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A Grays Harbor mill company is exposed for a predatory scheme that left hundreds of laborers stranded without their personal belongings.
“The legislature has steadily refused to pass a law forbidding false advertising for labor, presumably because of the strength of the 'sawdust ring'.”
A local chapter of the W.C.T.U. mounts an impassioned campaign against the ‘despot’ of alcohol, labeling licensed saloons a failed experiment.
“High license is a demonstrated failure; it centralizes and entrenches the saloon trade within its iniquitous reaches.”
A discarded cigar stub destroys the town's municipal center, prompting a rapid pledge to rebuild better.
“A much better hall, costing $5,000, will be at once built.”
A tragic shift in the Cosmopolis sawmills leaves a man permanently disabled, highlighting the dangers of early industrial timber work.
“It was necessary, in order to save not only the arm but his life, to cut the end of the bone entirely off and draw up the arm so as to make a new joint.”
A new employee at a shingle mill is left permanently disabled after a horrific industrial accident on his first day.
“The unfortunate man was 'flat broke' and had only commenced work in this mill about two hours previous to the accident.”
A local lumber mill defies labor union expectations by hiring a crew of women, sparking both ridicule and admiration on the Pacific Coast.
“A young lady who is independent enough to make a living for herself in such a prosaic occupation as that of sawing and packing shingles is certainly sensible, modest and healthy.”
A young sawmill worker undergoes an emergency amputation after being crushed by mill machinery in Cosmopolis.
“Lowrey was brought to the St. Joseph's hospital here, and the leg amputated just above the knee.”
A worker suffers a horrific injury after a bolt falls from an elevator, pinning him against the saw.
“striking him and forcing his shoulder against the saw which cut the point of the shoulder nearly through making a most terrible wound.”
Meeting in Cosmopolis, the local W.C.T.U. formalizes a campaign to demand the vote for Washington women and calls for kindergarten integration into public schools.
“Resolved, that the members of this convention do all within their power to inform themselves along these lines of thought; that we form a circulating library to which each of us pay careful attention.”
A local Indigenous man loses his life in a sudden accident at the Cosmopolis wharf, leaving the community to mourn a familiar figure.
“He noticed in looking round again, Charley had disappeared from where he stood a moment before.”
A Seattle detective relies on the local marshal to nab a mail thief hiding out in a Cosmopolis hotel.
“I thought you told me this room was empty?”
A local rancher unearths nuggets near Cosmopolis, sparking excitement among Aberdeen's mining hopefuls.
“Old miners who saw the nuggets say they are free gold.”
After stealing hundreds of dollars from a mess house in Cosmopolis, a thief uses a clever ruse involving a fake fall to bury his loot.
“Pearson, suspecting that the fall had not been accidental, returned to the place and groping in the mud found $240 of the missing cash.”
Three children are in serious condition after ingesting belladonna pills left within reach.
“The greatest care should always be taken to place all drugs where they cannot by any possibility be reached by children.”
The Cosmopolis mill is busy prepping massive logs to form the foundation of the Washington state building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
“Three cars loaded with logs... bound for Chicago, where they will be used in building the foundation of the Washington building.”
A lively baseball game on the banks of Grays Harbor brings together the rival teams, ending in a lopsided victory for the visitors.
“The boys over the water are experts at hitting a buzzing saw with a log, but they couldn't do a good job with the buzzing ball and a stick of Spauldin's timber.”
Chehalis County Republicans gathered in Cosmopolis to select state delegates and signal strong support for the current superior court judge.
“The common good demands the utmost integrity and ability on the part of the judiciary in the interpretation and application of the law.”
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