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- Seattle’s Food and Shelter Depot Served 5,572 Free Meals in December
The charity’s weekly report defended free meals, promised work for the able-bodied, and insisted it served all comers regardless of race or religion.
- The Beat Cop's Bad Joke
A police officer on Queen Anne hill faces suspension after fabricating a robbery report as a 'joke'—much to the chagrin of city leadership.
- The Wild West Comes to the Third Street Depot
A young man arrives in town dressed for a frontier lifestyle, only to be told by local authorities that such theatrics are no longer welcome.
- The Auction Mania in Seattle
A jewelry merchant's retirement sale sparks a reflection on the city's obsession with bargain hunting and the reality behind the storefront liquidations.
- The Engineer’s Ash-Box Ghost: A Tale of New Year’s Eve Peril
In a column dated October 1870, the Seattle Daily Intelligencer reprints a harrowing tale from an old engineer about surviving a wreck by hiding under his locomotive's ash pan during a blizzard.
- The Unclaimed Dead of Lake Union
A morning discovery at a local boat house reveals the lonely, anonymous death of a Prussian immigrant, underscoring the precarity of life in a booming frontier city.
- The Wandering Minstrel of Puget Sound
A profile of an itinerant street performer and songwriter, known as 'Fiddler Williams,' who became a familiar, if beleaguered, fixture of late 19th-century Washington city life.
- The Price of a 'Pull' in Seattle's Police Force
Seven officers were fired to make room for the mayor's favorites, sparking outrage over political patronage.
- The Unidentified Man in the Brush
A decomposing body found in the northern woods of Seattle leaves behind only a silver watch and a curious note.
- A Skeleton, a Revolver, and $10.70: The Trailside Mystery No One Could Name
A hunter in Wahkiakum County found a well-dressed man's remains beside a five-shot revolver—an apparent suicide that had lain undiscovered for perhaps eighteen months.
- Mining in the Naches River Wilderness
Prospectors venture into the rugged Naches mining district, battling difficult terrain and unbridged crossings in search of silver.
- The Missing Marshal
A city council committee tries to force the resignation of the town marshal, but the official simply fails to show up for the meeting.
- Five Minutes Through Box Canyon
The launch Nancy sets a river record while the Metaline returns with a new boiler and Newport's waterfront hums with new boats and schedules.
- The Church Fair Grind: A Young Man’s Ordeal with Charity and Cake
In a tale of social pressure and predatory fundraising, one Seattleite recounts his harrowing escape from a church bazaar where 'charity' meant forced purchases, fake fortunes, and extortionate flower prices.
- The Great Tent That Flopped: Seattle’s First Major Spectacle Washed Out
In October 1876, the famous Montgomery Queen's Circus arrived in Seattle with a massive tent and twenty trained horses, only for torrential rain to collapse their grand opening. A rare look at early Seattle entertainment and civic life.
- The Seal-Skin Obsession: Why Seattle Ladies Wear More Fur Than Any Other City
A local furrier reveals that the city's obsession with expensive sealskin sacks is driven by climate, fashion, and a secret supply chain from London.
- The Squire Building’s Grand Bazaar Opening
A record-breaking crowd floods a new storefront for a giveaway event of unprecedented scale.
- The Unbuttoned Bride
A young woman’s romantic engagement is shattered by a single, untidy afternoon.
- The Child-Wife Who Came Back for a Divorce
Married at 16, eloped with a 52-year-old soldier, then returned to Port Townsend to ask her husband for a divorce.
- Usk Sells Its First Lots as a New Town Rises on the Pend Oreille
Promoters unload $8,000 in lots on opening day as Newport businesses buy in; a lumber yard, bank, telephone line and hotel follow.
- Newport Wakes Up to Daylight Electricity
A Spokane conference clears the way for daytime electric power in Newport, with the local mill’s refuse as fuel and cheaper water power on the horizon.
- A Spokane Craftsman's Twelve-Year Masterpiece in Human Hair
Charles Streib spent over a decade creating portraits of Generals Washington and Sherman from thousands of strands of human hair—a feat of patience and artistry that astonished the city.
- The Arctic Ghost Ships Found in a Seattle Paper
A haunting inventory of the lost Franklin Expedition, recovered by Lieutenant Schwatka, offers a somber look at the items that survived a generation in the ice.
- The Case for Overalls and Mud
A mother asks for fashion advice for her nine-year-old, prompting a spirited editorial defense of childhood liberty and dirt-stained play.
- The Lost Lover Reappears at the Quilting Bee
A decade-long disappearance ends in a fainting spell when a long-lost suitor wanders onto a back porch during a game of blindman's buff.