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508 stories matching perhap
- The Midnight Vandal at the Standard Office
An editorial office in Olympia faces a late-night visit from an assailant armed with an effigy and firearms.
- Three and a Half Years in a Cell, Then a Date With the Rope
Charles Nordstrom crept up to William Mason's cabin at Cedar Mountain and shot him dead at supper over an old grudge. This week a Seattle judge named August 31 as the day the state will hang him — unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in.
- The Mystery of the Missing Prospector
A man headed to the World's Fair in Chicago disappears while walking from Skykomish to Snohomish, leaving behind uncollected funds and a trail of questions.
- Tragedy in a Tin of Pills
When a toddler in a historic Washington town mistook medicinal pills for candy, a medical error turned into a heartbreak that echoed across the community.
- Ranch Accident Leaves Local Man Paralyzed
A farming accident involving a falling bale of hay has left Charles E. Lum with severe spinal injuries.
- The Library We Don't Have Yet
A call for city leaders to lobby Andrew Carnegie for funding, arguing that a public library would be a cornerstone of local progress.
- A Cabin Burned, a Man Vanished Near Enumclaw
George Eigensteller disappeared from his cabin near Enumclaw; the next morning the cabin burned, and no remains were found in the ruins.
- The Absurdity of Local Mail Service
A scathing editorial laments the bureaucratic inefficiency of sending mail across Puget Sound only to have it return to a destination a half-mile away.
- A Night at the 'Mid-Way'
Police raid a notorious variety house gambling den, only to discover the house had been robbed by its own patrons.
- Search Party Sent for Two Missing Hunters
A hunting trip to the mountains near Tucannon turns into a desperate search for two missing young men.
- A Close Call on Yesler Avenue
A fire sparked by a porter's clumsy accident in a saloon basement is extinguished by a quick-thinking fire commissioner before it could threaten the neighborhood.
- The Burglar and the Sleeping Giant
An attempted break-in on the Hoquiam road ends in a bizarre failure when the thief discovers the occupant's surprising immunity to being disturbed.
- A Runaway Wife Returns to View the Husband Who Died Searching for Her
Anna M. Nelson had hidden herself from an unhappy marriage. When Andrew P. Nelson died looking for her, she came back to Tacoma—exhausted, unmoved, and willing to explain.
- The Masquerade Scandal of 1885
A Seattle man is arrested for cross-dressing at a public masquerade ball, leaving society columnists to offer their moralizing take on his 'vice.'
- A Sausage Maker’s Body Washes Ashore at Priest Point
Charles Honick had been missing three weeks. A boy found him on the beach, and Olympia’s police chief and coroner went to see whether foul play was involved.
- Treasurer Hill's Tax Blunder
A local civic scandal as the City Treasurer faces accusations of incompetence and overreach regarding delinquent tax sales.
- The Ione Mill Dam Gave Way, Taking Half a Million Feet of Logs With It
A Tuesday afternoon break at the Panhandle Lumber Co. dam sent a 35-foot head of water through the canyon and delayed the mill for months.
- Separated at Three, Reunited at Sixty on a Centralia Train Platform
A famous Boston preacher changing trains in Centralia asks a stranger his name — and finds the brother his family had not heard from in more than fifty years.
- Five Hundred Sheep, One Embankment, and a $2,000 Loss
A herd already sold at $3.40 a head was wiped out near Kiona when the animals piled atop one another in a freak accident.
- A Heartbreaking Loss on the Diamond
In a tense and expertly played game, Seattle edges out Tacoma 4–3 as a 'subtle fatality' continues to plague the Tacoma club.
- The Indian Agent Who Let Settlers Stay: A Lake Chelan Land Fight
A federal Indian agent delayed an order to restore land near Lake Chelan to Indigenous owners, then waded into the estate of 'Okanogan' Smith, prompting charges of military overreach into civil affairs.
- The Financial Cost of the Temperance Fight
A state supreme court ruling creates a $42,000 budget deficit for Everett, leaving the city to grapple with the economic fallout of its prohibitionist policies.
- Political Oratory on the Grange Lawn
Sixteen candidates for office take to the Finley schoolhouse lawn for a polite political debate and an ice cream social.
- Railroads Escape Taxes While County Officials Accept Passes
The county commissioners reduced railroad valuations again, forcing taxpayers to cover the state revenue shortfall.
- The Diseased-Poultry Swindle
A Yakima agricultural editor traces how sick birds moved from farmyards to city markets—and demands that the governor and legislature clean up the trade.