Delegate Kistler
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- May 22, 1894The Mayor Moves to Shut the Dives and Gambling RoomsA sweeping message from the mayor demands that the council revoke the licenses of saloons and music halls where girls sell liquor and gamblers run their games—passed in full by the aldermen even as auditors report a $27,000 hole in the street-improvement funds.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Sep 8, 1894Seattle's Library on the Brink: Fines Fall, Debt RisesThe city's finance committee and library commission meet to confront a growing debt caused by declining fine revenue, as circulation soars and the institution struggles to stay open.Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA
- Jan 13, 1895Seattle's War on the Saloon 'Ladies' Entrance'Aldermen want every drinker—and every woman—to come through the front door, arguing side doors lure respectable girls into saloon wine rooms.Seattle, WA