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| 1858 | 3 |
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| 1864 | 4 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 15 |
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| 1877 | 85 |
| 1878 | 44 |
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| 1883 | 119 |
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| 1886 | 46 |
| 1887 | 54 |
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| 1889 | 117 |
| 1890 | 25 |
| 1891 | 90 |
| 1892 | 185 |
| 1893 | 162 |
| 1894 | 195 |
| 1895 | 244 |
| 1896 | 2 |
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| 1898 | 31 |
| 1899 | 48 |
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27 stories matching see
- The Struggle Over the Everett Theatre
A labor dispute at the city's premier stage leaves local theatre-goers in the dark, but managers say a fair wage isn't the problem.
- Everett Grapples with Catastrophe
The community mourns as the city faces the grim aftermath of a disaster in the nearby Cascade Mountains.
- Solidarity in the Face of Sickness
When a local shingle weaver fell ill with tuberculosis, his union brothers stepped in to ensure his care at a state sanatorium.
- Labor Council Blacklists Everett Utility Companies
After failing to secure a meeting with management, the local trade union council votes to place Everett Railway & Light and Snoqualmie Light on the official 'unfair' list.
- A Night in the Timber
A local man survives a freezing night in the woods near Bead Lake after becoming separated from his hunting party.
- Newport’s Great Northern Depot Upgrade
Railroad officials confirm a $20,000 investment in a new station to accommodate the town's booming shipping industry.
- Judicial Bias Against Organized Labor
The Labor Journal clashes with a federal judge over his interrogation of naturalization applicants regarding their union ties.
- Mukilteo Workers Refuse Japanese Labor
A town committee clashes with the Crown Mill company over the employment of Japanese workers, signaling rising anti-immigrant tensions in the region.
- Billy Sunday Draws a Crowd
Over 1,000 hopefuls packed Jamieson’s Opera House for the evangelist's visit, but most were left in the cold.
- The Labor Journal’s Defense of the Working Class
An Everett editorial invokes Lincoln to critique the 'damnable' industrial conditions and the 'open shop' movement of 1910.
- A Candidate’s Philosophy on Education
W. D. Gillen, candidate for county school superintendent, argues that manual training and domestic science must not eclipse core academics.
- A.F.L. Organizer C.O. Young Rallies Everett's Labor Movement
General organizer C.O. Young delivers a rousing address at the Labor Temple and urges workers to defeat Congressman William E. Humphrey.
- The Fight for Direct Democracy
Labor journals lobby for the Initiative and Referendum to bypass legislative corruption and ensure the people have the final say on state law.
- The Eight-Hour War: Metal Trades Try to Block Panama Fair
Everett labor leaders expose an attempt by regional employers to force open-shop conditions on the San Francisco World's Fair.
- 443 Votes, Horse-Drawn Turnout, and a Suffrage Preview
Newport’s school election drew a crowd, brought women into the campaign, and ended without ill feeling—just a hint of what Washington might see once women could vote.
- A Town Determined to Stay on the Map
Cusick lays fresh sidewalks to the depot, grades its muddy streets, breaks ground on a drainage dike, and chases a long-idle sawmill back to life.
- A Crowbar Through the Skull: The Mill Hand Nobody Heard in Time
John Krips, a 30-year-old laborer tearing down the old Spirit Valley mill, was killed instantly when a falling timber drove his own crowbar through his head. His body was shipped home to Minnesota.
- Cedar Poles vs. White Collars: A Ballgame to Buy the Firemen Beds
Newport's pole men and professional men square off for 25 cents a head, all proceeds to furnish sleeping rooms so unmarried firefighters can answer night alarms.
- The Ten-Cent Bet That Backfired
An Everett light company employee tried to bluff a union man over strike-related power outages, but ended up losing his confidence and his pride.
- The Man Who Went to Canada to Make a Fortune in Wheat — and Came Back Broke
A local settler sold everything, hauled his plows and harvester north, and paid duty twice for the privilege of staring at an empty prairie. The lesson: the acres of diamonds were at home all along.
- A Poisoned Wife and a Verdict at Last: The Pepoon Murder Case
A Stevens County jury convicts George L. Pepoon of first-degree murder for the strychnine death of his wife Edith — but the man who helped him remains at large, and the county only acted after private citizens forced its hand.
- The Boxcar Full of Washington: Selling the Evergreen State to the East
A Great Northern exhibit car of glass-jarred fruit has toured 10,000 miles through the East, drawing 100,000 visitors and closing schools so pupils could see what Washington grows — all part of Louis W. Hill's campaign to lure settlers west.
- The Anti-Saloon League Plots Its Hottest Campaign
Bert P. Doty of the Anti-Saloon League of Washington lays out a three-part legislative push — county option, shipping restrictions, and the power to shut down breweries — and predicts the fight of 1910 will be the hottest in state history.
- The Railroad's Traveling Salesman for the Whole Northwest
A Great Northern exhibition car of grains, grasses and fruit photographs drew hundreds in Newport — and will head east again to sell the Pend Oreille valley to the nation.
- The Valley Wants Out: East Stevens County Pushes to Split From Colville
Fed up with distant county government, Newport and Ione business leaders organize to carve a new county out of eastern Stevens County — and they're willing to let Newport hold the temporary courthouse, for now.