1890 Newspaper Clippings

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1-5 George Seville Kirk Article for English Almanac about Washington C.1890
6 Birth announcements Mr. and Mrs. G.S. Kirk
7 Development of Our Iron Resources May 29, 1890
8-9 Furnaces and Mills
10 Northwest Wealth –Coal –Fruit –Halibut –Land value –Indian reservation sizes
11 Northwest Wealth –Banking –Railroads –Ocean Shipping
12 NP Railroad Accident
12 Iron Metropolis Forbes Lake
12 George Kirk Arrived in Kirkland Sept 1890
13 Kirkland Area Building Progress for the Mill Mention of Houghton
14 N.S. Anderson early settler from Nebraska in 1876
14 Baptist University to be erected in Kirkland 125 Acres donated by Early Settlers
15 Work on Steel Plant Construction
15-16 S. Foster French & Early History of settlers
16 Kirkland Plat filed
17 J.W. Demott History
17 Mr. Beard’s new building
18 Kirkland’s Big Mill Lumber Plant
18 Kirkland’s University Baptist Institution to cost about $250,000
19 Revision Court mention of G.S. Kirk and John Higginbottom
19 Chapel-en-le-Frith Ironworks Sale
19 Chapel-en-le-Frith Water Works Co annual meeting
20 Chapel-en-le-Frith In Troublous Times –Tacoma Hustled Possible Steel Mill
21 Washington Lake Fleet –Steamer Mary Kraft Kirkland to Madison
21 Steamers on Lake Washington –Kirkland –Mary Kraft –Edith E -May Queen Etc
22 L.S.J. Hunt Interview Regarding Possible Navy Yard on Lake Washington
22 Canal Commission to Connect Lake Washington to Puget Sound
22 Ray Pettibone Shots 360 LB Bear
23 Kirkland Postmaster E.M. Church History
23 Plat filed by Ed and Carrie Blewett for 36.94 Acres and 320 Lots to be sold
24 Commission hears about NW Resources for Big Gun Plant –Steel –Coal –Lime
24 Improved Kirkland Mail Service by Steamer to Madison to Replace Railroad
24 Mr. Church Declines legislature nomination
25 J.S. Sailee Juanita Resident History –Candidate 43^rd District
25-26 Stories of Old Settlers –Andrew Nelson –First Owner of Kirkland Land
27 First Republican Rally in Kirkland –Judge Miller –W.C. Rutter -J.S Salee –Collins
27 Kirkland Steel Works Being Rapidly Pushed
28 Bear Attacks Hog Belonging to Walter Walker –Powell –Newcastle Road
28 Steamer City of Latona Juanita / Kirkland to Seattle
28 Houghton Maple Tree Stem Planted
28 Wild Game at West Seattle Hunted -3 Deer in 4 Days -3 Bear in 1 Week
28 Kirkland Folk –Peter Kirk –E.M. Church –J.W. DeMott –C.J Blumenthal
29-30 39^th Anniversary of the Founding of Seattle –How Settlers Came
30 Lumber Industry 1889 output from Puget Sound Mills
31 Record of Weather Years 1877-1890 News January 1 1891
32 Seattle Post office Stats for 1890
32 Great Year for Hops 38,000 Bales 1890
33 Seattle Mayor Harry White Returns $6 Donation to Boston Mayor for Seattle Fire
34 J.W. Demott Brings Strawberries to Post Inteligencer from Kirkland Farm
34 Plat Filed by Horace and Nannie Hall for Russell Algers Addition to Kirkland 10 Acres
34 Wildcat Fraud unauthorized use of General Alger’s Name on Plat for Worthless Land Sales
34 Unblushing Fraud on Land Sales
35 Counsel James McNaught of Northern Pacific RR to Built Lines for Steel Mill
36 Arthur Denny Praised and Mention of His Holdings on Snoqualmie Iron Deposits
36 General Alger’s Investments in Kirkland Iron and Steel Works
37 Chapel-en-le-Frith Restoration of Church June 26^th 1890
38 Articles of the Belt Line RR Filed to Support the Steel Mill –Eastern Money Investment
38 Kirkland Brick Company filed for Incorporation
38 No Longer any Financial Reasons why the Steel Mill would not be built
39 Articles of Incorporation filed for the Belt Line Company –RR –Motor Lines –light & Power
39 Articles of Incorporation for Kirkland Investment Company
39 E.M. Church appointed Postmaster of Kirkland
39 Kirkland Land and Improvement Company to Offer Property for Sale
39 Engineer S.W. Hayes of NP RR moves from Newcastle to Kirkland to Clear Land for RR
40 The New City of Iron –Activity and Bright Prospects of Kirkland –Interview Peter Kirk
40 Purchase of Fraser and Sparkman Claims by Edward Blewett for $80,000
40 Plat filed for Riedinger’s first addition to Kirkland 40 Lots
41 Chief Seattle Lonely Grave Now Marked by Monument –History of Chief Seattle
42 On Top of Rainier Climbed by Oscar Brown and Thomas Kennedy –Rope Found on top
43 James Clarkson Post Office Rep Interview Concerning Service in the West
44-49 Early Explorers Accounts -Messrs and S.C. Gilman (Page 56 is Front Page?)
50-51 New City of Seattle Rising from the Great Fire –The Work of Rehabilitation
52 Washington State Wealth Property Assessments 1874-1890 –School Fund Amounts
53 Population of States 1880 and 1890
53 Seattle Population
53 Sales of Seattle Realty 1890
54 The Kirkland Iron Works
54 Seattle Street Railways Cable and Electic Cars Miles of Track In Operation January 1 1891
55 Jobbing Business Amounts to 31 Million Dollars Increase of 11 Million
55 Seattle Total Employed 4200
55 Kirkland Town of Brick Business Blocks 150 New Buildings –Seattle Belt Line 2/3 Built
55 Kirkland Buildings Owners Location and Value C.1890 Full Column Report
56 Winter Explorations Olympics Gilman and Son (Part of Page 44-49?)
57 Kirkland Iron and Steel Mill Importance to Area 1890
57 F.W. Dunn of SLS&E RR look for Bunker Location Unloading of Iron in Kirkland