City of Seattle Records

To the Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: Whereas there is now being printed and circulated in this city an certain paper known and designated as the Sunday Breeze Mercury, and also a certain other paper known and designated as the Sunday Sun: and Whereas, these papers do smirch the character of our citizens and corrupt the moral of our youth; and Whereas certain of our sister cities, deeming such publications unfit to be read by their citizens, have prohibited their circulation within the corporate limits of such cities; Therefore, we, the undrsigned, most respectfully petition your Honorable Sir and Body to take such action as will effectulally stop the publication and distribution of said papers in our own fair city. NAMES Elyah Jones P L Allen A Conning Lulu Allen Homer L Buel Lizzie Esplin Agnes Conning H B Ricghards A L Berry May Roberts D Pater M S Colmer F D Sharp C W Richards S J Haynes Alice Cox L Untermute Helen E Brown Katie Burgess Mrs Thos Anderson Geo W Hadfubl H Guard Mrs. Jas Anderson B L Sinclair A W Sparks

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Count Name Age 183 Cox C. M. 36 184 Cox Alice 34 185 Cox Landon 12 186 Cox Maude 11 187 Cox Lou 9 188 Cox Mary 4 189 Cox James 3 190 Chilberg Andrew 35 191 Casey Frank 29 192 Casey James 22 193 Casey Francis 2 194 Casey John 7 ms 195 Charlton Edwd 30 196 Charlton Therese 33 197 Charlton Frank 10 198 Charlton Ralph 24 199 Cochram Wm 37 200 Crocket [G. R.?] 41 201 Crosset Paul 23 202 Crosset Nellie 26 203 Crosset William 8 ms 204 Carroll [K?] 35 205 Curtiss Wm 32 206 Coss Wm 25 207 Clarke Maud 23 208 Clarke Lois 3 209 Cunningham Peter 35 210 Coulogui Edwd 32 211 Coulogui Mattie 32 212 Coulogui Chas 4 213 Carroll T. H. 48 214 Cappan Geo 30 215 Cormier Raymond 32 216 Coffie Thos 36 217 Coffie Carrie 31 218 Coffie Mary 8 219 Connor H. F. 25 220 Christianson Mary 16 221 Clarke Isaac 53 222 Colton Edwd 24