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3 stories matching licenti

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  1. 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.'

    Dec 11, 1871Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The 'Virtuous Spasm' of 1876: Seattle’s Early Critique of Political Greed

    An editorial from the Puget Sound Dispatch captures the simmering public outrage over a government scandal in Washington Territory, drawing parallels between national corruption and the mismanagement of local university land grants.

    Mar 30, 1876Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money

  3. The Editor Who Sold His Paper to a Brothel Keeper

    A scathing letter in the Puget Sound Dispatch exposes the corrupt alliance between Seattle’s Republican party and its most notorious vice kingpins, asking: 'What of that newspaper publisher... who for a palm share in the wages of prostitution gives his aid and influence?'

    Oct 17, 1872Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Scandal

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