J. L. B.
Named in 3 stories. Back to all names
- Sep 26, 1872The 'Pitiful Hedizzened Hurlots': Seattle's Moral Panic Over the Steamship BrothelsIn September 1872, a furious editorial in the *Seattle Daily Intelligencer* condemned the floating red-light districts on Puget Sound, accusing steamship lines of carrying 'pollution and death' to every port while politicians looked away.Seattle, WA
- Oct 10, 1872Seattle’s 1872 Brothel Controversy and Public HypocrisyA scathing October 1872 letter to the editor condemned a Seattle establishment that advertised itself as a restaurant and skating rink while operating as a brothel, exposing the city’s hypocrisy.Commercial Street, Seattle, WA
- Oct 17, 1872The Editor Who Sold His Paper to a Brothel KeeperA scathing letter in the Puget Sound Dispatch exposes the corrupt alliance between Seattle’s Republican party and its most notorious vice kingpins, asking: 'What of that newspaper publisher... who for a palm share in the wages of prostitution gives his aid and influence?'Seattle, WA