Weekly Dispatch
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- Jan 5, 1878Seattle’s New Year Outlook: A Refuge from the Gilded AgeAn 1877 editorial contrasts Seattle’s frontier promise with the labor riots and extreme inequality ravaging the rest of the nation.Seattle, WA
- Jan 19, 1878The Disgraceful Scrawl of Territorial LawA scathing editorial from the Weekly Dispatch reveals that the Territorial Legislature's laws were so poorly drafted, blotted, and grammatically mangled that the editor suggests burning them to avoid litigation.James Street, Seattle, WA
- Feb 9, 1878The Wild West of Washington JournalismWhen the courts declared they had no power to punish libel, Seattle editors went to war with their pens—and their reputations.James Street, Seattle, WA
- Mar 9, 1878The City Clerk’s Sharp Rebuke to the IntelligencerIn 1878, Seattle’s local government publicly called out the city’s leading newspaper for 'misrepresentation' regarding the municipal debt.Seattle, WA
- Mar 23, 1878The Dignity of the 'Horny Hand'In 1878, a Seattle editorial warned against the ‘pauperism’ caused by an overabundance of professional graduates who were too proud to labor.Seattle, WA
- May 11, 1878The Newspaper Feud of 1876A local editor’s blistering public breakdown of an auditor who dared to write letters to the editor.James Street, Seattle, WA
- May 18, 1878The Promised Land of Eastern WashingtonA look at the thriving agricultural output of the territory's interior as a draw for new settlers.Seattle, WA
- May 18, 1878The Unwritten Laws of Seattle’s PressWhen a local paper targeted young women in its columns for 'assuming social superiority' at a dance, a vigilante citizen took matters into his own hands.Seattle, WA
- Jul 6, 1878The Governor and the Libel Suit: A Battle for Political CharacterWhen Governor Elisha P. Ferry sued the 'Democratic Press' for accusing him of selling pardons, he ignited a fierce debate about the limits of press freedom and the nature of public character.Seattle, WA
- Aug 17, 1878The Bold Daylight Heist in Squak ValleyA trio of highwaymen, fresh from a lunch break, are captured after a brief pursuit in the rugged wilderness of the Squak Valley.Squak Valley, Issaquah, WA