The Star
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- Mar 6, 1878The Unwelcome Arrival of the 'Legal Luminaries'A satirical jab at two self-styled lawyers who drifted into Snohomish with big egos and empty heads.Snohomish, WA
- May 5, 1885The Birth of the Puget Sound Press AssociationIn 1885, Seattle journalists gathered at the Chronicle office to form a regional press alliance, setting the stage for the professionalization of the territory's newsrooms.Seattle, WA
- May 12, 1899The Forty-Year Stranglehold: Seattle’s Streetcar Franchise FightAs promoters push for a massive consolidation of the city's transit lines under a 40-year franchise, local editors warn that handing over public infrastructure to private syndicates is a dangerous gamble for a rapidly growing metropolis.Seattle, WA
- Jun 29, 1899The Mediums' Trust: When Seattle's Spiritualists Tried to Fix Their PricesA secret meeting of clairvoyants and mediums ended in failure as new arrivals undercut their rates, proving that even the spirit world is subject to market forces.Seattle, WA
- Aug 2, 1899The Million-Dollar Tug-of-War Over Seattle's WaterfrontWhen two railway titans clashed over the location of a union depot, Seattle's newspapers turned the city's future into a public spectacle of corporate ego and investigative scoops.Seattle, WA