Town Crier
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s early arts, music and culture scene are chronicled in this weekly publication. Our digital collection includes issues published from 1912 to 1938
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The Town Crier, v.7, no.33, Aug. 17, 1912
Page 1 photo features the Noice Undertaking Company at 1400 Broadway on Capitol Hill.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_33
Date: 1912-08-17
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The Town Crier, v.9, no.24, Jun. 13, 1914
Page 11 article "A Visit to the King County Hospital" describes the hospital located in Georgetown.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1914_09_24
Date: 1914-06-13
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Seattle Town Crier, v.22, no.10, Mar. 5, 1927
Page 2 article discusses attempts to enforce prohibition in Seattle roadhouses. Page 5 article discusses plans for the new Civic Auditorium and includes an architect's sketch. Page 15 discusses the passing of G.L. Tanzer of the Western Smelting & Power Company. A portrait of Tanzer is included.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1927_22_10
Date: 1927-03-05
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The Town Crier, v.7, no.21, May 25, 1912
Page 4 article "Inexcusable" discusses the crash of the steamship Alameda into the Colman Dock on the Seattle waterfront.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_21
Date: 1912-05-25
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The Town Crier, v.13, no.18, May 4, 1918
Page 3 features photograph of Cornish dance teacher Mary Ann Wells. Page 4 article "What of the Idle?" discusses war industries and work at Seattle's shipyards.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1918_13_18
Date: 1918-05-04
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The Town Crier, v.9, no.22, May 30, 1914
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1914_09_22
Date: 1914-05-30
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The Town Crier, v.13, no.10, Mar. 9, 1918
Page 3 articles discusses Ole Hanson's victory in the mayoral election.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1918_13_10
Date: 1918-03-09
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The Town Crier, v.14, no.12, Mar. 22, 1919
Page 1 includes interior photograph of the newest Chauncey Wright restaurant at 1st Ave. and Marion St. The restaurant is further described on page 16. Page 3 includes portrait of James Anderson Wood, former editor of the Town Crier and new editor of the Post-Intelligencer. Page 4 article ""The Sensation"" discusses the case of Ruth Garrison, arrested for poisoning Grace E. Storrs, the wife of her love interest Douglas Storrs. Page 11 article features advertisement for the Curtis Studio "" for the first time displaying the favored portrait of the late Colonel Roosevelt.""
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1919_14_12
Date: 1919-03-22
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The Town Crier, v.12, no.1, Jan. 6, 1917
Page 1 features photograph of Mary A. Lister and Florence Lister, wife and daughter of Governor Ernest Lister. Page 4 article "A Display of Gall" discusses Mayor Hiram C. Gill's request for additional funds to support prohibition enforcement.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1917_12_01
Date: 1917-01-06
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The Town Crier, v.9, no.14, Apr. 4, 1914
Page 6 article "In the Public Eye and Ear" features article on James Willis Sayre.
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1914_09_14
Date: 1914-04-04
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