William Hickman Moore A Seattle Official and Gentleman
William Hickman Moore long served Seattle as city attorney and state senator. The former Elks leader and Eagles sachem earned praise for strict law enforcement while maintaining a genial private character. He balanced public duty with personal loyalty, shaping civic life through the early 20th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elka
Eagles
Redmen
Supreme Court of the Elks
Rainier Club
Seattle Athletic Club
Willam Hickman Moore
Demand for Joint User Privilege On City Tracks Flight
Maurice B. Sadie representing Seattle Renton Southern told the corporations committee that traffic limits under the Washington st counterweight system have been reached. He sought temporary use of Seattle Electric Co tracks laid on Weller st while permanent Jackson at tracks were regraded. The Seattle Electric Co franchise contains a common user clause allowing joint use with another company. The company’s counsel asked for time to study the demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
Maurice B. Sadie
Seattle
Renton @ Southern
Council
Seattle Electric Co
Weller St
Jackson
Twenty Four Years For Being A Fraud
Vancouver court gives Henry Piette and Peter Morgan Werer a total sentence of twenty four years for nine fraud charges involving worthless dice and stolen goods. A reduced concurrent term leaves an actual time of less than one year to serve, while the defendants claim they never intended harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Henry Piette
Peter Morgan Werer
Wullty
Yeang
Montia
Pleid
The Days of Barter Are Over
A reflection on barter fading as money and banking grow in a community. It notes that deposits in the savings department earn interest at four percent, implying financial progress and the end of primitive exchange.
Comfort Stations Proposed for Seattle Public Use
Reader letters advocate public comfort stations in Seattle to boost morality and impressions for visitors. The proposal calls for up to date convenient facilities within the next 10 to 12 months and suggests locations on steep graded streets with entrances on opposite sides for women and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Munittor
Emnfirit
Mmeticine
Aed
Weert
Stana
Watt Family Plans Incorporation in Mount Baker Park
The Watt organization in Mount Baker Park considers incorporation to establish a home. Powwell the building seeks masgirewniee and aims to be opened at Baker Temple on Lee. Richard Watt, secretary of the stnkers' union of Chicago, reports receiving an anonymous Mafia or Black Hand letter threatening union leader John Freitweisser if the bakers continue unionizing French and Italian workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt
Mount Baker Park
Powwell
Masgirewniee
Baker Temple
Lee
Richard Watt
Stnkers’ Union of Chicago
Dlack Hand
John Freitweisser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winllian Hickman Moore
William Hickman
Tiberal
Moore
Universi
Altorne
Wayor
William Hickman Moore
Ars
Cor Onien
Knosher’s
I Ladies
Cashmere
James
Sanataire
Montenegrans
Hall
the Union Savings & Trust Company
Nesiberg
M. D
Becond Ave
Seattie
Prat
J. A. Balilargeon Do. Ing
Ths Place
M. A. Bprague
LABOR
Behnehard Optical Co
Av. Ooe
Ladies’ Home Journal
Frederick & Nelson, Inc
Mission Electric
ART Pottery
Dinieres
Marseilles
Guar
Antee
State Bank
Yesler
Pioneer Square
Beck
Frederick & Nelson Incorporated
Toys In
Toyland
Children’s Delight
New York
Ant de Challins
N. Y
Bali
Mit
Gibeon and
Eieerets
Val
Ste
Carvey
Buchanan
IS — S
Second Avenue
Rey TY
ST. Paul
Third and Pike
Seoqualmie Hotel
Hatrance
T. P. Fay Co., Inc
Mehihorn Bldg
Twin Cities
Great Northern Line
Co. W. Meldrum
P. and
T. A. Coltabia
A LA Carte Dining Car Service
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!