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!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1919
Page
9
J Rh Gordon of the Kk L Polk Directory estimates Seattle’s 1919 population at 400000, up from 375000 in 1918 and 325000 in 1917. He predicts 1919 growth may equal or surpass prior increases as the new directory goes to delivery July 1.
Dean Arthur Priest of the University of Washington was scheduled to speak to the Municipal League in Bird's cafeteria at noon Tuesday. Priest recently returned from France where he represented the Washington lar enn' association.
A city wide protest is planned at the Jewish educational center on 18th Ave and Madisonet with all synagogues and Hebrew organizations meeting Wednesday evening June 18 to condemn atrocities against Jewish populations in Romania Ukraine and Poland.
Oliver Rowland Mumford Allan Oren Teberta Madison were found guilty of grand larceny for defrauding Marto & Song of 3451 dollars. Madison urged that he is a damaged man with a wife and two children as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Patterson called him a sophisticated con man. A penitentiary term of two to 15 years awaits under the verdict.
The university offers a summer program in retail selling with practical work in Seattle shops. Mrs. Cassie Paine Small, longtime Princeachool of education for store service, leads the course targeted at teachers. An advisory committee of ten Seattle merchants supports the program, admitting only twenty students due to workload.
B F Dahm longtime organiser of the university extension division and head of that branch since 1914 resigned his position. The resignation takes effect at the end of the school year June 3. A University of Wisconsin graduate, Dahm previously led the commercial department at Elgin high school before moving to Seattle. During the war he stopped editing his magazine Better Business to devote time to patriotic work.
Ballard High School plans a May festival Friday evening featuring a 250 voice chorus the high school orchestra and boys and girls glee clubs directed by E H Worth The graduating class will present a program at Friday morning’s assembly.
Charles F. Cole is held on a murder charge after turning himself in. He says he killed H. Scott, a police officer, who entered the Cole home intoxicated and insulted Mrs. Cole. Cole states he shot Scott while Scott embraced Mrs. Cole.
Levy's Orpheum presents Kabibble the Peddler in a lively musical comedy with a baby, a piano and dynamite as key props. Lew White sells everything from shoe strings to pianos, Ert Hunt plays an old man, Rita Frederick shines, and Olive Finney debuts as a new prima donna with Love Here is My Heart. The week also features Pantages Pantages bill with Kajiyama demonstrating mental concentration and The Krazy Kat Revue plus a screen comedy and variety acts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.