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| Year | Stories |
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| 1861 | 2 |
| 1872 | 1 |
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| 1877 | 11 |
| 1878 | 3 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 4 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 2 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 10 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 11 |
| 1893 | 9 |
| 1894 | 6 |
| 1895 | 5 |
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| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 3 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1911 | 1 |
5 stories matching digniti
- Seattle’s 1876 Fourth of July Extravaganza
As the United States approached its first centennial, Seattle civic leaders mobilized to prove the frontier outpost was a city of substance, dignity, and unity.
- The Centennial Bash of 1876
A committee of Seattle’s power brokers prepares for a city-wide celebration of the nation’s 100th birthday.
- The Dignity of the Oyster Bar
A young woman, destitute after her father's death, finds that the labor market is far more welcoming than her former social circle.
- The Radical Defense of Sweat Equity
In an 1876 editorial, a fierce local voice challenges the city’s idle wealthy to stop 'illustrating fashion's caprices' and embrace the dignity of physical labor.
- The Mid-Straits Fare Dodge of 'Kaintuck'
A would-be passenger who slipped aboard at Seattle without a ticket tries to bargain his way across Puget Sound—until the captain marches him to the gangway.