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- Sudden Death of a Whatcom Minister
Rev. J. V. Dimon, a former minister who recently took a job as a mill timekeeper, dies suddenly on a streetcar.
- Main Street Shootout in Walla Walla
A Saturday afternoon dispute between two men leaves one with a shattered arm and the city looking for a new dueling ground.
- The Pugilists at the Casino
Boxing legend George Dixon trades blows with the heavier Australian Griffo in a 20-round match at Seattle’s Casino.
- The Unsolved Execution at Green River
A lonely homesteader is found dead in the woods, his cabin undisturbed and his secrets kept, sparking a flurry of local suspicion.
- A Logger's Final Despair
After being robbed of his life savings in a Tacoma resort, a distraught logger takes his own life in a series of desperate acts.
- Broken Bones at the Capstan
A dangerous industrial accident aboard the steamer Chehalis nearly claims a life in Lake Washington.
- The Rapid Transformation of Puget Sound
An old-timer writes to the editor to ask for news of Seattle, prompting a reflection on the dizzying speed of the city's growth from a three-house settlement in 1853 to a bustling port in 1883.
- A Perilous Plunge Aboard the City of Panama
An elderly passenger’s fall through an unsecured hatchway exposes the dangerous negligence of a bustling Seattle steamship.
- Wrestling Star Chief Two Feathers Takes Down Local Challengers
A crowded Germania Hall witnessed the Nez Perce wrestler defeat two local opponents in a series of grueling bouts.
- The Wild Madison Street Sled Crash
A group of young men took a bob-sled on a high-speed, downhill run in winter, ending in a violent collision with a telegraph pole.
- Officer Shoots Bystander During Foot Chase
A logger is wounded in the arm by a stray bullet when a policeman fires at a fleeing shoplifter in the South Third Street district.
- Longshoremen Strike Against Wage Cuts
Striking dockworkers faced off against non-union labor hired by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to unload cargo at drastically reduced pay.
- A 12-Year-Old Injured at a Seattle Shingle Mill
A twelve-year-old boy, working to support his widowed mother, is killed in a tragic mill accident in Seattle.
- The Jailbreak That Almost Was: A Struggle for Freedom in Port Townsend
In a dramatic afternoon at the Clallam County jail, five prisoners attempted to overpower the keeper with an axe and a garrote-style choke. Jailer Furlong’s quick draw saved the day.
- The Shadowy Streets of 1870s Seattle
A wave of violent street crime hits the city as a mysterious gang terrorizes residents and burns down a derelict dance hall.
- The Lure of the City and the Reality of Hard Times
A frontier editorial warns local farm families that the 'fancied comforts' of Seattle often end in unemployment and vice.
- Tacoma Shut Out in Regional Wrestling Championship
Local wrestlers struggle against Seattle, Everett, and Vancouver at the YMCA tournament.
- Safe-Crackers Raid Local Steam Laundry
A band of robbers broke into the Tacoma Steam Laundry, held two employees at gunpoint, and used nitroglycerine to blast open the safe.
- A Fourth of July Disaster at the Iron Works
A celebratory cannon salute leaves a local foreman maimed during Seattle's Independence Day festivities.
- A Death Oath in the Silver Federation—and a Man Who Vanished
The Spokane press called the Farmers' Protective Silver Federation secret, oath-bound, and rifle-armed, then linked it to the disappearance of Gloystein.
- A Quarter-Century Later, Three Civil War Comrades Find Each Other in Seattle
Decades after the chaos of the march to the sea and a fateful skirmish near Atlanta, three messmates from the Twenty-third Missouri Infantry shared a surprise reunion in Seattle.
- A Mother with a Rifle: Newport Woman Shoots Intruder Who Broke In
Mrs. O. F. Allen, alone with seven children on a ranch east of Newport, fought off a drunken man who forced his way into the house and shot him twice before the constable could be summoned.
- Four Shots at a Seattle Policeman—and a Potato in the Revolver
Harry C. Good, a popular young salesman, is held on $10,000 bail after wounding Officer J. W. Glasscock at Third and Marion, while old friends recall the time they replaced his pistol cylinder with a potato.
- The Tragedy of the Tenement Boy
A heart-wrenching account of a young boy struggling to survive in a Seattle tenement while clinging to his faith despite his father's cruelty.
- The Gun in the Wagon
H. P. Fox was scouting land near Loon Lake when a loaded shotgun discharged into his arm. Surgeons in Spokane Falls amputated, but the long ride and his weakened health were too much.