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A thirty-year flood on the lower Skokomish washes out bridges and roads, strands the reservation, and drowns a Canadian logger in the north fork.
“The worst accident of all, however, was the drowning of Mr. Matthews last Friday, in the north fork of the Skokomish.”
A coal miner facing eviction due to a grocery debt is granted a reprieve by an empathetic sheriff.
“Either turn the man and his family out of the house, and let them become county charges, or make some arrangements to allow him to reside in the house.”
A surge in voting participation at the Union City precinct raises questions about Indigenous franchise and its impact on Mason County politics.
“At Union City precinct forty Indians were voted this year, and, it will be seen, without this large addition to the usual vote Mr. McReavy’s chances would be doubtful.”
A traveling correspondent recounts a journey to the logging camps above Seattle, describing a rugged frontier economy fueled by timber, oxen, and the 'wonder' of industrial growth.
“Though loggers have been felling the timber for twenty years, there seems yet scarcely an impression made.”
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