A. M. Brookes
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- Jul 4, 1888The Day Seattle Swallowed 10,000 Strangers: The Great Fourth of July FloodIn 1888, the Territory of Washington threw its biggest-ever Independence Day celebration. Steamers arrived loaded with visitors until the streets were so packed that police could barely move. Here is how Seattle hosted a crowd that nearly burst its seams.Opera House, Seattle
- Feb 26, 1892The Great Cookie Trust: How Seattle's Cracker Kings Tried to Control the MarketFacing 'ruinous competition' and rising flour prices, local baking giants planned a monopoly to stabilize profits—and wages.Seattle, WA
- Jan 27, 1895A Receivership Sale Rewires Seattle's Street RailwayBondholders sign a deal to merge the troubled Rainier Power and Railway Co. into a new Third Street Suburban Railway Company, with the Denny family’s claims still shaping the terms.Seattle, WA
- Jan 29, 1895Bondholders Take the Street Railway at a Courthouse AuctionThe Rainier Power & Railway Company sells for $15,000, handing a troubled transit line to the men who held its debt.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Mar 16, 1895The Ex-Administrator's $15,000 ReckoningA successor accuses A. L. Parker of paying himself, padding the estate's accounts and charging two years' rent on a Green Lake house.Green Lake, Seattle, WA
- Apr 16, 1895The Reverend’s Estate: A Seattle Administrator Accused of Paying Himself FirstRev. L. Parker wants the court to approve his accounts, but a special administrator says he spent estate money without permission, inflated legal fees, and sent a mortgage to his brother in Canada.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Apr 17, 1895The Telephone Franchise Fight: A Speculator's Bid RejectedAldermen refused S. H. Piles a phone franchise because he wouldn't name his backers or put up a bond — and the competitor they did trust never built a line.Seattle, WA