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- Nov 3, 1876Olympia Rolls Out the Torchlight for JudsonJohn P. Judson's 1876 campaign swing through Olympia brought cannon fire, bonfires and a packed Columbia Hall—and the Argus predicted a Democratic landslide.Olympia, WA
- Feb 16, 1878The Great Land Ring of the Northern PacificSettlers of Washington Territory take on a powerful railroad corporation accused of hoarding public land for private profit.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 15, 1891The City’s Botched Annexation PlanSeattle’s attempt to annex surrounding lands hits a legal wall after a drafting error excludes parts of Ballard by mistake.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- Feb 4, 1892The Unsafe City: A Local Builder Battles Seattle’s NegligenceAfter the city left a decaying, debris-filled bulkhead to collapse onto his building site, one developer takes his grievance to the public—and hits a wall of municipal bureaucracy.Madison St & 1st Ave, Seattle, WA
- Jul 31, 1894Seattle Lawyers Turn a Charity Baseball Game Into a Biblical WarRival teams of Courthouse Hill lawyers announced themselves Philistines and Jacobites, issued mock proclamations, and promised a 500-pound batter—all to sell tickets for the Associated Charities.Seattle, WA