Before William LeHuquet began publishing his Lake Washington Reflector in 1918, most Bellevue news items were carried in Kirkland papers. The following news items come from the October 8, 1909 issue of the East Side News, a precursor to the East Side Journal –

“Born: To Mr. and Mrs. John Seipman, a daughter, Tuesday.”

“There are 117 pupils in our school district, divided as follows: Bellevue school, 62; Wilburton, 30; Medina, 25.”

“Mrs. C. M. Sturtevant, now a resident of Seattle, was in Bellevue one day last week.”

“L. P. Smith has a fine new greenhouse.”

“FOR SALE: 1500 pound horse, eight years old, sound and true. C. B. Howard, Bellevue, Wash.”

“WANTED: A good, young, desirable horse, weight 1300 to 1400. Address A. T. Churchill, Bellevue, R. F. D.”

To learn more about Bellevue and Eastside history, contact the Eastside Heritage Center at 425-450-1049 or visit www.EastsideHeritageCenter.org

Other early Eastside newspapers can be viewed on the website of the Kirkland Heritage Society at www.kirklandheritage.org

Photograph Caption: Chesterfield Landing, Bellevue, 1909. (Courtesy Eastside Heritage Center – John Sears Collection)