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- Jan 27, 1877The Shoe That Could Save Seattle: Why We Must Stop Exporting Our Hides to San FranciscoAn editorial in the Puget Sound Dispatch argues that Seattle’s economic survival depends on manufacturing its own boots and shoes locally, rather than shipping raw hides south for a 10% premium.Seattle, WA
- Oct 22, 1886A Torchlight Ovation for BradshawRepublican political candidate Bradshaw receives a boisterous welcome in Olympia, signaling a heated campaign season in Thurston County.Olympia, WA
- May 19, 1887The Forgotten Wreck of the St. StephenFor six weeks, the federal revenue cutter Wolcott sat idle while the public clamored for a search for survivors of a shipwreck off the Washington coast.Seattle, WA
- Aug 9, 1888The Salvage Diver Threatens Dynamite in Seattle HarborA wreckage contractor, locked in a legal battle over a sunken steamer, vows to use explosives to clear the waterway despite an injunction.Seattle Harbor, Seattle, WA
- Feb 22, 1891The Amazon of Second StreetWhen an officer attempted to arrest a man during a street brawl, his wife stepped in with a display of pugilistic skill that stunned the police and the crowd.Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Jul 2, 1892Spokane Murder Case Ends in FinalityGovernor Ferry denies clemency to a man convicted of killing his wife.Spokane, WA
- Jul 31, 1894The General, the Strikers, and the Company That Wouldn't Ride With a Scab CrewBrig. Gen. A. V. Curry explains why he handed the rifles back to Spokane's Company G after its men refused to travel with a substitute crew — and why he thought the colonel who disarmed them had acted too hastily.Tacoma, WA