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As the Pullman strike spreads across the nation, 500 local workers are left jobless, and Ocosta residents joke about a diet of clams as shipping comes to a standstill.
“Ocosta is beginning to feel the effects of the strike. Provisions are running short and if the siege is not soon raised we will be compelled to fall back on clams as a daily diet.”
A survey crew's small boat capsizes in the dangerous entrance to the harbor, sparking a frantic search along the beach.
“Teams were driven along the beach on Sunday in search of any of the bodies that might be washed ashore, but none were found.”
Prospectors on the coast claim to have found a secret chemical process to extract gold from black sand near Ocosta.
“This sediment is then subjected to a smelting process, when the auriferous metal comes out in all its purity and high purchasing power.”
A 'White Cap' warning left on a door successfully intimidated a local man into leaving town within 24 hours.
“The people of Ocosta is dead on to you And they have cum to Geather and talked It over desided that you Leave this town at wonce.”
Early settlers discover a natural phenomenon where groundwater levels mimic the Pacific tides.
“The water probably lies under a stratum of earth that, when the earth above is covered by the tide, the tide's enormous weight is communicated to this stratum.”
A longtime construction worker was killed instantly after falling between cars on a gravel train.
“The train started up with a jerk and the man was thrown down between two cars, where he was struck on the neck and head by a breakbeam and almost instantly killed.”
A small-town mayor charges an editor with criminal libel after a series of scathing public criticisms.
“The Pioneer has published some severe criticisms on the mayor, and matters had been growing hotter and hotter.”
A Tacoma visitor reports a machine at Ocosta that pulls a dollar of gold from every ton of beach sand — and a local banker has already bought it.
“The machine separates the gold in the black sand of the beach and averages $1 worth of gold saved from every ton of sand handled.”
A Westport man’s clever scheme to outwit a raffle winner leads to a courtroom showdown in Ocosta.
“Boyle promises to get these horns back if he has to 'bust' the real estate market to do it.”
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