Mr. King
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- Jun 14, 1894Queen Anne parents ask where the $25,000 school levy wentA delegation from the Queen Anne district told the school board it had both the money and the legal duty to build a schoolhouse on the hill. The board conceded the need, blamed the county treasurer's books, and referred the whole thing to committee.Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, WA
- Aug 9, 1894Seattle’s School Board Said No to $153Contractors crowded the board meeting, but a fight over $4,000 versus $4,153 left a school addition unbuilt—and a Lake Union petition for 107 children pending.Seattle, WA
- Feb 7, 1895When Seattle’s School Warrants Went Begging at 90 CentsA judge’s ruling on school money left teachers and directors unpaid, school warrants unsellable, and King County officials refusing to honor the court.Seattle, WA
- May 17, 1895The Doctors Declare War: Seattle's Health Board Orders the Schools Shut as Scarlet Fever SpreadsBacked by a city attorney's opinion, the board of health gives the school board an ultimatum — close the Rainier and South schools by nine o'clock Friday morning or the police will do it for them.Seattle, WA
- May 29, 1895Seattle Shut Every School to Stop Scarlet FeverIn May 1895 the health board ordered public, private and parochial schools closed, then ran into questions about quarantine, teachers' salaries and who would pay for a contagious-disease hospital.Seattle, WA
- Jul 1, 1895Architects Cry Foul Over Queen Anne School ContractA school board vote to award the Queen Anne schoolhouse contract to Skillings & Connor sparks accusations of copied plans, backroom deals, and a three-way feud among Seattle's architects.Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, WA
- Jul 29, 1909The Concentrator That Never PoundedA $20,000 mining mill stood ready to turn mountains of lead ore into profit, but a $250 judgment, a $16,000 mortgage and a boardroom feud left Metaline waiting for a boom that never came.Metaline, WA