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19 stories matching confus
- A Kitsap County Political Grudge Match
Local residents decry the political renaming of the Sidney post office, arguing it’s a scheme to fire a veteran and confuse the mail.
- The Sudden 'White Squall' Hits Tacoma
A ferocious storm rips through the harbor with wind, rain, and snow, causing ships to drift and confusing local scientists.
- The Town With the Wrong Mail
A mix-up over naming rights between two Kitsap County towns leads to a mail delivery crisis.
- A Century of Title Confusion
A high-stakes legal battle begins to untangle property deeds in a neighborhood whose identity was lost in a clerical error.
- The Port Townsend Democratic Uprising
A raucous meeting of the Young Men's Democratic Club in Port Townsend erupts in chaos as members pass scathing resolutions condemning Collector of Customs James C. Saunders for cronyism and alleged corruption.
- The Industrial Army on Trial
Striking laborers and members of the 'Industrial Army' face court scrutiny following a violent confrontation near Yakima.
- Handcuffed in a Seattle Beer Hall
When an all-round sport got into a tavern brawl, a bystander tracked down an officer to break it up—only for the lawman to escalate the violence personally.
- Untangling the 'Ram's Horn' Rail Lines
A committee of aldermen pushes to straighten a confusing rail right-of-way that crippled Seattle's waterfront development.
- The Gendered Panic of the 1890s Labor Market
A New York report details the rising anxiety over women entering the workforce, sparking concerns about wage suppression and the stability of the 'honored institution' of marriage.
- The Sage of Aberdeen Returns from the Islands
After an excursion to Hawaii, the local political commentator reflects on the confusion of switching party allegiances.
- Seattle Tried to Set a 20-Cent Wage Floor for Streetcar Workers. Its Own Lawyer Said No.
In 1894, aldermen tried to use street-railway franchises to force companies to pay employees at least 20 cents an hour. The city's corporation counsel called it unconstitutional, and the measure failed.
- The Dream That Found Two Bodies in Lake Washington
A double murder near Mercer Island, a suspect tried four times and never convicted, and a daughter's suicide—the lake tragedy that haunted the Colman-Patten case for years.
- The Rose Thief of James Street
A Seattle gardener threatens to deploy a bulldog—or forty—after midnight raids carry off her prize roses, including the star-crossed Baron and Baroness.
- Coxey's Army on Trial: Seattle Laborers Testify About the Yakima Gunfire
In federal court in Seattle, members of the Commonweal Army described how deputy marshals clubbed and shot at unemployed men trying to ride a train east to present the Coxey bill to Congress.
- Guilty in Two Minutes: The Bunko Man With a Revolver in His Past
Knowlton, alias 'Robert George,' was convicted of swindling an Aberdeen banker with two copper bars sold as gold—then prosecutors unpacked a record that included a murdered minister and a courtroom shooting.
- A Yesler Avenue Divorce Scandal Gets a Merciless Airing
Testimony closes in one of Seattle’s most notorious divorce cases, with Mary Steel cross-examined for hours and a money collector named Dugan on the defensive.
- The First Ward Has Not Yet Voted: A Rowdy King County Convention Picks Its Ticket
In 1894, King County Republicans packed Seattle’s Armory, fought over a contested First Ward delegation, hissed down rivals, and nominated a full county ticket in one raucous night.
- A Revolver at the Polls: Seattle’s Republican Primary Erupts
Seattle’s Republican primaries collapsed into shouting, challenged voters, fake tickets and a police chief drawing his revolver to declare the polls open.
- A Gavel, a Roar, and a Populist Ticket Born in Chaos
King County's People's Party convention at Turner Hall turned into a shouting, proxy-fighting, faction-splitting marathon—and buried Dr. J. Eugene Jordan and Jack McDonald on the way to nominating a ticket.