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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1890 | 25 |
| 1891 | 195 |
| 1892 | 180 |
| 1893 | 130 |
| 1894 | 100 |
630 stories
- Healing the Hardships of the Harbor
Established by the Dominican Sisters, the city's first hospital was a vital, life-saving response to the high frequency of industrial accidents in the local logging camps.
- The Ghost of Grays Harbor City
Speculators learn the hard way as a subsidized townsite dies on the vine.
- Tragedy at the Cosmopolis Wharf
An epileptic fit claims the life of a local man when he falls into the Chehalis River.
- Trapped by Seventy-One Inches of Snow
Extreme winter weather isolates Aberdeen and Ocosta, shutting down transportation routes.
- Legal Battle Over Wishkah River Timber Rights
A local man is held on charges of cutting timber on government land, setting the stage for a major legal test involving the Northern Pacific Railroad.
- Fire Consumes Grand Forks Property
A blaze up the Wishkah River destroys a barn and two homes just as a real estate deal was nearing completion.
- South Union Schoolhouse Lost to Forest Fires
A local schoolhouse, along with a significant portion of its contents, was consumed by wildfire spreading through the district near Aberdeen.
- The Preacher Who Shot His Client: A Land Grab Gone Deadly
In a bizarre twist of frontier justice, Reverend G. W. Walker allegedly shot settler Herbert Wilson in the breast after a dispute over land titles, revealing a pattern of fraud that had already drawn legal complaints.
- The Hypocrisy of Holy Ground: A Baptist Elder Arrested for Renting to a 'Notorious Courtesan'
In a scandal that rocked the small town of Montesano, Washington, in 1879, the arrest of a respected church elder for housing a sex worker exposed the gap between public piety and private reality.
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer vs. Aberdeen: A War of Words Over the Chinese Eviction
In November 1890, a fierce public feud erupted between Aberdeen and Seattle when the Seattle paper defended the city's recent expulsion of its Chinese residents, accusing Aberdeen of violence that never happened.
- The Narrow Escape of Aberdeen
A pre-dawn fire in a downtown barber shop threatened to raze the young city, but a swift response from the local hose company stopped the flames before they reached the business district.
- The Army at the Bluff
As Aberdeen booms, an 'army' of three hundred laborers armed with dynamite and shovels cuts through the hills to bring the railroad into town.
- The Gateway to an Empire: Aberdeen’s Railway Boom
In 1891, the rush for transcontinental rail connections and ocean shipping turned a muddy Chehalis Valley settlement into a regional industrial juggernaut.
- The Phosphorus Terror of Hoquiam
A saboteur sows the streets with incendiary devices, nearly reducing the town to ash before the rains intervene.
- The Looming Expulsion of Chinese Workers from Grays Harbor Canneries
As local salmon canneries gear up for the season, the paper notes an ominous understanding regarding the workforce.
- The Peeping Toms of H and Second Streets
A string of late-night window-peeping incidents has left Aberdeen residents on edge and arming themselves for a confrontation.
- The Scandal of the South Aberdeen Saloon License
A concerned mother accuses city officials of corruption and moral failure for granting an illegal liquor license under the guise of charity.
- The Council's Saloon Charity
Aberdeen’s city fathers are accused of legal gymnastics by granting a liquor license under the guise of helping a struggling mother.
- Daring Escape from the County Jail
Two prisoners blinded the jailer with a chemical powder before stealing his weapon and vanishing into the woods.
- The Rowdy Rail Workers of Westport
A summer resort's peace is shattered by drunken railroaders, prompting a violent confrontation at the hotel.
- The Ill-Fated Final Voyage of the J.C. Ford
After battling leaks and heavy seas for days, a lumber schooner goes down at the mouth of Grays Harbor as a passing collier ignores its distress signals.
- The Battle for the Tracks
After intense lobbying, Aberdeen city officials strike a compromise with Northern Pacific to bring the railroad through the city's north side.
- The Price of a Lien: Laborers Shortchanged in Log Sale
After months of legal delays, loggers find their hard-earned wages swallowed by legal fees and court costs.
- The White Ribboners’ Crusade in Cosmopolis
A local chapter of the W.C.T.U. mounts an impassioned campaign against the ‘despot’ of alcohol, labeling licensed saloons a failed experiment.
- Building a Railroad from Shipwreck Scraps
When a derelict ship wrecked off the coast, its cargo of steel rails became a tax-delinquent treasure for Aberdeen’s civic boosters.