County Treasurer Mitten
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- Jun 24, 1894The Watches, Pipes and Toothbrushes of the Unclaimed Dead Go Up for AuctionTwo years of the coroner's unclaimed effects — purses, cuff buttons, knives and one gold timekeeper — will be sold at the courthouse door on July 7. Their owners died violently, died poor, or were pulled from the bay and written down as 'unknown.'King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Aug 14, 1894Queen Anne Families Went to Court to Fix a Crumbling SchoolhouseIn 1894, residents sued to freeze old school-fund warrants, arguing that 225 Queen Anne children were crammed into a dangerous wooden building.Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
- Feb 7, 1895When Seattle’s School Warrants Went Begging at 90 CentsA judge’s ruling on school money left teachers and directors unpaid, school warrants unsellable, and King County officials refusing to honor the court.Seattle, WA