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74 stories matching tea
- The Valley Club's Resignation Crisis
Tensions over politics and social friction lead to the abrupt resignation of the club's president.
- Surviving Seattle on a Shoestring
A newcomer details the precise costs of feeding a family of eight in 1890s Seattle, offering a rare glimpse into the household economics of the era.
- The Brutal Toll of a Pacific Northwest Winter
A traveler, lost in the woods near Seattle, fights for his life after days of exposure in sub-zero conditions.
- The Day Seattle Stood Still: A Sunday of Sobriety and Silence
In November 1876, the city’s saloons closed their doors for a rare day of peace, while the newspaper editor noted with relief that there were no fights to report.
- A Picnic at the Wilderness
Church members and their families take the morning train for a day of swimming, rowing, and impromptu acrobatics at Lake Wilderness.
- The War on Lice in the Hop Fields
A local hop merchant reveals the specific, labor-intensive chemical formula needed to save the crop from blight.
- The Tragedy of a Matrimonial Paper Marriage
A farmer is arrested after a horrific, confessed murder of his wife, a woman he met through a matrimonial advertisement just a year prior.
- Kirkland Celebrates its New Industry
Hundreds gather on the east side of Lake Washington to christen the new woolen mill with a gala dance.
- A Five-Cent Lunchroom Where Men Are Barred
In the Shorey building, Mrs. Flora D. Brown runs a noonday refuge for Seattle’s shop and factory women, serving soup, coffee and a welcome for a few pennies—and keeping the men firmly outside.
- A Garden Wedding on Lake Steilacoom
Prominent Tacoma socialites Miss Ruby Shera and Mr. Thomas J. Handforth were wed under a canopy of oaks in an elaborate ceremony at the Tyler estate.
- The High Cost of the Great Seattle Rebuild
A six-week-old restaurant is auctioned off for parts, revealing the volatility of life in post-fire Seattle.
- City's Water Shut-Off Sparks Public Outrage
Hundreds of Seattle households left without water without warning as city workers struggle with infrastructure connections.
- The Great World's Wonder: Dr. McBride’s Miracle Cures in Pioneer Seattle
A charismatic physician from China has opened an office at the Occidental Hotel, promising instantaneous relief for blindness, deafness, and pain with his 'Concentrated Tea.' While locals flock to witness his 'miraculous' operations, the line between medical innovation and snake oil remains dangerously thin.
- The 'Dodo' in the Account Book
A wife catches her husband in a suspicious expense record, leading to a domestic misunderstanding over slang.
- Disaster on the Seattle Waterfront
A wharf collapses under the weight of cargo, sparking a bitter dispute over liability and salvage rights.
- The Telegraphers Who Spilled Too Much Tea
Two railroad telegraph operators make the mistake of gossiping about a bridal couple over the wire, only to find the groom is a company superintendent.
- Shopping Day for the Indigenous Visitors
A bustling Saturday in Seattle as Indigenous visitors from the bay fill the city's stores with goods and dry items.
- The Raid on South Fifth Street
A police raid on a gambling party in Seattle’s Chinatown leads to a chaotic scene of fleeing patrons and two arrests.
- The Poor Farm Inquiry
After an elderly inmate accused his manager of serving poor food, the county commissioners arrived for a surprise lunch inspection.
- The Waterfront Teeming with Global Trade
A look at the sheer variety of goods flowing through Seattle's wharves reveals a city rapidly expanding as a commercial powerhouse.
- The Forgotten Women of the Lodging-Houses
A sympathetic, if patronizing, look into the harsh, itinerant lives of women surviving in the depths of Seattle’s 19th-century urban poverty.
- The State of the Territory: 1885
Governor Watson C. Squire delivers a wide-ranging address on Washington's rapid growth, the need for a penitentiary, and the rising 'anti-Chinese' labor tensions in Seattle.
- A Massive Warehouse Blaze Leaves Yakima Scrambling
A fire of unknown origin at the Chappell & Cox warehouse caused significant damage to stored furniture, machinery, and agricultural goods.
- The Revenue Collector’s Raid on a South Seattle Distiller
Federal authorities shutter a clandestine operation in South Seattle, seizing a menagerie of equipment and livestock from a local man.
- An Odd English Collier Sails In, and the Wharves Fill to See Her
The first ship of the new Great Eastern line ties up at Baker's wharf after eighteen days from Yokohama, carrying tea, matting and curios — and no passenger cabins at all.