H. R. Clise
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- Jul 6, 1894Queen Anne Taxpayers Fight for School FundingLocal residents mount a legal challenge against the county treasurer to ensure tax levies specifically intended for new schoolhouses are spent as promised.Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
- Sep 12, 1894The Year Queen Anne Kicked Until Its Fire Insurance Rates FellAfter a year of organized pressure, residents won 25 to 50 percent cuts—because an engine house finally persuaded insurers the hill was worth protecting.Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, WA
- Feb 2, 1895A Judge Tells Seattle's School Board It Can't Raid the Building Fund to Pay Old DebtsJudge Langley rules that the $35,000 levied for new schools must build new schools — and Queen Anne parents, whose children sit in an 'open, barn-like' schoolhouse, suddenly see a six-room building within reach.Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, WA
- Feb 16, 1895Ballard Asked Seattle for a Drink—and Hinted at AnnexationIn 1895 Ballard was running on wells and springs. Seattle had Lake Washington to spare, and officials began talking rates, mains, and a merged city.Seattle, WA
- May 17, 1895The Senator Who Came to Bless the CanalIllinois senator Shelby Cullom tours Seattle's proposed Lake Washington ship canal, flirts with a presidential run, and tells boosters their city needs 'a little Chicago push.'Seattle, WA