Miss Williams
Named in 3 stories. Back to all names
- Nov 27, 1890The Hypocrisy of Holy Ground: A Baptist Elder Arrested for Renting to a 'Notorious Courtesan'In a scandal that rocked the small town of Montesano, Washington, in 1879, the arrest of a respected church elder for housing a sex worker exposed the gap between public piety and private reality.Montesano, WA
- Apr 5, 1892The Most Glamorous Night in 1892 SeattleWhen the city's high society gathered at Ranke's Hall to watch a 'cake-walk' for the benefit of the African Methodist Episcopal church.Seattle, WA
- Jun 21, 1895The Preacher, the Murders and the Hypnotist Who Stormed the PulpitRev. J. F. Gibson came to Seattle to talk about the two girls butchered in his own church last April. Forty people showed up, the sermon turned into a grievance against the newspapers — and then a stage hypnotist leapt on the platform and dared him to be put under.Seattle, WA