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410 stories matching sick
- The Olympia Benefit Ball for the Union
Citizens rally to raise funds for sick and disabled soldiers, overcoming rumors and divisive influence.
- Destitute Families Found in Lake Washington Shack
Two families from Arkansas, arriving in Seattle with no resources, are discovered living in severe poverty and failing health.
- The Alleyway 'Doctor'
A persistent young street peddler attempts to sell a sickly, down-and-out man an apple and some 'remedies' for his poor health, leading to a strange and chaotic confrontation.
- The Typhoid Ward Forgeries: A Young Man's Trial Turns on Missing Drafts
Nate Young is accused of stealing and forging drafts while caring for a sick medicine drummer at the Hotel Stevens; his wife and parents watch a case built on circumstantial evidence.
- A Ballard Family's Desperate Winter: Five Children Crying for Bread
A sick father, a dying mother, and five hungry children in Salmon Bay Park. A stranger's dollar is all they have.
- The Chinese Doctor’s Radical Revival
A Seattle man, presumed dead after two weeks of typhoid fever, was brought back to life by a doctor’s unconventional intervention.
- City and County Spar Over Smallpox Care Costs
A simmering dispute between the Seattle City Council and King County over who should pay to treat the city's sick and indigent.
- The Bear That Burned Down the Neighborhood
A Spokane resident’s attempt to treat a sick horse with home remedies went up in flames when his pet bear caused a catastrophe.
- The Pioneer Hospital of the Puget Sound Frontier
In an era of dangerous labor and little social support, Dr. G. A. Weed opened a hospital in Seattle designed to serve the 'sick and disabled who have no homes' in the growing mill and mining industries.
- Healing Through Faith: Judge Hanna at the Opera House
A prominent Christian Science lecturer visits the Walla Walla Opera House to explain the doctrine's stance on sickness and the 'mental cause'.
- Seattle's School Board Closes Two Schools as Scarlet Fever Spreads
With cases reported for four weeks, the board ordered the sick kept home and required a physician's certificate before any child could return.
- Who Should Pay for the City's Sick?
A legal dispute over whether the City of Seattle or King County is responsible for the medical care of the indigent.
- The Narrow Escape of Tacoma
A painting shop blaze threatened to raze a downtown block, but a fast-acting fire department and a bit of luck spared the city from a worse catastrophe.
- The Gold Rush That Wasn't: Copper River’s ‘Sickness’ and the Lie of the Trail
A prospector returns from the Copper River country with a chilling warning: the gold is gone, the camps are sick, and the 'passage' to new fields is a myth.
- The Indigent Shuttle: Seattle's 'Loathsome' Dumping Scandal
A 1892 report reveals a bitter inter-city blame game, as Tacoma officials accuse Seattle of shipping its impoverished and sick residents south to dodge medical costs.
- The Battle Over the City's Indigent Sick
A standoff between the health officer and county commissioners over who should pay for the medical care of the destitute exposes a dangerous rift in the civic safety net.
- Seattle Voters Break the Boss's Grip
An Olympia editor tells Republican boss John H. McGraw that Seattle's election was a rebuke to machine politics, not a Democratic triumph.
- The Pioneer Infirmary for the Puget Sound Frontier
Dr. G.A. Weed announces the opening of a new hospital to serve the 'pressing wants' of the rugged workers and pioneers in the Washington wilderness.
- A Sick Man's Plight in Seattle
A desperate resident pleads for public assistance for a destitute, dying stranger denied care by the county.
- The River Escape That Failed
A riverside elopement turns into a dramatic showdown when a steamer captain intervenes in a young woman's flight.
- The County’s Cold Shoulder: Seattle Bleeds for Indigent Sick
In April 1877, the City of Seattle faced a financial crisis as King County refused to pay medical bills for indigent patients, leaving local taxpayers to foot the bill for care that should have been shared.
- A Crippled Warship Sails Into a Storm
Tacoma fears for the USS Adams after the leaky, disabled vessel leaves Whatcom for San Francisco with stormy weather offshore.
- Thirty Grains of Morphine and a Baker’s Plea to Be Let Go
Christian F. Gutheil, a Seattle bakery owner, survived an overdose after a long spree—then told a reporter he wished the doctors had not interfered.
- A Cowardly Assault on Third Street
When a sick man defended his son from a neighbor's violence, the local justice system failed to provide justice.
- Self-Insured: How Unions Beat the Market
A deep dive into how railway brotherhoods and cigar makers provided better, cheaper insurance for workers than private firms.