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- The Suspicious Death of the Mull Baby
A coroner’s inquest is ordered to investigate conflicting medical reports over an infant's sudden death in Walla Walla.
- Chief Kellogg Purges Fire Department
Seattle's fire chief suspends two captains amidst allegations of insubordination and secret maneuvering against his leadership.
- Mysterious Death of Japanese Man Turns Body Black
An autopsy on E. C. Kimoto, a Japanese laborer who died suddenly, reveals a puzzling blackening of the body and missing money, prompting a chemical analysis.
- The Struggle for Space at Seattle High School
As the class of 1893 graduates, the school’s principal warns that overcrowding and a lack of facilities are stalling the city’s educational ambitions.
- State Committee Finds University Facilities 'Inadequate'
An inspection of the University of Washington reveals crumbling infrastructure and classroom shortages, prompting a call for a new site near the lakes.
- The Asylum Poisoning Scandal
A state mental hospital is rocked by accusations that a patient was murdered, triggering a battle between local officials and an Eastern chemist.
- The Forged County Warrant
A young man looking for forgiveness at Yom Kippur services finds himself swindled by a clever document alteration.
- A Local Intellectual Heads to Ancient Lands
Dr. John C. Sandberg, once a fixture of Seattle’s literary and medical scene, is appointed U.S. Consul to Baghdad.
- A Gold Rush on Silver Creek
A spectacular assay of ore has ignited a fever of excitement in Snohomish.
- The Mischief Makers of Second Street
Seattle's fire department gets a workout from phantom alarms in the Boston Block.
- The Boy Who Squirted Ammonia: A Spokane Youth’s Descent into Infamy
Officer Ike keeps a watchful eye on Tobias, the 'bad boy' of the Cineograph theater, after he becomes a fugitive from home and targets Japanese children with chemical pranks.
- Tacoma’s Theaters Put on Notice
Mayor Campbell issues a firm mandate requiring local theaters to meet new fire safety standards or face closure.
- Daring Escape from the County Jail
Two prisoners blinded the jailer with a chemical powder before stealing his weapon and vanishing into the woods.
- The War on Lice in the Hop Fields
A local hop merchant reveals the specific, labor-intensive chemical formula needed to save the crop from blight.
- A Neighborhood Blaze
A house burns down on Madison street while the owners are at church, revealing systemic failures in emergency response time.
- The Ghost Ships of Lake Union
After sitting idle since the Great War, a fleet of wooden hulls will be burned for salvage, with their deckhouses repurposed into makeshift homes.
- Student Mob Attacks University Regent
Campus tensions erupt into a harassment campaign against a university official in Pullman, allegedly fueled by the college president.
- The Miracle Cure Con Man
A visiting 'philanthropist' who claimed to cure alcoholism was feted by city officials before being unmasked as a fraud.
- The Promised Metropolis on the Columbia
A booster report envisions a massive industrial city of 50,000 residents rising from the sagebrush desert at Priest Rapids.
- The Smoke and Mirrors of Aberdeen's Variety Halls
A skeptical journalist pulls back the curtain on the 'Human Electricians' and fire-eaters captivating local audiences with chemical tricks.
- Seattle Fire Department Eyes Expansion
Board of commissioners plots a budget for 1894 that includes new stations on Jackson and Madison streets.
- The Acid Plot in the Tacoma Jail
Prisoners used acid to soften steel bars in a desperate attempt to break out, but were thwarted by a suspicious jailer.
- The Doctor Who Wanted Everything
A Prince Edward Island physician wrote to a Seattle paper requesting a mountain of free market research, leading the editors to publicly shame him for his stinginess.
- The Ghost in the Boarded-Up Cottage
A reporter’s late-night stakeout of a supposedly abandoned home reveals mysterious machinery and strange chemical equipment.
- Late-Night Blaze Nearly Consumes Third Avenue Shop
A swift response by Seattle firefighters prevents a major conflagration at a secondhand goods store.