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- Dec 2, 1876The Town's New Mill Promises ProsperityA new lumber mill is nearing completion, promising to keep capital within the Snohomish community and provide steady work for local men.Snohomish, WA
- Oct 6, 1877Hanged on a Doubt: Washington Territory's First White ExecutionWhen John Thompson was hanged in Seattle in 1877, many believed he was guilty of manslaughter, not murder. The Dispatch made the case that the law had taken a life it should have spared.Seattle, WA
- Feb 25, 1885The Swindled Worker of the South Prairie LineA laborer finds that the Northern Pacific Railroad's subcontracting system is a trap of unpaid wages and unreachable bosses.South Prairie, WA
- Jul 28, 1892A Smear Campaign in the Seattle Streets: Newspaper Turf Wars and Local PoliticsA reader writes in to defend Senator Allen against a rival political 'combine' flooding Seattle with Tacoma newspapers to influence local opinion.Seattle, WA
- Jan 3, 1894The Struggle Over Seattle's Early Park SystemCity commissioners argue that selling the centrally located City Park could fund a sprawling, water-front recreation area on Lake Washington.Denny Park, Seattle, WA
- Mar 27, 1895The Newspaper Called Tacoma’s Council Corrupt. Then It Refused to Show Up.When the Tacoma Ledger accused city officials of incompetence and dishonesty, the council demanded proof. The paper stayed home; the council denounced it and asked for a grand jury anyway.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 4, 1895The Buckeye Went Down in a Gale—and One Passenger Almost Made ItThe steamer Buckeye broke up in the Salish Sea; a rescued stockman described how shifting cattle, a swamped lifeboat, and freezing water killed H. Kautzman within sight of help.Bellingham, WA
- Apr 8, 1895Who Left Four Men Clinging to the Buckeye?When the steamer Buckeye swamped in Rosario Strait, survivors say Captain Hahn rowed ashore with the crew and never sent help back for the men freezing on the wreck.Anacortes, WA
- May 7, 1908A Midnight Council Fight Over Rails, Rubbish and ResidencyNewport's council spent a long May evening weighing a railroad franchise, ordering alleys cleaned, and questioning whether one of its own members actually lived in town.Newport, WA
- May 7, 1908The Councilman Who Lived Across the State LineA lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.Newport, WA
- Jan 21, 1909Newport's New Council Takes On Sunday Liquor—and the Saloon Back DoorAt its first meeting, the council rejected a Union Street saloon license, ordered barroom windows stripped of frosted glass so police could see Sunday drinking, and barred interior doors that let patrons slip between saloon and building.Newport, WA
- Mar 18, 1909Fire Limits, Flying Switches and a Fifty-Year Franchise: One Evening at Newport's City HallIn a single session the council moved to outlaw frame buildings downtown, chased street grades on three avenues, turned back a second telephone exchange, and heard that trains were nearly killing people at the Fourth Street crossing — three times in one day.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Apr 22, 1909City Hall Hands a 50-Year Power Franchise to the New Electric CompanyNewport’s council approves a long-term electric franchise, ties up a telephone ordinance in restrictions, orders street grades, and hears complaints about street preachers.Newport, WA