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 52 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
3
A fragmented notice invites subscriptions and pledges to the Fuel Market Association in Seattle. It outlines nonprofit aims to provide coal and wood fuel to the poor at cost plus expenses, with leadership chosen by a listed committee of city residents and business figures.
A damaged, OCR ejection discusses a stock subscription plan for a public fuel market. It claims influential backers support the scheme to reduce coal costs and urges subscribers to send funds and a blank form to named gentlemen, citing previous market successes in lowering prices.
A series of Oriental labor and policy meetings across the state will assemble in Bellingham tomorrow. The sessions will discuss Hindu expulsions, indemnity claims, and wage practices by Japanese contractors linked to Pacific coast labor. The British consul and U S officials coordinate diplomatic replies as mill owners confront requests for Hindu worker lists.
The first case under the mediation law passed by the last legislature will be filed next week by District Attorney Van Emerson Co charged with noncompliance. The suit demands bond and sale statements from the commission to the shipper showing sale proceeds and purchaser details. Western co compan ies plan to join the action as a test to obtain a Supreme Court opinion.
City officials and debt buyers face court action over Ballard warrants and proposed bonds. Treasurer Russell warns against misused funds while bond purchases may be tied to a city wide guarantee. One option remains to levy a tax this fall to pay off the indebtedness.
School officials consider segregated recitations to curb dropouts among freshmen and raise achievement. They note girls mature faster and perform better in early high school years, while boys often become discouraged. The plan has seen success in eastern schools and may be adopted locally.
The schooner Santa Barbara returns to service after repairs and inbound ships such as Shawmut and Mackinaw carry passengers and freight to Skagway and Victoria. The port sees large salmon shipments as Ot rigo and Farallon head in with fish. M M Perl of Northwestern Steamship Co resigns effective Monday.
The postponed Labor Day picnic will be held tomorrow at Pleasant Beach. Boats run hourly in the afternoon from Pier 2 at the foot of Yester Way. The scheduled program will be rendered.
CHICAGO September 14 H H Harriman plans to invest millions to double track the western lines. Plante at Pleasant Beach tomorrow. Take boats at Plor 2, rain or shine.
The Cunard liner Lucania arrives in New York late today, about fifteen hours after the Lusitania, which passed her and left Cunard ships behind by seven hours. The incident highlights the slower schedule of Lucania compared with Lusitania during the voyage.
The Seattle Retail Grocers Association hosts a Pure Food Show at the G. W. Armory 1826 Terry Ave from Oct 14 to Oct 16. Pacific Coast Company sues Seattle Tacoma Power for recovery of a coal bill totaling 677.61.
United Press reports A B Kurplers the manager of German Drugseas sanitorium was fined 100 dollars for practicing medicine without a license. Officers found Dr C H L King’s license used at the sanitorium and learned he rented it for twenty dollars a month to support family needs. The aged surgeon was dying as he explained his only hope was his medical certificate.
The Seattle school board tentatively agrees the next tax for school purposes will be six mills. The district’s annual expenditures have reached the million-dollar mark for the first time. The levy valuation basis for the next tax levy is 151,561,880 dollars, per the schedule filed with the board yesterday by the county auditor.
Sept 14 marks the sixth anniversary of President McKinley in Canton with wreaths from President Roosevelt and cabinet members. Citizens laid floral tributes to the late president, honoring the martyr leader in his hometown as sorrow dominated the day.
Veterans of the Mexican War gather at the Presidio for a final likely observance of the free anniversary of the last battle and Gen. Winfield Scott’s entry into Mexico on September 14, 1847. The ceremony is hosted by the U S army and navy along with Spanish War Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic.
J. W. Boesey, an experienced trimmer for the Pacific Coast Company, reports two coal veins four and a half feet wide of good quality. He is negotiating with Tacoma parties for improvements but won’t disclose the location. If funded, a new independent mine would open and benefit the city.
As security for a $5,000,000 bond issue dated February 1, 1900, the Seattle Electric company filed a supplementary mortgage yesterday in favor of the Boston Safe Deposit Company, trustees.
John Podkrajnik of Ravensdale was brought in by Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich to answer an assault with an axe charge against John Onlin at Occidental last Wednesday. Tribute to Bill Nye notes a convention in Los Angeles as humorists plan a monument for the late Edgar Wilson Nye known as Bill.
The University of Washington prepares for the new school year with a faculty meeting led by President Kane. Dormitories are filled and over 1200 students are expected to register Monday and Tuesday as classes begin. Coach Place will review candidates for football with Captain Crim in charge and Enoch Tagshaw succeeding.
San Francisco dispatch reports Col W T Glassford, chief of the signal corps for California, back from Alaska and Hawaii on observation. He asserts the United States is prepared for a Japanese threat, favors moving battleships to the Pacific coast, and recommends immediate Pearl Harbor improvements. He dismisses immigration fears and says in war the navy would push Japanese from Hawaii while they retreat inland.
Vice-president Fairbanks argues prosperity is the top issue of the heat campaign. He warns against ignoring the waking of the people to their rights and stresses officials must stay connected with the masses. He asserts common interests bind labor and capital and defends Roosevelt’s prompt enactment of laws.
The proposed Workingmen's Popular ball for the district south of Yetter Way failed to win finance committee support at yesterday's meeting. Sawyer and Crichton did not recognize the strong need felt by Councilman Revelle. The committee favors a public comfort station near Jefferson and Thirday or near Yealer Way and Thirday instead. A report and recommendation go to the council on Monday night.
George A. Pettibone III, charged with complicity in the assassination of Governor Steunenberg, has been moved to a hospital in critical condition. Officials say an operation is likely and there will be no further prosecution of the case at present.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows annual convention will open in St Paul on Monday as thousands of delegates arrive from across the United States Canada and Mexico.
Officer Robert Hawee of the Columbia plans libel suits against several newspapers over charges after a wreck. He says damages may total 100000 dollars and he is in Portland gathering evidence to support the cases.
Dr Noah medicine man of Ptute tribe at Fort Bidwell and Washoe Charley were returned to the reservation after lecturing by the federal grand jury. Prompt action prevented a general uprising as the tribe seized two youths by force and a matron was nearly choked resisting.
A colorful advertisement card appears on local newsstands for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. It features a stork standing on the Alaska building and a view of the harbor district with population figures, aiming to attract visitors to the event.
Lee Curtis a Black logger from Chatham Point 160 miles north says he knows where Miner the hold up desperado is hiding near Port Harvey at Chatham Point He traveled to Vancouver to inform penitentiary officials and to arrest Miner with no special authority Curtis has gone after Miner and reports the fugitive near Chatham Point Port Harvey area
George Dough ty and James Dough ty with Frank Dough ty obtain a judge order compelling Chief Wappenstein and market officers to appear September 21 and show cause why they should not forbid the peddlers from selling goods at the public market in competition with farmers.
A list of individuals from Beattie Aberdeen Carrola Spokane Exeter Beattie and Japan entries shows multiple marriages and licenses. Names include Kessie H Marshall Gladys Collins Walter Clark Fannie Hawkins Nina Snow Archibald McLaren Amy Dunn Noble Johnson Edith Wilcox Kanichi Yamaeaki and Yoka Pusikawa with ages ranging from 18 to 41.
Deaths were registered for Emma Fox 27 at St Lukes Hospital Woolen 87 at 611 Sixteenth av north D Ann Buty 9 at 708 Jackson et al An unknown man about 26 Sept 5 Hotel Butler James McDonald 3 Sept 5 Providence Hospital EB Clark 12 Sept 1106 Seventhay J King 19 Sept Seattle General Hospital infant Pomeroy Sept 12 246 Clee Montagne Mrs M Montagne 28 Sept 7 Providence Hospital
Todays civil notices record births and marriages including Herdman to wife of Willam Herdman at 216% Ewing Sept 4 a daughter Anderson to wife of Carl Anderson at 1019 Washington Sept 12 a son McPiu to wife of M C McPiu at 2016 Atlantic Sept 12 a daughter Kinnear to wife of C W Kinnear at 2020 Howard Ave Sept 9 a daughter Rosain to wife of George Rosain at 511% Elizabeth Ave Sept 9 a daughter Hedberg to wife of A Hedberg on Third Ave Sept 12 a son Fimore to wife of L Gilmore at 6814 Weed Place Sept 12 a ...
The Washington Security Company faced a permit challenge for a ten story office building planned at Third Ave and Stewart St. The $300,000 project was resisted yesterday by the building inspector’s office. Big postponed Labor Day plans at Pleasant Beach with boats departing Pier 2.
Gov. Deacon of Illinois and Mayor Busse will greet 1500 delegates at the opening of the National Prison association in Chicago tonight.
An old classified style notice details Monuments Art Marble Company located at 2011 Second Avenue, three doors north of Virginia, with phone number 1738.
Prince Chavadee of the council of the empire was assassinated in Bushety district. The Princess Chavadee was wounded in the same incident.
In Galveston on September 14, the 1000 strong Southern Pacific dock workers strike concluded after officials conceded the workers demands following a failed attempt to secure strikebreakers.
Dr Ianac Franklin Russell of New York University delivered a glowing tribute to President Roosevelt calling him a white-winged angel of peace. He spoke before the American Social Science Association in Buffalo on the topic American Reverence for Law.
Astoria will appeal to the railroad commission for relief from alleged unjust discriminations by the San Francisco and Portland Steam Ship Company against local shippers.
Tomorrow at 2 45 afternoon opponents of a proposed cut through Woodland Park along Stone Avenue meet at the park’s south side for a tow trip over the boulevard. The Rainier Heights Improvement Club champions the event and invites other improvement clubs to join.
A permit was issued yesterday afternoon for reconstructing the Seattle Athletic Club building to conform to the Fourth Avenue grade. Beebe and Mendell are the architects, with the project costing $42,000.
Creditors of Pope Manufacturing will be heard Monday in Hartford Superior Court before Judge Case regarding the receivership and a possible permanent appointment. About 14 creditors are involved and claim aggregate claims around 750 dollars. Opposition is anticipated to resist making the current receiver permanent.
Seven hundred Hindus slept along wharf sheds after being denied use of a drill hall for temporary shelter. They wandered the town in the chill wind begging for refuge as a delegation urged city authorities to act. They warn relief may require a special envoy from Ottawa next week.
The finance committee plans to move about $50,000 from condemnation funds into the general fund. This transfer aims to bolster the city’s main account which is regularly tapped for improvements and condemned property costs.
In Libhon a searing clash with a gang of desperadoes in suburban catacombs led to the discovery of eight partly decomposed bodies and heaps of bones believed to be missing victims. A dozen men were arrested after a pitched battle with police.
The San Francisco police committee refused to recommend an October boxing permit, triggering investor concern among promoters. Supervisor Magee argued for clean sport and warned against faked pro fights and amateur bouts that siphon gate receipts, signaling possible broader city shutdown of boxing.
The board of public works approved plans for 25 blocks of Yesler Way paving to Broadway to Thirty-second Ave. The asphalt street will be 42 feet wide and cost about 97 000 dollars. Highest bulkheads will be built across the Twenty second Ave gulch. Dreamland rink hosts a 25 prize giveaway tonight.
Mrs Leona Luti a 22 year old Italian woman accuses Margaret Curley and others of holding her ten days in a house. She says she was beaten tied and forced to write she left her husband. Curley posted bail. three suspects are still sought.
J Edward Allen dies in Providence following a stroke of apoplexy attributed to worry over the Vanderbilt spiritualist case and his role as financial agent for Mrs Pepper-Vanderbilt.
Carlsbad reports the death of Prince August of Coburg who passed away today. No further details were provided in the brief notice.
John A. Fox special director of the National Rivers and Harbors congress arrived here and will depart Monday evening for a tour of California harbors.
Northwestern Mutual Fire Association offers free expert guidance to manufacturers on construction classes plant layout and protection against hazards. The department of automatic sprinklers provides cost and insurance savings figures. The insurer also supplies needed equipment and serves as Pacific coast representative of factory and lumber mutuals. Contact Northwestern inspector by phone or mail for services.
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.