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- Mar 21, 1872The First Strike of Chinese Railroad Workers in SeattleA brief dispatch from 1872 reports that Chinese laborers brought in by the California railroad contractors walked off the job to demand higher wages.Seattle, WA
- Jan 13, 1877The Struggle for Space: Seattle’s School Crowding Crisis of 1877When the closure of the local university forced dozens of children into an already overburdened public school system, the city grappled with the same challenges of rapid growth and insufficient infrastructure that define Seattle today.Seattle, WA
- Jun 1, 1878The Great Seattle Printing ConspiracyWhen the Dispatch editor exposed a 'plunder' scheme by rival newspapers to inflate public printing costs, he revealed the messy, graft-filled reality of 1878 municipal administration.James Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 26, 1878The 1878 Case for Buying the Dip in Seattle Real EstateAn editorial from the Seattle Intelligencer advises that despite hard times, the current low prices of labor and building materials make it the perfect time for working families to secure their own homes.Seattle, WA
- Aug 31, 1878The Newspaper Feud That Put Seattle’s City Hall to ShameWhen an anonymous local columnist tried to smear Seattle’s city leadership as 'unnecessary ornaments,' the Evening Dispatch fired back with a sharp defense of municipal stability.Seattle, WA
- Oct 12, 1891'As Cold as a Barn': The Olympia Theater Fight That Spilled Into PrintWhen the Tribune panned the Olympia Theater, the rival Standard accused it of kicking without reason. The rebuttal names icy dressing rooms, one-dollar seats and a manager in over his head.Olympia Theater, Olympia, WA
- Oct 21, 1891The Legislature’s Unfinished Business—and the Case for a Special SessionAn anonymous Olympia lawmaker told The Tribune that defective appropriation laws, unpaid citizens and stalled state business demanded a special session by December.Washington State Capitol, Olympia, WA
- Nov 18, 1891The Electric Gate: An Olympia Father Declares War on Front-Gate CourtingA gadget-minded Eastside householder wires his front gate to deliver a jolt to lally-gagging sweethearts — and proves it first on an unwitting dog and a cabbage-loving cow.Olympia, WA
- Dec 12, 1891The City Was Broke. The Paper Wanted the Mayor and Council to Quit.With Olympia's finances in a muddle and a bond election already doomed by irregularities, the Tribune pressed Mayor Kerr and three councilmen to resign early so the newly elected government could take charge.Olympia, WA
- Dec 19, 1891The Tribune Pans a Play—and a Rival Paper Pans BackA traveling dramatic company bombed in Olympia, and the fight over who said so turned into a newspaper war over puffery, honest criticism, and who was cheating amusement-seekers.Olympia Theater, Olympia, WA
- Dec 21, 1891The Keeley Cure Comes to OlympiaOlympia's Keeley Institute promises release from drink, and the Tribune opens a discreet charity fund for patients who cannot pay.Olympia, WA
- Jan 5, 1892The Judge Who Refused to Step AsideIn Thurston County court, Judge Robinson denies a change of venue in the Minkler case, rejecting claims that county prejudice or a newspaper feud had compromised him.Olympia, WA
- Jan 9, 1892Olympia's Whole City Government Quit Rather Than Face the Voters AgainAfter a botched bond election sank the city in debt, the mayor and councilmen resigned en masse — and the Tribune says the incoming administration must come clean about the finances before asking for another dollar.Olympia, WA