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45 stories
- A Sudden Tragedy at the Hoquiam Dance
A beloved young Aberdeen businessman collapses and dies mid-dance, sending shockwaves through the community.
- Strange Earth Upheaval Floods Queets River Basin
A geological mystery near the mouth of the Queets River has flooded valuable land, baffling local observers.
- Taming the Harbor Channels
A massive engineering project kicks off to scour the south channel of the harbor, with a $50,000 budget to reshape the coastline.
- Brutal Workplace Injuries at Local Mills
Three workers in Aberdeen and Hoquiam are left broken and maimed after harrowing industrial accidents in a single week.
- A Flag at Half-Mast and a Populist's 'Lost Liberties'
A county auditor candidate is accused of helping turn the Fourth of July flag into a protest banner—and of being an unnaturalized New Zealander besides.
- The Big River Never Came Back
A tug captain spots a wreck on the Grays Harbor bar and identifies it as the overdue schooner Big River, lost with five hands.
- The Typhoon's Close Call
A delayed response from the fire department leaves a steamer gutted by fire in the Hoquiam River.
- Walkout in the Hoquiam Box Factory
Hoquiam box factory crew walked out over a 25-cent wage cut, closing the plant and idling 40 men.
- Launch of the Schooner Chehalis
The largest vessel ever built on Grays Harbor slides into the water at Hoquiam.
- She Owned Her Own Bedding: A Hoquiam Wife's Public Reckoning
When W. E. Ulmer filed notice that he would no longer pay his wife's bills, Ida V. Ulmer went straight to the paper — to point out that he had never paid them in the first place.
- Labor's Third-Party Question: Washington's Federation Chief Reports from Cleveland
After a Seattle paper misreported a vote to launch an independent party, State Federation of Labor president William H. Johnston sets the record straight: organized labor chose to keep working with the A.F. of L. and progressive allies rather than split the vote in 1924.
- The Hidden Profit in a Worker's Good Will
A Hoquiam-area editorial argues that the loyalty of a working force is worth more in dollars and cents than the good will of customers — and that most employers are squandering it.
- Illegal Salmon Become Christmas Dinner for the Needy
A thousand pounds of confiscated salmon from five Grays Harbor fishermen and a meat market feed families in Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Seattle.
- The Opium Raid at Hoquiam
Four men were arrested and fined for smoking opium as federal officials clamped down on the practice in the Harbor.
- A Leap for Life on the Road to Hoquiam
A couple jumping from a runaway buggy to escape a terrified horse left one passenger unconscious in the road.
- Labor Council Meets: Strikers' Relief, a Labor Press, and the Boy Scouts
Hoquiam's Central Labor Council gathers to fund a sick striking carman, cheer its improving Labor Press, and seat delegates on Aberdeen's new Scout council.
- The Bear on the Hoquiam Trail
A hunting party encounters a formidable bear while tracking game, resulting in a fierce struggle and the eventual demise of the animal.
- Naming a Peak for an Infidel
Local climbers conquer a previously unclimbed mountain and name it after a controversial figure.
- The Great Hoquiam Bear Hunt
A group of local hunters brings home a bear, but nobody can agree on who actually landed the shot.
- The Potential of Hemlock
A new Chamber of Commerce report highlights the high tannin content of local hemlock bark, sparking hopes for a new manufacturing industry in Hoquiam.
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