City Mission
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- Feb 1, 1892The City Mission’s Public Plea: Feeding the Unemployed of 1892Facing heavy winter demand and political scrutiny, Seattle’s City Mission defended its non-sectarian charity work, detailing how it provided thousands of meals and lodgings to laboring men during a harsh economic downturn.Seattle, WA
- Dec 24, 1893The City Mission Responds to Claims of IdlenessAfter an article suggested the city's 'charity recipients' were avoiding work, a mission leader defends the dignity of the unemployed.Seattle, WA
- Dec 28, 1893He Walked 600 Miles for Work—Then Seattle Called Him a TrampIn a letter to the editor, Harry Wright defends the men sleeping at the City Mission, tracing his path from a Missoula hotel job to six weeks broke in Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Jan 4, 1894Seattle's Hunger Crisis of 1894The City Mission details the exhausting labor of local charity work during the harsh winter, struggling to feed the 'destitute' while fending off public criticism.Seattle, WA