Port Townsend Leader
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- Oct 30, 1890The Tariff That Stung the Tin CanAs the McKinley Bill hikes duties on tin, local canners and hardware merchants brace for price shocks that will ripple through Aberdeen’s economy.Aberdeen, WA
- Jan 26, 1891The Gall and Wormwood of Olympia: Tacoma’s Defeat in the Senate RaceAs Washington's first U.S. Senator is chosen in a bitter legislative battle, defeated candidate Calkins' supporters cry foul, while Jefferson County delegates secure the victory for Watson Squire.Olympia, WA
- Oct 13, 1891An Editor Caught Lying About the Deal That Made a U.S. SenatorJ. W. Lysons says the collector's removal had nothing to do with Boss McGraw's bargain — but the Tribune has his own dispatch from Olympia, sent during the fight, to prove otherwise.Olympia, WA
- Feb 16, 1893A Broken Heart, Then a Wedding: Port Townsend's Breach-of-Promise Plaintiff Marries AgainMary E. Bellinger sued James Craswell for $10,000 over a broken engagement; now, while the appeal is pending, she has married Albert E. Stevens of Vancouver, B.C.Seattle, WA
- Feb 27, 1893Port Townsend Vows Boycott Over Tacoma's Dry Dock GambitThe Key City accuses its rival to the south of sabotaging its bid for a stationary dry dock — and threatens to take its trade to Portland and San Francisco instead.Port Townsend, WA