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| 1876 | 39 |
| 1877 | 27 |
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- Seattle Post Office Clerk Caught Stealing Marked Mail
A postal employee was arrested after inspectors planted marked currency in the mail to catch a serial thief.
- The Stakes That Hold a Town Together
A county surveyor re-marks Newport's original corners on Washington Avenue, untangling property lines and unblocking a hotel project.
- The Marked Cards of Walla Walla
A pinochle game and a swindle lead to a high-stakes legal battle over the finer points of gambling law.
- Was Newport About to Become Idaho? A Federal Boundary Survey Raised the Question
A Senate committee advanced a bill to mark the 185-mile Washington-Idaho line, and Newport residents began to speculate that the border might move west—or that Idaho land might become Washington.
- Whitman College Unveils Campus Expansion
A new administration building and modern dormitory mark a period of significant growth for the college.
- The Washington–Idaho Line Was Never Quite Where Everyone Thought It Was
A congressional committee moving to re-mark the boundary publishes a surveyor general's confession: the 1873 line zigzagged as much as a degree and a half off course, was measured with link chains, and stopped short when the crew quit to save their own lives.
- Military Spectacle at Lakeview
Thousands gathered at the plain near Lakeview to witness a massive review of state troops, marking the end of recent military maneuvers.
- German Musical Societies Converge on Walla Walla
Hundreds gather for a regional festival of German choral music, marking a high point of cultural activity in Walla Walla’s opera house.
- The Bank Gave Way: An 11-Year-Old Fishing for Minnows Is Carried Into the Ship Canal
Harold Conselyea was three blocks from home, catching bait for his kitten, when the soft earth under him slid into the water between Lake Union and Salmon Bay. Only a bait can and finger marks in the mud were left behind.
- A Body in the Bay, and Six Weeks of False Hope
Charles Londale vanished from his Port Blakely home. Six weeks later his body was pulled from the water—with no marks, no answers, and a family that refused to believe he had taken his own life.
- The 'Lumberman' Who Swindled Seattle's Elite
A smooth-talking con man gains the trust of the city’s fashionable society before vanishing with thousands in unpaid debts.
- The River Is Still Rising: Newport Watches the Pend Oreille
At 16.6 feet above low water, the Pend Oreille has not yet crested. Calispel flats are flooded, dikes are holding, and boatmen are waiting for the water to turn.
- “This Ends Everything Between Us”: A Spokane Hotel Room, a Revolver, and Two Children
Mark McCiammy shot his wife twice and turned the gun on himself in a downtown Spokane hotel. She survived twelve hours — long enough to ask that she not be buried beside him.
- The California Building Changes Hands
A major real estate transaction hits the Tacoma market, marking the sale of a prominent downtown structure for over $100,000.
- The Brutal and Busy Year of 1899 in Colfax
A chronological review of Whitman County's most dramatic events, from fatal run-ins and vigilante justice to the transformation of the landscape by new rail and sewer lines.
- The Science of 'Degeneracy' in the Courtroom
Tacoma experts describe the dubious medical pseudoscience used to argue insanity and 'degeneracy' in high-stakes murder trials.
- The Marked Five-Dollar Bill That Unmasked a 'Good Citizen'
A trusted expressman caught by a trap bill confessed to a March safe robbery — and a man his friends thought beyond reproach was sentenced to up to fourteen years.
- Temperance Movement Clears American Lake
Local saloon owners are being denied license renewals, marking a steady decline in tavern availability near the water as the prohibitionist tide rises.
- First Execution Under New State Law
C.K. Champoux is executed at the state penitentiary for the murder of a Seattle variety singer.
- The Dawn of the Employer Association in Vancouver
Local business owners form a unified front to dictate terms to labor unions, marking a shift in regional industrial relations.
- Fire Destroys Home in Loomis
A local family lost their home to fire, triggering a massive show of support from the generous Loomis community.
- The Fight for a Woman Deputy Labor Commissioner
A legislative push in Olympia aims to appoint a woman to inspect the conditions of female workers across the state, marking a critical step for labor protections.
- Anti-Corporate Landslide in North Yakima
Voters reject the power company's influence in a record-breaking municipal turnout.
- Seattle Teamsters’ Wage Dispute Halts City Commerce
A labor standoff over union recognition leaves freight stranded across the city.
- The Pend Oreille Swells Toward a Record Crest
Heavy rains in Montana send drift and broken booms downstream, threatening Newport’s mills and log supply.