King Arrives for Grand Seattle Coronation Parade
The Portland treasure ship carried King Edgar d'Oro and Queen Daphne to Elliott Bay for a 1:30 arrival. A 2:30 coronation followed by a royal pageant with floats honoring Seattle history and local cultures. The procession featured floats from Vancouver, Yeslers, Chief Seattle, and Japanese residents, ending with royal edicts promoting happiness and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
King Edgar
Elliott Bay
Eugene Ely
Royal Aerial
Grand Pacific Dock
Potlatch Grandstand
Grand Trunk Dock
Yesterway
First Av
Virginia
Grandstand
Daphne
Fourth Av
Stewart St
Stewart
James
Lenora
Edgar d'Oro
Guard of Honor
Vancouver
Puget Sound
Alki Point
Seattle
Washington
Alaska
Former police chief Wappenstein jailed for bribery case
Ex-chief Charlies Wappenstein convicted of taking a $1,000 bribe from Gid Tupper and Clarence Gerald to protect Midway and Paris houses. Judge Ronald sentences him to three to ten years at hard labor, with a $5,000 maximum fine and $87,500 bail set pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies W. Wappenstein
Gid Tupper
Clarence Gerald
Midway
Paris
Ronald
Morrie
Wappenstein
Morris
Wappy
Renn
Seventeenth float carries Seattle city directory display
The pageant features a giant float of the 1897 Seattle city directory carried by four athletes. Other floats depict Boy Scouts of America, Santa Claus with reindeer entering the United States via the Olympic mountains, and a final vision of Seattle in 1920 with a sprawling skyline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Alaska
Seattle
Boy Scouts of America
Santa Claus
United States
Olympic Mountains
Hill May Fly in Aeroplane at Grand Forks
Louis W. Hill president of the Great Northern railroad being expected in Grand Forks North Dakota on Saturday has been invited to take an aeroplane trip with Walter Brookins the Wright aviator as pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Walter Brookins
Everybody in Congress Playing Politics Says Berger
Victor L. Berger the socialist congressman from Milwaukee says in Columbus that all parties manipulate politics for self interest including trusts and southern politicians. He argues the working class lacks representation and criticizes stand patters democrats insurgents and La Follette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prose
Columbus
Ohio
Congress
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
South
Bob la Follette
Potlatch Schedule Of Races And Air Displays
Tomorrow features motor boat races in Elliott Bay with ten mile courses for yachts and cruising boats, Curtiss aviators Eugene Ely and Hugh Robinson performing airship flights, hydro aeroplane demonstrations, two pageants on Division Nos. 1 and 2, naval reserve cutter crew races in the harbor, and boat races on Lake Kingston and Lake Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flest
Elliott Bay
Curtiss
Eugene Ely
Hugh Robinson
Ryan Denies Writing The Dick to Dick Letter In Alaska Claim
Richard B. Ryan, claiming lands at Controller Bay Alaska, travels to Washington to testify to a House committee. He denies writing or knowing the Dick to Dick letter, disavows Morgandiungenheim syndicate ties, and says his firm is the Probat-Wetzler company seeking only his land in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoe Press
York
Richard
Ryan
Controller Bay
Alaska
Washington
Committee On Expenditures
Interior Department
Morgandiungenheim Syndicate
Charles P. Taft
Ballinger
Taft
Miss Abbott
Probat-Wetzler Company
Weather Forecast for Seattle Area
Fair tonight and Thursday with light southwest winds. Noon temperature today around 71 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Laugh at Murder Charge in Four Jailed Teens Case
In Grand Junction Colorado four teens Laugh about their arrest on a direct murder charge in the death of rancher Clark A Wolfkill. Lee Baker 15 said they cannot be sent to the penitentiary for life and others refuse to reveal details, clinging to a drowning story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prose
Grand Junction
Colo
Clark A. Wolfkill
Lee Baker
Gladys Thompson
Lillian Osborne
Virgil Watson
Weather smiles on Seattle as Potlatch week begins
Still cooler today with noon temperature at 71 degrees, down from 74 yesterday and 83 on Saturday. The Washington weather office forecast fair skies and moderate temperatures, and the forecast is being fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington, D. C
Monkeys or Humans Dressed as Monkeys Bathed in Confusion
Patrolman Nutting investigated claims that men and boys were throwing baseballs at so called monkeys at Fourth and Union. He found the targets were humans paid to pose as monkeys. Dr Mary B Martin called to report the incident from the YWCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Nutting
Mary B. Martin
Fourth
Union
Hicktown Bee Oddities Report City News Snippets
Scrambled notes describe a vague scene at Yes ter Front drug store and Zeb Willings’ house. References to strawberry items, late night happenings, and a mix of names imply a local gossip roundup with unclear connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yester Front
Zeb Willings
Congrats
Pianty
Royal visit program unfolds in Grand Trunk Pacific events
Today features the arrival of the King aboard the Portland at the Grand Trunk Pacific dock and a downtown pageant review. A Curtiss hydroplane demonstration with Ely and Robinson follows, then a Chan Ming Ellery concert, illuminated water parade, royal ball, street parade, and late royal reception at the armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Grand Trunk Pacific
Curties
Eugene Ely
Hugh Robinson
Chan- Ming Ellery
Potlatch Grandstand
Queen Anne
Capitol Hille
State Armory
Potlatch
English Preacher to Speak at Northwest Chautauqua
Clarence Aked the noted English preacher will lecture at the Northwest Chautauqua this evening and tomorrow evening in John D. Rockefeller's New York church. Dr. Gabriel McGuire, who spoke on The Experiences of an Irishman in the Heart of Africa, will lecture again this afternoon. McGuire was the first white man to follow Stanley through the Dark Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence 0. Aked
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Northwest Chautauqua
Gabriel McGuire
Africa
McGuire
Stanley
Federal clerk cites domestic abuse in divorce suit
In Washington on July 19 Elmer B penter a government clerk testified in his wife s divorce suit claiming she beats him with a broomstick after forcing him to handle cooking and washing and failing to remove a stain from her kimono The transcript shows a troubled marriage with allegations of repeated abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer B. Penter
Ethel Barrymore Nearing Home Amid Marital Rumors
Ethel Barrymore arrived in Chicago amid no comment on marriage plans. She faced a wave of mail at the Blackstone Hotel including letters from her husband urging reconciliation. She then proceeded to New York this afternoon.
Golden Girl Golden Girl Trail Captures Crowds
The Golden Girl, Ismay Darragh, drew huge crowds as she rode through the city dropping red envelope gifts. Thousands followed the Trail of the Golden Girl with stops announced across the day and a $5 gold certificate prize found by Dr Bessie Brighouse from Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Girl
Pantages Theatre
Star Office
Sam Rings
Pine
J. Wilson
Spruce
Harry Keyser
Thomas Phelps
Howard
Ralph Wills
Frank Nordyke
Bessie Brighouse
Vancouver
New Washington
Ismay Darragh
Teail
Why Women Fail as Soda Clerks
A Seattle employer cites reasons women fail as soda dispensers after testing female workers. He says they take too long draw sodas are too careful with mixtures are fussy about shakes and gossip. He notes only about ten of one hundred soda dispensers are women and men handle quick service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Portia
Fair Soda
Seattle
Also Mentioned on This Page
King
Edgar
Rex
Shipley
Will H. Morris
Land of Nowhere
Hill
Berger
Ban Francisco
Order of Eagles
Dek
Morgan - Guggenheim Syndicate
THE
Hicktown
John
Chautauqua
Ethel Barrymore
Los Angeles
Alexander Afkmay
John Summers
Pacific Coast Biscuit Co
Athporpe
Fannie
Mary
Puente
San Bernardino
Aikman
Shafer Bros
University
Big Treasure Auto
Pioneer Square
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!