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| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1876 | 1 |
| 1877 | 2 |
| 1878 | 2 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 3 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 3 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 6 |
| 1892 | 15 |
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| 1895 | 5 |
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| 1904 | 7 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 9 |
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| 1911 | 22 |
| 1912 | 4 |
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| 1923 | 3 |
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6 stories matching label
- The Fight to Save the Stillaguamish Salmon
Long before environmental regulation was common, Snohomish Councilman Ferguson pushed for a law to curb the destructive use of dynamite in Washington’s rivers.
- The Skunk of the Press
A bitter 1877 public feud erupts in the Seattle Weekly Dispatch between an editor and a physician accused of editing a scandalous rival paper.
- The Sermon on Snohomish: A Frontier Pulpit Feud
A local clergyman takes to the press to defend his ministry against an anonymous critic, sparking a heated public debate on science, theology, and the moral state of Snohomish.
- The Panic Over 'Free Love' and Women's Rights in Early Seattle
An editorial from the Puget Sound Dispatch decries the growing suffrage movement, labeling advocates as threats to the 'sanctity of the marriage relation.'
- A Desperate Hour at Front and Main
A young man, weary of the 'burden of life,' is rescued from a suicide attempt in the heart of downtown Seattle.
- The Brutal Politics of the 1878 Press
A Seattle editor rails against 'poisoned shafts of calumny' after a local newspaper attacks prominent citizen H.G. Struve, labeling the lawyer a 'deserter' and a 'perjurer.'