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4 stories matching notion

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  1. A Baron's Multimillion-Dollar Gift Challenges Prejudice

    Baron Hirsch authorizes a massive donation to support Jewish immigration, prompting a rare editorial rebuke of anti-Semitic stereotypes in the Pacific Northwest.

    Feb 15, 1891The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. The Great Debate: Where Should the University of Washington Live?

    As Seattle contemplated the future of the state's flagship university, President Charles Eliot of Harvard weighed in on the risks of isolated campuses versus the 'liberal atmosphere' of city centers.

    Feb 15, 1891The Seattle Post-IntelligencerUnion Bay, Seattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

  3. The First Washington Legislature: A Pioneer's Memory

    A look back at the frontier days of 1854, when lawmakers traveled by rowboat to Olympia and held sessions in a modest frame building.

    Jan 1, 1891Aberdeen HeraldMain Street, Olympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

  4. A Minister Takes a Geologist's Hammer to Genesis

    Rev. Napoleon Hoagland tells a packed hall that the rocks do not show six days of creation, and that reason — not an infallible book — is the believer's best authority.

    Oct 13, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

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