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- The Art of Getting Helped
A clever traveler tricks two impatient men into doing the labor he was too tired to finish.
- Kennewick's Ten-Mile-Per-Hour Traffic Crackdown
City council mandates strict enforcement of speed limits and lighting requirements for automobiles and motorcycles.
- A Rare Shark Surfaces in Hood Canal
A deep-sea fisherman pulls a species unknown to the Pacific from the waters of Puget Sound, stunning local museum curators.
- The Pony Who Wanted No Part of the Kruger Family
A mischievous white pony wreaked havoc on a family outing, proving that some horses have a distinct sense of mischief.
- Suspicion of graft in Tacoma's water plant purchase
Detectives are tailing city council members amid allegations that the municipal purchase of a water and light plant is a massive overpayment benefiting insiders.
- The Dueling Tomcats: A Hunter’s Tale of Feline Fury in Spring Brook
A local hunter witnesses a violent territorial battle between two male wildcats, fought over the affections of a female observer, before intervening with his shotgun.
- A Whale Hunt off Cape Flattery
Captain Gavin of the steamer Thornton reports a vivid, bloody encounter between Indigenous hunters and a whale.
- A Frontier Feud: The Scathing Attack on Byon F. Kendall
A brutal public broadside against political rival Byon F. Kendall highlights the vitriolic nature of local 1860s journalism.
- The Cowboy Lion Hunters of Rock Creek
Two local stockmen display frontier grit by lassoing a massive lion in the hills near Yakima.
- The Great Puma Panic: How a Loose Cat and a Lucky Dog Sparked Chaos at Leschi Park
In the early days of Seattle's municipal parks, a puma escaped its cage, chased a terrier into a bear pit, and nearly cost the zookeeper his bones in a brawl that read like a cartoon.
- A Mill Worker's Narrow Escape
A standard day at the Port Blakeley mill turned catastrophic when a falling door triggered the log carriage, pinning a worker against the machinery.
- A Close Encounter in the San Juans
A young woman fishing off Friday Harbor defends her boat against a shark, nearly capsizing in the process.
- A Foggy Night on the Sound
A collision between two steamships leads to a libel lawsuit and the suspension of a captain.
- A Whale Surfaces in Commencement Bay and Soaks a Tacoma Couple's Launch
Mr. and Mrs. M. Sutter were ten feet from a spouting whale while crossing the bay in their launch Comet — and came ashore soaked.
- A Close Call in the Cascades
A mountain hunting trip turns into a terrifying chase when a mother bear takes offense at a hunter's pursuit of her cub.
- Knox the Stallion at Hilton’s Ranch
A prize-winning horse becomes the center of a regional breeding enterprise along the banks of the Snohomish River.
- Coin Toss Settles Club Feud
After years of scheduling conflicts, two prominent fraternities leave their meeting dates to the luck of the draw.
- The Hunter and the Buck: A Wild Struggle near Port Crescent
A local man's desperate wrestling match with a wounded buck turns into an endurance test.
- The Great White Bluffs Dog Panic of 1907
A stray cur triggered a frantic scramble for safety, sending townspeople up ridge poles and onto the riverboats.
- A Glimpse of History at the Art Loan Exhibit
Aberdeen women curate a display of relics, paintings, and curiosities to enrich the city's moral and social status.
- Bears on Driftwood and Bridge Washouts in the Skykomish River
Heavy rains trigger a freshet in the mountains, leading to washed-out bridges and one very calm bear navigating the rapids on a log.
- The River Run: A Log Drive Threatens Local Fishing
Three hundred cords of wood floated down the south fork of the Walla Walla River are expected to wreck the local fishing season for weeks.
- The Political Allegiance of the Black Voter in 1892
In an era of rising racial violence and disenfranchisement, H.R. Carroll makes an impassioned case for why the Republican Party remained the only viable choice for Black citizens.
- The Burden of Owning a High-Class Dog
Humorist Bill Nye reflects on the social anxieties of owning an English mastiff that clearly views his owner as a social inferior.
- The Great Tax Tug-of-War at the Capitol
As the 1923 state legislature convenes, competing demands for state-funded projects and tax relief pit town against town, leaving lawmakers in a fiscal deadlock.