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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 12 |
| 1877 | 12 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 13 |
| 1884 | 6 |
| 1885 | 5 |
| 1886 | 6 |
| 1887 | 11 |
| 1888 | 11 |
| 1889 | 21 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 18 |
| 1892 | 48 |
| 1893 | 36 |
| 1894 | 30 |
| 1895 | 36 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 6 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 20 |
| 1904 | 9 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 12 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 1 |
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| 1916 | 7 |
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| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
30 stories matching treatment
- The Unkindest Cut
A young boy's poignant question about inclusion and dignity sheds light on the treatment of people with disabilities in our community.
- A Woman’s Solitary Spiral at the Winsor Hotel
After days of isolation, heavy drinking, and cigarette smoking, a guest from Port Angeles was found raving in her room.
- A Divorce Suit With Dynamite in the Details
Cora Heaton accuses her husband of jealousy, vile language, and threats; he does not answer the complaint.
- A Case for Divorce
A woman details years of abuse and threats in a petition for divorce against her husband, seeking custody of their five children.
- The Pullman Strike Paralysis
As the American Railway Union strike sweeps the nation, railroads are frozen, federal troops are mobilizing, and the movement faces a mounting crisis.
- A Night in the Saloon Ends in a Broken Leg
Shoemaker Vela Larsen, 43, broke his right leg in a saloon scuffle at 1413 Front St. and waited an hour for treatment.
- The Great Northern Strike Hits the Seattle Waterfront
A massive railway strike brings the Great Northern line to a standstill, leaving passengers and freight stranded while management and the union lock horns.
- Workers Plan Mass Protest Against Wage Cuts
Trade unionists organize a rally to voice grievances against local corporations and the city of Seattle.
- The Commonwealers Ride the Rails
Across Washington and the West, the 'Industrial Armies'—unemployed men marching on Washington—capture freight trains, clash with marshals, and scramble for food as the government cracks down.
- Seattle's Hunger Crisis of 1894
The City Mission details the exhausting labor of local charity work during the harsh winter, struggling to feed the 'destitute' while fending off public criticism.
- Bertha Jarvis Wants Out
A widow who remarried in Renton in 1885 asks a Seattle court for divorce and a share of the property, cataloguing years of abuse, thrown food and threats against her children.
- Industrial Army Faces Trial in Seattle
Members of Coxey's Army appear in federal court after seizing Northern Pacific rail property to reach the capital.
- The Pickle Works vs. The Union
A Seattle manufacturer is targeted by the Western Central Labor Union for employing a 'scab' bricklayer as their company president.
- The Double Standard of the 'Siren' Argument
An editorial critique of contemporary social norms and gendered double standards following the high-profile Breckinridge scandal.
- A Divorce Suit Exposes Brutality—and a Fight Over the House
Mary C. Fisher accused her husband of choking her and tearing her clothes in front of her daughter; she asked the court for a divorce, the house and all the property.
- The Populist Editor, the Divorce, and the Cruelty Charge
Norah Morrow sues P. Frank Morrow of the Ballard Progress for divorce, alleging years of abuse and a refusal to support their three children.
- The ‘Loving’ Letter That Ended a Marriage
Clara B. Heaton wins a default divorce after testifying that James Heaton threatened to blow her up with dynamite—then submits his own angry letter as proof.
- The Price of a Marital Settlement
A wife files a scathing counter-complaint alleging coercion, threats, and a secret financial pact in a high-stakes divorce suit.
- A Death Oath in the Silver Federation—and a Man Who Vanished
The Spokane press called the Farmers' Protective Silver Federation secret, oath-bound, and rifle-armed, then linked it to the disappearance of Gloystein.
- The 1894 Railroad Strike Reaches Seattle—and the Militia Digs In
As the great Pullman-era railroad strike collapses in Washington, saboteurs burn trestles on the Northern Pacific, federal troops and the revenue cutter Grant move in, and Seattle's Civil War veterans pledge themselves to 'law and order.'
- She Said He Beat Her. Then He Mortgaged the Farm.
Constancia Gladinowski’s divorce filing alleged brutal abuse and a secret chattel mortgage on the couple’s South Seattle property. A judge froze the assets before they could vanish.
- The Warden Fights Back: Prison Labor, Jute Sacks and a Seattle Newspaper Scandal
Accused of selling prison-made sacks to middlemen and brutalizing convicts, Walla Walla’s warden answers his critics with a detailed defense—and a challenge to inspect the prison.
- The Music-Hall Queen and Her Contract Husband
A Port Townsend performer known as "Shiner" says she will sue Frederick Macondray for divorce, brandishing love letters signed "My Dear Little Kid" and a marriage contract struck on Puget Sound.
- Four Lawyers Nearly Came to Blows Over a Seattle Divorce
A bitter property fight in the Steel divorce case turned a Seattle courtroom into a near-brawl — until the judge and a twenty-pound paperweight restored order.
- The Beating of Henry Brown: A Runaway Elevator Boy and a Family's Violent Secret
A 14-year-old black elevator operator flees his home after a savage whipping by his father, revealing a tangled story of poverty, pride, and punishment in 1894 Seattle.