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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
6
The page advertises affordable plots from $60 to $100 down with monthly terms near Pacific City and Tacoma Interurban, plus rentals and small homes. It promotes farmable tracts, garden plots, and four cottage listings with prices, down payments, and monthly payments.
The Seattle Marine Band performs tomorrow afternoon at Woodland Park concluding the season. The program features selections such as Whistling John Miller The Time the Place and the Girl Howard Idle Moora Inzomatti Where a Hand Leader Has His Troubles and a 22nd New York Regiment march conducted by KE N Smith with cornet solos and medleys.
Chicago gossip says J Ogden Armour and W H Hartlett along with other prominent financiers are in a pinch as corn prices hover around 80 cents. Short positions for September delivery pressed the market, closing near or below the going price as month end nears.
Inter national Bond Realty advertises view lots for sale with as little as 10 dollars down and monthly payments. Listings claim near Green Lake and University area with lake views and nearby stations. Cash options range from 260 to 899 dollars with balance due, contact 1009-18 American Bank Building.
Land advertised at 450 An Acre with level surfaces and good water near the city. Prospective buyers are invited to visit the Green Lake branch office at Denny Place on the north shore to view the property and learn about the interurban survey routes opening through the area.
Advert appears to offer inexpensive ownership in Manchester near Seattle with various lot options from water front to acre plots. It promises good schools saw mill hotel and post office, and invites readers to take a steamer from Colman Dock on Sunday September 27 for free tickets and information.
A garbled notice advertises a meeting or visit at a lawn area near a university campus with lakes and mountains. It mentions an International Bond Realty office at 1009-18 American Hank Building and a contact option.
In New York on September 26 the theatre scene hints at a reconciliation between Mary Mannering and James K. Hackett over their child Elise. Elise, under Mannering’s custody, attended Hackett’s rival show bearing messages of goodwill between the estranged spouses during his engagement premiere.
The Herzl congregation has purchased a corner lot at Sixteenth Ave and First and will build a large modern synagogue as Seattle lacks a major Orthodox house of worship. Holidays and the Jewish New Year are observed in multiple synagogues and halls, with services on Oct. 6 for Yom Kippur. The congregation currently meets in Washington Hall on 14th Ave and First.
Market price list shows live weight of hens at 8 per pound and ducks at 2 per pound, veal and other meats priced per pound. Fresh produce includes Blackberries at 1.50, grapes, apples, and pears with various per unit costs. tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, spinach, and onions listed. beans and cucumbers priced per pound. Local prices for butter and meat reflect regional market rates.
The page lists share prices for Amalgamated Copper and others with percent bids and closings, plus Chicago grain prices for Wheat and Corn. Entries show multiple companies, exchanges, and percentage figures from Sept 26, 1908, including Union Pacific and North Pacific quotes.
The document lists financial figures including assets and liabilities such as capital stock, surplus, undivided profits, and funds. It shows totals for liabilities and mentions deposits, time certificates, and notes payable. The entry is signed by cashier Ralph Stacy and notarized in a historical register.
Promoters describe themselves as graduates of world leading medical schools and claim long experience in surgery with renowned professors. They tout a “system of cures” promising permanent results for chronic illnesses, asserting temporary relief is useless and urging immediate treatment at their Hot Springs facility.
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