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  1. The Electric Gate: An Olympia Father Declares War on Front-Gate Courting

    A gadget-minded Eastside householder wires his front gate to deliver a jolt to lally-gagging sweethearts — and proves it first on an unwitting dog and a cabbage-loving cow.

    Nov 18, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

  2. Seattle's $100,000 Night: The Armory Meeting That Sold the Ship Canal

    Boosters packed the Armory in 1895 and pledged a fortune for locks and bridges on a Lake Washington canal—payable only after a ship made the passage from Elliott Bay.

    Mar 29, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerArmory, Seattle, King CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

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