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81 stories matching frederick
- The House-Worker's Manual
As police struggle with a crime wave, residents discover that daylight burglars are using coded notebooks to track their movements.
- A Spilled Bowl of Soup, a Fatal Shot at Camp Murray
A mess-tent quarrel between two young soldiers ended with Private Thomas Vandiver shot through the body and Private Frederick Stubbs in the county jail, claiming self-defense.
- The Boiler Bursts at Five Twenty
A mill boiler at Port Madison exploded before the morning shift was fully at work, killing five men and scalding a sixth. A witness wrote that ten minutes later would have killed more.
- The Seattle Doctor’s German Inheritance
After years in exile for his political views, a prominent Seattle physician reclaims a massive family estate.
- Bondholders Take the Street Railway at a Courthouse Auction
The Rainier Power & Railway Company sells for $15,000, handing a troubled transit line to the men who held its debt.
- A touring tragedian tells Seattle's schoolgirls to put down 'Trilby' and read Shakespeare
Frederick Warde, in town to play Julius Caesar at the Seattle Theater, spends a Friday afternoon lecturing a packed house for the high school library — and is sent off with flowers and a standing ovation from the pupils.
- The Thespians' Farmhouse Feast
When a special train breaks down, a famous traveling theater troupe abandons the stage to cook an impromptu dinner at a nearby farmhouse.
- The Saloonkeeper Who Could Not Breathe
Albert Frederick Able, an old-time Seattle saloon man, suffocated when throat cancer closed the tube that kept him alive.
- Drought Threatens Walla Walla's Wheat Harvest
Farmers and weather observers warn that a record-breaking dry spell is devastating crops in the Walla Walla Valley and Garfield County.
- City Overhauls Building Code
A special committee proposes sweeping changes to Tacoma's building ordinance to modernize oversight and safety standards.
- Walla Walla's Long Fight to Keep Its Fort
Military brass push to abandon the historic garrison, sparking a fierce local campaign to keep the troops in the valley.
- The New Kindergarten System Arrives in Yakima
Two educators arrive from San Francisco to establish a 'play-based' school, promising a radical shift away from rote memorization.
- The Battle for Steilacoom Lake
A landmark lawsuit reveals the vanished history of Washington's oldest grist mill and the early water wars of Pierce County.
- Gen. Grant Slips Through Spokane Falls
The ex-president and railroad director Frederick Billings returned by daylight after a night passage. A professor's carriage tour and a box of silver specimens produced exactly the quote the young city wanted.
- Seattle Packs a Theater to Mourn Frederick Douglass
A month after the great abolitionist's death, the city's Black community fills the Seattle Theater with music, prayer and eulogy — and hears him compared to Washington and Lincoln.
- The Fight to Keep Fort Walla Walla Alive
Military leaders move to shutter the historic post, leaving local officials scrambling to prove its worth to the federal government.
- The Shanghai and the Deserter
A soldier stationed at Fort Lawton claims a booze-fueled night in San Francisco ended in a forced voyage to Australia.
- The Tragedy of a Lonely Soul
A local eccentric is found dead in Mill Creek, sparking a somber realization about his hidden struggles and poverty.
- The Music-Hall Queen and Her Contract Husband
A Port Townsend performer known as "Shiner" says she will sue Frederick Macondray for divorce, brandishing love letters signed "My Dear Little Kid" and a marriage contract struck on Puget Sound.
- The Great Land Sell-Off
The Northern Pacific Railroad begins dumping vast swaths of Washington Territory land onto actual settlers for $2.60 an acre.
- The Riotous Push for Exclusion
A massive, chaotic anti-Chinese protest in Tacoma turns violent, drowning out local leaders who argue for the legal rights of Chinese merchants.
- 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 Great Seattle Land Battle of 1877
A federal decision sheds light on the messy early scramble for ownership of downtown Seattle, as speculators and the city vied for title to the waterfront.
- The 'Reverend' Who Fed on Seattle’s Faith
A man posing as a Universalist minister charmed the city’s socialites, ran up massive tabs at the best restaurants, and vanished into the night.
- The 1892 Citizenship Crackdown on Puget Sound Fishermen
A newly enacted state law barred foreign-born fishers from working Washington waters, forcing an immediate rush for naturalization papers at the county courthouse.