G. L. Holmes
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- Apr 18, 1894The Typo That Made Seattle the Most Taxed City in AmericaA comptroller's misplaced decimal turned a $1.36 tax rate into $12.60 in the World Almanac. By the time the Chamber of Commerce ran it down, Congress was quoting it — and Tacoma was begging the newspapers to stop trashing both cities.Seattle, WA
- Jan 28, 1895Two Weeks In, Still No Senator: Olympia's Republicans Tire of the Ankeny FightThe legislature has been in session a fortnight and Washington still has no United States senator. A colleague's insulting letter blows up, the Wilson and Allen camps fold, and a caucus is called to force the thing to an end.Olympia Hotel, Olympia, WA
- Apr 5, 1895Tacoma's Tide-Land Fight: Who Gets to Draw the Harbor Line?Governor McGraw replaces two appraisers as Tacoma pushes to plat its tide flats and settle whether the state or the city controls the harbor line.Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA