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105 stories matching tail
- Olympia’s Streetcar Service Suspended
The city’s 'bob-tail' line has ceased operations following a sale to the Olympia Light and Power Company, leaving residents without transit until electric service begins.
- Dragging Through the Storm
A stage driver survives a 48-hour ordeal in the snow by clinging to his horse's tail for survival.
- A $100 Bounty for the Tail-Dockers of Grand Forks
A local property owner vows to 'make it hot' for the culprits who maimed his horses during a neighborhood dance.
- The Fashionable Business of Curing Pets
A local dog fancier describes the burgeoning industry of canine health, from tail-docking 'fads' to managing bilious pugs.
- The White Doe of the Cascades: A Rare Albino Captured in the Wilds
A peculiar white deer, killed north of Cascade Valley and brought to Spokane for exhibition, offers a glimpse into the region's untamed wildlife.
- The Solitary Tailor’s Winter Plea
A brief, wistful moment in 1884 Seattle captures the isolating struggle of early frontier life through a tailor’s longing for a coat.
- The Lawyer and the Rubber Coat
A Seattle attorney pulls a local government worker from a watery death in the harbor by the tails of his coat.
- The Unlikely Companions of the Dairy Farm
A persistent hen and a reluctant cow form an inseparable, if highly annoying, bond in rural Washington.
- Sheriff Seizes Olympia's 'Bob-Tail' Streetcars Over a $250 Note
A small debt owed by the North Olympia Land Company brought the Main Street line to a halt, while its manager blamed grading, weather, and stalled power negotiations for the delay.
- The Great Heron Street Pony Stampede
A frightened pony dragging a halter tied to a signpost caused a chaotic scene for a young boy in downtown Aberdeen.
- Chief Copeland’s Lights-Out Crackdown
Eight Kennewick drivers face fines after a police sweep targets vehicles missing required tail lights.
- The Confidence Man of Washington Street
A grifter exploited local tensions to con Chinese merchants out of $600 under the guise of buying off a prosecutor.
- The High-Stakes Wager on Walla Walla's Marshal Race
Election fever reaches a fever pitch as local bettors drop thousands on a tight race for police chief.
- The Chief’s Last Stand: A Vision of Justice Beyond the Grave
In a rare and poignant interview, Spotted Tail articulates a theology of retribution where the Great Spirit favors the Native American over the white settler in the afterlife.
- The Electrified Watchman
When the Seattle Electric Railway’s infrastructure turned the city into a hazard, a local watchman learned the hard way that his job required handling more than just time.
- The Gamblers Who Took the Wrong Ship
Two Seattle card sharps tried to fleece an English sea captain. He had them shanghaied instead.
- The Great Laundry War: Why Seattle Needs a 'White Labor' Steam Plant
In 1876, local entrepreneurs argued that Chinese washermen were stealing clothes and that white-owned steam laundries were the only way to save delicate women from catching cold.
- The Parasol Beatdown on Commercial Dock
A husband’s attempt to slip away from his marriage is thwarted by an irate wife and her umbrella.
- The Mountain Lion Hunter of Chelan
A local hunter brings in a massive cougar as regional reports note the predator is terrorizing the deer population.
- The Eighteenth Promise of Mr. Savage
Olympia's street railway president vows a coal-oil motor, fifteen-minute service, and an Eastside extension—mostly, the paper suspects, for real estate.
- A Vicious Letter to the Editor from 1885
A correspondent expresses the era's height of anti-Chinese xenophobia.
- The Schoolhouse Reunion: A Grandmother’s Reflection
A grandmother visits her granddaughter's rural school and finds herself transported back to her own youth, struggling to reconcile the modern fashions of schoolchildren with the enduring traditions of the classroom.
- A Giant Among the Yakima Hops
A tall man's visit to the Tacoma Exposition leads to an irrigation marketing prank.
- The Persistent Peddler of Front Street
A persistent brush salesman tries to make a sale in 1876 Seattle, leading to an amusing exchange about baldness and local vanity.
- The Search for a Missing Horse
A classic 1876 plea for the return of a stolen or wandered animal highlights the reliance on equine transit in pioneer-era Seattle.