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550 stories matching robert
- A Gold Umbrella for the Starter
Before the Walla Walla derby, local horsemen honored track judge Robert Leighton with a surprise tribute for his fair and steady hand on the racing circuit.
- A City Pauses to Remember: Seattle's 1889 Memorial Day
Mayor Robert Moran calls on the frontier city to close its doors and honor the fallen as the Grand Army of the Republic marks the 21st anniversary of Decoration Day.
- The Execution of Robert Day
After a failed suicide attempt and legal appeals reaching the State Supreme Court, the murderer of Thomas Clinton Beebe faces the scaffold in Kalama.
- The Fight for Point Roberts’ Shoreline
A powerful fishing association is accused of manipulating land filings to secure a monopoly on the valuable tide lands, pushing out local competitors.
- The Political Infighting Within Seattle’s Labor Movement
A blistering letter to the editor exposes internal power struggles and corruption allegations within the Knights of Labor, revealing the fractious state of turn-of-the-century worker politics.
- The Waterfront Standoff
Striking union sailors are outmaneuvered when non-union crews are covertly transported to a ship at Port Blakeley.
- The City Trims Its School Budget
Facing economic pressure, the school board cuts teacher salaries and shortens the school year, sparking a detailed accounting of educator compensation.
- A Confessed Killer, a Small-Town Jail, and a Mob Talked Down
Robert Day, held for murder near Woodland, is spared a lynching by 'cooler heads' at a Kerns mass meeting — but Cowlitz County's anger is barely contained.
- The High Cost of Muddy Roads
A new engineering report argues that upgrading Whitman County's agricultural infrastructure could save farmers millions annually.
- The Salmon Wars of Boundary Bay
Canadian officials move to counter American trap nets with their own, escalating pressure on the Fraser River's dwindling salmon runs.
- A Mother's Death, A Baby's Lawsuit
In a heart-wrenching 1892 legal filing, an infant daughter’s father sues a doctor for $5,000, claiming malpractice led to the death of the child’s mother shortly after childbirth.
- The Unfilial Gift: A Father's Regret
An elderly farmer, swayed by sentiment, signs over his land to his daughter and son-in-law, only to be cast into the kitchen and ignored.
- A Milkman's Last Swim in the Black River
Robert Niederberger, a Swiss immigrant working near Renton, drowned within sight of a friend when he let go of a boat in eight feet of water.
- Seattle Will Sell Itself With a Coast-to-Coast Motor Race
Boosters lay plans for a New York-to-Seattle endurance run timed to the opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, with Robert Guggenheim putting up a $2,000 trophy and $5,300 in prizes for the first five cars home.
- 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 Price of Credit in Snohomish
A legal summons from 1878 reveals the crushing weight of debt and high-interest loans for local businessmen.
- The Great Valley Rabbit Drive
Valley residents prepare for a mass culling of rabbits, which have devastated local melon fields and gardens.
- The Northern Pacific Railroad Consolidates Its Grip on the Northwest
Railroad president Robert Harris confirms plans to lease the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, signaling a massive consolidation of regional transit.
- The Pioneer’s Tale: A Life in the Early Puget Sound
Captain Henry Roeder, one of Whatcom County’s earliest settlers, recounts his journey from the California gold fields to establishing the region’s first sawmill.
- The Point Roberts Dinner Party Murder
A celebratory dinner at the border turned fatal when a drunken argument over whiskey escalated into a stabbing, leaving one man dead and a community in shock.
- The Unsolved Despair of Robert F. Hickman
A young man is found dead of poisoning in North Seattle, leaving behind a mysterious secret about a Tacoma grocery venture.
- The Price of a Seaman's Hand
A mariner sues for $3,000 in damages, claiming gross negligence led to a permanent injury aboard a ship docked at Port Blakely.
- The Self-Made Mayor: Robert Moran’s Rise from Machinist to Seattle’s Leader
As Seattle prepares for a pivotal mayoral election, the press rallies behind Robert Moran, a self-made millionaire whose journey from working-class machinist to head of Moran Brothers is held up as the ultimate American success story.
- The Highlands Fruit Heist
A Kennewick orchardist loses his entire crop to nighttime thieves, while a neighbor's attempt to stand guard ends in a bizarre vanishing act.
- The Midnight Champagne Heist
Six boys caught red-handed in a dance hall after looting a bonded warehouse on the Seattle waterfront.