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| 1876 | 9 |
| 1877 | 7 |
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373 stories matching receipt
- The Ghost of Sunnydale
A man arrives looking for work, strips off his clothes, and vanishes into the brush—leaving behind only a purse, a poll tax receipt, and a trail of mystery.
- The Loss of Captain J.P. Keller
The town of Olympia lowers its flags to honor a fallen military figure.
- The Battle of the Bazaar Receipts
A Bothell church congregation splits into two warring camps over how to spend $72 raised at a holiday fair.
- A Receivership Sale Rewires Seattle's Street Railway
Bondholders sign a deal to merge the troubled Rainier Power and Railway Co. into a new Third Street Suburban Railway Company, with the Denny family’s claims still shaping the terms.
- Barristers Take the Field for Charity
Tacoma lawyers traded their robes for uniforms to play a baseball game for the benefit of the Roslyn miners.
- The $40,000-a-Year Makeover of Seattle's Books — and the Treasurer Who Wouldn't Sign
Seattle's new city treasurer says paying off the city's high-interest warrants will save $40,000 a year — while the city prepares to sue his predecessor over money that never made it into the till.
- The Tax Collector’s Secret: How Seattle Officials Hid Debts to Profit from Advertising
A local newspaper exposes a scheme where the School District collector withheld tax information, forcing taxpayers to pay exorbitant advertising fees to clear liens they didn't know existed.
- The Last Stand of Bebe Low: A Saloon Keeper’s Final Plea
In August 1876, Seattle saloon owner Bebe Low publicly demanded his debts be settled before disappearing from the city, leaving behind a cryptic notice and a legacy of vanished frontier commerce.
- Three Streetcar Companies Tell Seattle They're Too Broke to Keep the Lights On
In receivership, in arrears and borrowing from their own bondholders, the city's electric railways ask to be excused from the franchise requirement that they light the streets their cars run over.
- From Two Rooms to a Building Fund: The YMCA’s Early Expansion in Seattle
Three years after arriving in Seattle, Secretary George Carter reflects on the YMCA’s transformation from a struggling group in a pair of rented rooms to a city institution with grand building ambitions.
- The Price of Policing the 'Unfortunates'
A budget report reveals that Seattle’s municipal court revenue plummeted after a policy change regarding how the city policed its marginalized citizens.
- City Water Profits Set to Retire Debt
Colville’s public water utility expects to pay off its infrastructure bonds in just four years as user fees hit a record high.
- The Hyena of Seattle: A 'Herculean Woman' Leaves a Man Sprawled in the Dust
In a rare display of physical dominance that defied Victorian gender norms, a local woman engaged in a public brawl so fierce it was described as 'fiendish delight,' leaving her male opponent screaming for mercy.
- A Controversial Screening in Spokane
The film adaptation of a white supremacist narrative begins its engagement at the Auditorium Theater, marketed as a major record-breaking spectacle.
- Newport's Ferry Fund, One Dinner at a Time
A public subscription drive for a free river crossing gets a boost from a new restaurateur who pledges a night's receipts.
- The Missing Express Package
An express agent at Ainsworth finds himself in the middle of a $15,000 mystery after a package disappears under his watch.
- Alki Point Picnic A Rousing Success
Twelve hundred residents gather for games, dancing, and festivities to support school music programs.
- Port Madison Citizens Form Union Guard
In an immediate response to the Governor's call to arms, seventy citizens at Port Madison organize a volunteer militia company to support the Union.
- A Successful Catholic Hospital Fundraiser
Community members and local clergy gather to raise funds for the hospital through a well-attended multi-day fair.
- The Fugitive and the Missing Saddle
After an accused man jumps bail, a local deputy tracks him to a remote ranch, but the suspect vanishes into thin air.
- The Minneapolis Teachers' Land Grab
A group of Minnesota teachers lost their timber and stone land claims in Washington after the government deemed them speculative ventures.
- The Mysterious Disappearance of a Pasco Hotelier
A hotel proprietor who left a suicide note for his wife is discovered alive in Nevada weeks later.
- The Kidnapping of the Kerr Child: A Battle for Custody and Morality
Charles L. Kerr and his new wife Viola Bell Thorndyke are accused of snatching an infant from a boat in Seattle, sparking a legal war over whether the child will be raised by her father or placed in a home deemed 'proper.'
- The Desperate Struggle at the Steilacoom Asylum
A man awaiting commitment to the insane asylum attempts to take his own life in the halls of the institution.
- Judge J. H. Jones Appointed Commissioner
The former Seattle Police Judge steps into a new federal role under the Cleveland administration.