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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1907
Page
6
An advertisement claims a light and heat therapy can cure cancer, lung and rheumatic diseases, and foreign growths, asserting surgical operations are unnecessary. It cites doctors, mentions German and English practice, and lists various loan and legal services amid a dense, period ad layout.
CHAS ADAMS offers five acre garden tracts at Mountain View Station on the Green Lake line. Described as on the car line with $400 down and monthly balance. Price $1,260, abstract furnished with perfect title.
The notice advertises land near Beattie priced at 840 per acre with easy terrain and proximity to car lines. It mentions a one third acre tract on the car line and a short ride to the city hall, with monthly payments through a company offer and a special excursion to Des Moines from Colman dock.
An opportunity notice offers ten acres of land well suited for a specific thin ranching operation at Mukil teo. The text emphasizes easy terms for sale and suggests inviting the right party to inquire further about St.
Auction notes list a one thousand six hundred dollar cotta ta lot in a good neighborhood at the heart of the city with a two block car and a balance to be paid.
One acre of good soil cultivated for sale at Foster on the Tacoma interurban twenty minutes from Seattle. Rear water and chicken garden space included. Price $266 cash with $19 monthly balance. Contact 0400-8400 ga00. Also note a small office at Mountais View Hatton near Gress Lake line with terms $26 monthly. FAY COMPANY.
A fragmentary notice describes a new waterfront rail line being built between Tacoma and nearby towns, with references to farms, acreage, and anticipated profits. It mentions events on September 20 and a departure from Colman Dock, with schedules and tickets in a local area promotional context.
Classified notices advertise multiple real estate opportunities near Larchmont, Tacoma interurban lines, and Des Moines with 4-hour from phrases. Listings feature 4 to 10 acre tracts, garden land, water access, clear level sites, with prices from 460 to 1800 dollars per tract and varied down payments.
National Land Co of Indiana promotes land near Spanaway car line in Tacoma Parkland. Cleared dry lots priced 10 to 160 dollars with access to car line stores school and college. Excursions from office at 106 Madison and planned tours tomorrow with two departure times.
Reaney Investment Co offers trading 2 fine wheat totes for improved city property or cash. Listings include Cedar Mountain station near Kenton, 60 rent rooms or 60 per acre, Atlantic Ocean area parcels, 4 room house with 6 acres water, fruit trees, and other city or unimproved parcels. Terms vary with property trades and cash, near 76 It launch and 15 mph cabins. NEANBY INVESTMENT CO INC at 17 Vrefontain Place, near city ball.
Paragraph reads ads for a 9 room house with cement sidewalk and good view near North Street and Terrace in Greenwood Park. Mentions city water coming within 6 days, nearby interurban, rental potential, and contact listings NATON & CO. with phone numbers. Also notes other properties and a 5- or 6-room house with modern bath for sale.
A fragmented ad offers affordable home ownership with monthly payments from five dollars and down payments as low as required. It promises fine car service and flexible viewing times, inviting steady buyers to call for arrangements. Contacts include seven listed phone numbers and addresses.
Property listing describes a heat cottage on a foxile M1 lot in a good neighborhood near BE Queen Anne. Terms include payment plans and a nearly $2,000 lot value. Alaska Building broker W KB COX & 0 is named.
The street committee has finalized provisions of the food products ordinance introduced last Monday. It outlines what may and may not be sold at city markets including farm produced items only and prohibits slaughtering animals or fowls on the market.
Antone Ross, a laborer for the Beattle Electric Co., narrowly escaped asphyxiation when gas flooded a manhole at Occ dental ay and Main St. He was rescued unconscious and taken to Wayside hospital, where doctors said he would recover. His address is unknown.
M. F. Rowe owner of an apartment house at Eighthay and Union 1 complains to the board of public works about the Beat tle dairy at Seventh ay and Union. He claims the dairy premises are not kept properly and the smoke from the steam plant chimney fills the hotel.
One Chinese man and a Japanese woman face deportation tonight as the Shawmut sails. The Chinaman sought admission, was denied, appealed, and the appeal was dismissed by the Department of Commerce and Labor. The Japanese woman suffers from trachoma.
The steamship Woolwich will depart Hammond tonight carrying one of the port’s largest single cargoes. The entire consignment, loaded at Hammond mill, is bound for an English firm operating in Japan.
SCOTTSBRURG Ind Sept 28 The monument erected here to honor William H English the Democratic nominee for president on the Hancock ticket in 1880 was unveiled today at the city. CITY REAL ESTATE.
City Real Estate Co Incorporated lists lots on Bescon Mill from 460 to 5508 dollars with easy payment options. Close in property available. contact owner BON A TORR at the given number for details.
Two vacant lots at 1005108 near Wallingford care with lake view, ideal for one or two homes and possible profit in coming months. Asking price 1 206 for cash, terms through Charles openers Aletha Bus Home near Madison. Also a 7 room house with fruit trees at 91 400. Winkhiy Bros, Colman Bldg.
Real estate notices advertise tracts for sale near Beacon Milicar tine Subaties and near Three Point with low cash and monthly terms. Offers include $100 cash and $16 monthly, plus other deals at $600 or $165 cash. Also listed are bungalow furnished properties, car-line proximity, and multiple-acre plots near Woodland Park with view of the Sound. Cascade Orchards near Leavenworth advertise $200 to $300 per acre with perpetual water rights and new additions on sale, via Peters, owner.
In Judge Frater's juvenile court two youths from the Madison area meet and recall earlier ties. Washed and cleaned by Matron Kelly, they display renewed self respect and the judge notes reformative impact of court supervision and the department's work.
A. B. Campbell of Spokane testified that ex Senator Addison Foster was asked to intercede for ex Governor Brennenberg to delay Inspector L. L. Sharp in a timber land deal investigation. Campbell said Steunenberg urged Foster to hold Sharp until a meeting could be arranged with the senator.
Boise Idaho September 24 The special grand jury investigating charges against District Attorney M L Ruick has broadened its inquiry beyond the original scope. It is examining rumors about Ruick being paid by the Western Federation of Miners to secure land fraud indictments. No strong evidence on motives has emerged.
City water and light services relocated from City Hall to the new Trustee offices on Third Avenue and Washington Street. The move was completed today and business operations will resume in the new quarters Monday morning.
A readvertisement of the Cedar River water extension project extending through Harvard and north was ordered by the board of public works today.
Providence hospital stockholders hold a half lot on 19th and Jefferson through Carlene Simpson R Estate Co. Details are private but indicate a larger, modern hospital is planned. Architects are drawing plans for the new facility.
Excitement rose on the Seattle waterfront as the Flyer failed to arrive on time at 10 20. By 10 35 managers feared delay and contacted Tacoma reporting the vessel left Tacoma on schedule and should have reached Seattle. It docked about 11 30 after a part of the engine broke, requiring repair before continuing its trip.
Seattle Electric wins a permit to build a steel and concrete counterbalance on the Queen Anne Hill east tracks replacing the wooden structure. The board allowed winter road work though nearly denying it, with service shifted via Cedar Street. New lifts will double capacity as cars begin operation on the 19th Avenue Northeast and North 15th Avenue lines and the Wallingford extension.
Boom for Judge Wickersham who seeks lead role in the Republican delegation to the next national convention. The Philadelphia Life Insurance Co seeks Washington state permission to operate with Pacific coast offices to be based in Seattle.
State Senator B M Allen of Nebraska buys a 60 foot lot on Thirty fourth avenue from George W Dilling Co and will move his family there. Allen and his son plan to practice law.
Frank Doyle aged 18 a Northern Pacific freight brakeman was killed in Tacoma early today when his foot was caught while coupling cars. His body was cut in two by the wheels. His father is a conductor and lives here.
A competitive shoot will be held tomorrow at the Orillia range. The trophy held by Go D N G W will be contested by Co s D and B. Five shots will be fired at 200 yards, five at 300, and five at 500 yards. Major John Stringer will oversee the event.
The Washington Equal Suffrage Association opened with addresses by Mayor William Hickman Moore Dr Sarah Kendall Mrs Boma Smith De Voe and Rev Geo Cairns among others interested in woman suffrage. Mrs De Voe was reelected head of the association and officers will be elected this afternoon.
Ida Keene files a lawsuit against the city seeking eleven thousand dollars in damages after a fall on a walk. The case alleges the city failed to maintain safe walking surfaces and caused her injuries.
United Press reports Portland official Radding, former Labor Party secretary, surrendered to police claiming he was not part of a plot against Mayor Lane. He alleged he followed a woman of Lane’s circle and will prove his statements tonight. Bond set, he awaits examination. Later text notes property disputes and regional public works mentions.
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