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153 stories matching circuit
- The Fight for a Spot in the Puget Sound Amateur Baseball League
When West Seattle and Snohomish vied for a final place in a growing baseball circuit, civic pride and backroom politicking turned a quiet Tacoma meeting into a hotbed of baseball fever.
- The Bureaucratic Cruelty of Chinese Exclusion
A Christian Chinese resident is denied the right to bring his wife to the United States following a restrictive court ruling.
- Left in the Dark: Seattle's Electrical Failure
When the lights went out across the city, a local resident spent the night navigating by touch.
- Tragic Accidental Electrocution in Tacoma Home
A prominent local family mourns the loss of their teenage son following a freak electrical accident in his own bedroom.
- Seattle, Tacoma and Portland Gear Up for a New Baseball League
The Pacific Northwest League plots a comeback, with Bellingham Bay, Salem and Victoria fighting for the fourth club.
- The Widow and the Land Graber
An Indian widow and her children reclaim their land after being defrauded by a prominent guardian.
- Fireboat or No Fireboat: Insurers Threaten a 25% Rate Hike
Underwriters tell the city to staff its fireboat properly or watch waterfront insurance premiums jump a quarter.
- When Wires Crossed: Seattle's Great Electrical Tangle of 1895
A freak accident at 11 p.m. mixed electric light, fire alarm, and telephone lines, cutting off 50 subscribers and burning out equipment across downtown Seattle.
- Tacoma’s Mercy for Fraviola
Citizens rally to fund the final journey home for a sick child.
- Socialists Take the Pend d’Oreille by Lecture Tour
Two organizers close a river-wide circuit at Newport’s Opera House, leaving new locals in four towns and a promise to return for the presidential campaign.
- Trolley Conductor Survives High-Voltage Shock
A conductor working the Spanaway line narrowly escaped death after receiving a severe electric shock during a routine repair.
- Judge Hanford Shields Northern Pacific Wages From the Garnishment Knife
Receivers win authority to issue certificates and pay employees directly, blocking creditors from attaching railroad paychecks.
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Banker Linus E. Post
After leaving his wife and daughter in Tacoma, a prominent banker vanishes to Europe under a cloud of financial mismanagement.
- A Newsboy's Tragic End
The parents of a fourteen-year-old newsboy killed by a locomotive seek damages for his death.
- A Wet Rope, a Live Wire, and a Boy on a Bricklaying Crew
Reed Crews was coming down from a tin roof when a wet rope touched a power line. The accident left him dying and exposed the everyday lethality of 1909 work.
- The Opium Smuggler Who Beat Prison by Oversleeping
A Tacoma jury convicted Jack Forbes of smuggling 110 pounds of opium—but the defendant slept through the verdict, and the judge let him go until a new trial.
- A Candidate’s Dark Financial History
Court records and a mother's affidavit allege that Democratic candidate H.J. Snively misappropriated insurance money intended for a family of orphans.
- Ballard Mill Fire Sparks Legal Battle with Great Northern Railway
Insurance companies have filed suit against the Great Northern Railway, alleging a passing locomotive started a massive fire that destroyed the Fleming-Ayerst mill.
- Drafting the Constitution
As the constitutional convention meets in Olympia, delegates navigate high-stakes debates over statehood, judicial reform, and the volatile question of woman suffrage.
- Tacoma Joins the Pacific Coast League
Local baseball enthusiasts secure a spot in the big league and plan for a new stadium after the city demands the expansion of a street through their old grounds.
- Hanford Growers Rally to Save Water Rights
Facing a critical re-argument in federal court, Hanford farmers assess themselves to fund a legal battle that threatens their livelihood.
- The Neighbors Who Saved the Harvest
When an ill farmer and his preacher could not tend their fields, the community of Semiahmoo mobilized as one to save their livelihood.
- Hanford Farmers Fight for Water Rights
A local committee is preparing for a high-stakes legal showdown in San Francisco over agricultural irrigation rights.
- Hanford Irrigation Defense Fund Stalled
Lawyer forced to front legal fees as landowners fail to back their own water rights challenge.
- The Valley's New Prize Pig
A local farmer bets on data-driven agriculture to master the hog market.