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129 stories matching lover
- A Shooting in a Kitchen
A domestic dispute leads to a shooting in the home of Kate McClain, highlighting the volatile conflicts of the time.
- The Mysterious Death at Steilacoom Asylum
Did a state representative die of natural causes, or was he poisoned by a lover?
- Spokane Debuts its Grand Ice Palace
An ambitious new entertainment complex opens its doors at Sinto and Cannon, promising a massive skating area for the public.
- A Marriage Cut Short by Tragedy
A young bride dies suddenly on her second wedding anniversary, triggering a callous rumor mill that the press quickly works to correct.
- A Rejection of Anti-Black Rhetoric
The Fairhaven Herald takes a rare, strong public stance against a neighboring editor's racist call for colonization.
- The Lovers’ Lane of Snohomish
A newly constructed plank road, intended for industrial timber transit, becomes an unlikely promenade for the town's romantic youth.
- A Bullet Meant for a Lover Killed the Wife
In Pataha City, a butcher who blamed a neighbor for breaking up his home took a shotgun to the man—and shot his wife instead. The town's sympathy lay with the shooter.
- Tragedy on the Lummi Reservation
An elderly Lummi man is found dead in his cabin, with suspicion turning toward his young wife and her rumored lover.
- A Gold Rush Romance in the Shadow of the Mines
In the rugged camps of the 1859 gold rush, a pair of lovers find their devotion tested by the harsh realities of frontier life and the relentless pursuit of fortune.
- The Prescott Elopement
After two young lovers fled their homes to escape parental disapproval, a desperate search ends with a change of heart and a marriage license.
- The Unexplained Departure of Mrs. Frite
A husband’s public notice of his wife’s desertion sparks confusion in Port Townsend, as he vows to never take her back.
- The Changing Tides of the Snohomish
High water, booming mills, and the social transformation of a riverside community in 1877.
- The Tragedy of Louise Nelson
Abandoned by her lover and turned away by her family, a young woman from North Dakota finds herself alone at a rural Washington poor farm.
- The Sitka Bridge Romance and the $15,000 Breach of Promise
A romantic tryst at an Alaskan river bridge leads a jilted compositor to sue her former lover for a small fortune.
- The Tragedy at the Grandvue Hotel
A scandalous love affair and a newspaper exposé drive a Seattle woman to a fatal act of desperation.
- The Love That Almost Wasn't
A classic misunderstanding in the garden—between an aunt, her niece, and a wealthy suitor—reveals the heavy price of duty in the Pacific Northwest.
- The Contingent Death Warrant
A love affair turned lethal in Seattle, as a jilted woman penned a gruesome ultimatum to her lover.
- The Tragic End of Etta Harris
A daughter is murdered by her own father in Tacoma, exposing a twisted history of obsession, jealousy, and fatal control.
- Olympia Editor's Fatal Shooting Goes to Trial
A high-stakes murder trial begins in Seattle as the prosecution argues a jilted lover's cold-blooded premeditation against the defense's plea of emotional insanity.
- The Lost Lover Reappears at the Quilting Bee
A decade-long disappearance ends in a fainting spell when a long-lost suitor wanders onto a back porch during a game of blindman's buff.
- A Tragic End in the Lance District
A rejected suitor's attempt to harm his rival ends in a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound behind a Tyler saloon.
- A Wedding Across the Color Line in Walla Walla
A local preacher marries a white girl and her Chinese partner after her mother grants formal consent.
- A Miner’s Jealous Rage Left a Woman Dead in Roslyn
Rosa Baltimore surrendered without regret after shooting Sallie Turner; the 1894 press framed the killing around her work and reputation.
- The Boys of Summer: Seattle’s First Big Baseball Victory
In a 1887 showdown at the local race track, a crowd of 400 gathered to watch the hometown nine clobber the visitors from the Willamette Valley.
- The Birth of Seattle's Classical Music Scene in 1885
High-society music lovers gathered at S.G. Young’s office to launch the Oratorio Society, setting the stage for the city's cultural maturation.