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- A $5,000 Gift for the Eighteenth Engineers
A Seattle businessman reunites with old railroad friends at American Lake and donates $5,000 to the regiment bound for France.
- The Man Who Slept in a Law Office Window
A destitute former resident of Chimacum is found crawling into a Seattle law office window, claiming he has nowhere else to go.
- The Battle for Elma’s Foundations
A massive legal challenge threatens the property titles of hundreds of residents in a Grays Harbor town.
- Inside Job Suspected at Mount Vernon Depot
The Great Northern depot in Mount Vernon was robbed of $40 in cash, suggesting the thief had intimate knowledge of the office.
- A Bartender's Affair: Sumner Wife Flees with Her Lover
When Henry Brianer left for a business trip, bartender B. Grant moved in on his wife. Now the couple—and her two children—are missing, presumed headed to Seattle.
- Mourned as Dead, He Came Home From Australia
C. W. Ellsworth vanished from Everett last September. His wife and little daughter on a ranch near Machias had given him up for dead — until he walked back in, with a story about a waterfront saloon, a drugged drink and a schooner bound for the Antipodes.
- Tragedy in the Courthouse
A Tacoma man takes his own life in a Spokane courtroom after a bitter domestic dispute and legal battle with his wife.
- The Confidence Woman of Akron
A local employment agent is charmed by a fellow Midwesterner and left empty-handed.
- Razor Fight at the Colored Club
A minor dispute between acquaintances escalates into a violent struggle that ends with a ruined suit and a dropped prosecution.
- The Jailer's Hospitality
Skagit County prisoners find their incarceration is surprisingly comfortable.
- The Prize Fight Shuffle in Tacoma
After Collins forfeited his match, 'Spider' Kelly of San Francisco stepped in to face Morrissey in a high-stakes Tacoma bout.
- The Sudden Marriage of a Tumwater Wealthy Resident
A 79-year-old man surprises the community by wedding a young female physician after a brief courtship by mail.
- The Hometown Defense of John H. McGraw
Facing a smear campaign from political rivals in Tacoma, the future Washington governor calls on his former neighbors in Danforth, Maine, to vouch for his character.
- The Loss of a Labor Organizer
The community mourns the passing of a prominent union activist and the first president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Machinists' Union.
- The Shadowy Business of Proxy Voting
Local political observers call out the 'proxy convention' system for allowing unelected outsiders to hijack political representation.
- The Murder in Governor Stevens’s Outer Office
A former Hudson’s Bay man recalls the Puget Sound War: decapitated heads carried to Olympia, Chief Leschi hanged near Fort Steilacoom, and his brother Quiemal killed while waiting to surrender.
- Election Fever Grips Aberdeen
Skyrockets and torchlights marked a rowdy political rally on Heron Street as supporters celebrated the national ticket.
- A Fatal Misstep on the Skookumchuck
A tragic river crossing in rural Washington leaves a young man dead after a single, impulsive movement.
- The Great Tacoma Chicken Heist
A witness in the theft trial of a local gang describes how hundreds of chickens were lured and captured under the cover of darkness.
- The Disappearance of John Squires
A Whidby Island farmhand vanishes after traveling to Seattle for medical care, sparking fears of foul play.
- The Case of the Missing Boarder
A Steilacoom landlady finds herself in a tangle of confusion when a new arrival is mistaken for a long-lost acquaintance.
- The Streetcar Boom of 1891
A new electric line to Lake Washington promises to turn suburban wilderness into a goldmine, triggering a scramble for land.
- An Empty Hall for the Labor Movement
A call for unity in Everett’s political organizing goes largely unanswered by local union delegates.
- Richland Women Mobilize for War Effort
Local women form a Red Cross auxiliary, securing a permanent headquarters to sew supplies and support the war effort.
- The Dignity of the Oyster Bar
A young woman, destitute after her father's death, finds that the labor market is far more welcoming than her former social circle.