced kneeling workers to surrender cash ranging from 35 cents to 40 dollars, totaling about 100 dollars. One victim was pricked with a stiletto. robbers warned they would return next day. No clues to the attackers.
Emanuel Hushong a picture peddler sued the city of South Bend for 10000 dollars in federal court claiming jail conditions were filthy. He was jailed for peddling without a license and was awarded 200 dollars plus costs for the damages.
L. J. Covington, chairman of the program committee for the conference of charities and corrections, sent invitations to all Washington mayors to send representatives. The delegates aim to push a law for a state board of charities and corrections.
Preparatory to the Close work at the Y M C A night schools this week is given over to student registration. Direct or H A Woodcock says the number of registrants assures a most successful educational year.
At the King County Good Roads association gathering in the Chamber of Commerce Gill will discuss Why Seattle Needs Better Roads in the Rainier Walier. C. H. Morrison will discuss Maintenance of Roads at Saturday afternoon session.
Y W C A directors approve a dining room rest room and separate dining area for women workers at the A Y P Exposition. Staff will meet boats and trains to assist young women needing information or aid.
Spokane resident John K. Dow is identified as the architect for major state buildings in Washington. Since April 1997 he has drawn about $17,600 and will reach $22,690.40 under his contract, earning 6 percent on all work for plans and construction.
Jease Grant Webster, wanted for embezzling $6000 from Cascade Laundry where he was cashier, was found in a Oakland hospital and is under surveillance. He was involved in a San Jose auto crash and treated by Seattle Captain Tennant, with his wife listed. police lack funds to extradite.
Patrolman Samuel Young was shot and killed in Wood's saloon at East 19th Street and Umatilla Avenue Portland. Witness Wood says a masked man entered the rear door fired three shots with a revolver saying I got you this time. Police are mystified and questioning Wood who may not be truthful.
The bodies of George Bradbury aged 19 and Norah Priest aged 18 were found beside a road three miles from Alpena Michigan with bullet wounds through their hearts. Officials say the couple killed themselves in a love pact after their parents objected to the marriage. The pair resided in Alpena township near the city.
In Bellingham on September 24 the first democratic gun of the campaign sounded with Senator Cotterill of Seattle and Congress candidate Charles H. Miller as principal speakers.
A well attended meeting marked the start of the campaign in Com County. The event took place in a county theatre, signaling the opening of the campaign period.
Lincoln Neb Sept 24 J Bryan reports withdrawal from his son’s candidacy for president of the sophomore class at the University of Nebraska citing family considerations. William J Bryan Sr also weighs in on the decision. Equitable Bus Investment Association note appears amid unrelated financial text.
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