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| 1854 | 2 |
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| 1876 | 34 |
| 1877 | 38 |
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| 1894 | 78 |
| 1895 | 103 |
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910 stories matching poor
- The Battle Over Sidewalks: When Seattle's Poor Were Forced to Pay for Progress
In 1885, a divided City Council grappled with whether to tax struggling residents for public infrastructure or use the city's general fund.
- The High Price of 'Luxury' Gloves
An editorial in the Tacoma Times calls out Congress for a proposed tariff that would hit poor women's glove purchases harder than the rich.
- The Stranger in the Basket
A disoriented woman arrives at the St. Charles Hotel, sparking a frantic search for her family in a city still finding its footing.
- The Con Man and the Widow
A crafty imposter poses as a weary veteran to swindle a charitable widow out of her supplies.
- 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.
- From the 'Brink of the Pit' to the Pulpit
An immigrant's harrowing reflection on poverty, addiction, and spiritual rebirth in Port Manson, 1877.
- The Salvation Army's Radical Plan to End Urban Poverty
Commander Booth-Tucker calls for government-backed farm colonies to rescue the urban poor, citing the success of land reform in New Zealand.
- The State Can't Find Its Land — and Timber Companies Got There First
A state land cruiser reports that Washington's 670,000-acre capitol grant is mostly poor land already claimed by squatters working for big lumber outfits.
- The Church's Radical Pivot on Poverty
A Tacoma newspaper editorial challenges the Home Mission Council to look past 'bad character' and confront the structural monopolies driving urban poverty.
- The Wrong Man in the Wrong Room
A Seattle police raid on a lodging house intended to capture a notorious forger nets his innocent twin brother instead.
- A Tragic Burial at Sea
While working the lumber trade, a crew member falls from the rigging to his death, leaving his comrades to mourn him in the middle of the Pacific.
- The Hop Blight and the Fall of Washington's Premium Crop
Ezra Meeker warns that poor cultivation and sloppy picking are costing the region its competitive edge in the global market.
- A Newspaper Opens a Fund So Poor Men Can Afford the Keeley Cure
The Tribune sets a contribution box at Main and Fourth for Olympia residents too poor to pay for the Keeley Institute's addiction treatment, seeding the fund with $5 and naming a committee to vet applicants.
- The Sisters of Providence Take Over Seattle's County Farm
In an era of rapid expansion, King County commissioners shift the burden of social welfare for the impoverished and ill to the Sisters of the House of Providence for a fixed annual rent.
- The Tragedy of 'Cowboy Mary' and the Lost Lover of Whitechapel
After her partner died by suicide, a local woman known as 'Cowboy Mary' was arrested for disorderly conduct while mourning him at a Seattle morgue.
- Grand Jury Reports Overcrowded Jail and Neglect
A critical look inside King County’s criminal justice facilities and care for the vulnerable.
- The Widow’s Last Ledger
On her deathbed, a thrifty farm wife attempts one final audit of the neighborhood’s debts, only to find her husband’s memory suddenly failing when it comes to money she owes others.
- The Price of Progress: A Victim of the Storm
A devastating windstorm hits Olympia, leaving a man critically injured and highlighting the physical perils of frontier expansion.
- A Perilous Encounter in Wide Hollow
A woman is severely injured after an encounter with an enraged animal on her property.
- The Struggle for the Promised Land of Washington Territory
While Washington pioneers clamored for the development of government-held land to build a state, political gamesmanship in Washington, D.C. left the local economy in limbo.
- The Milkman’s Math: One Gallon of Water to Three of Milk
Seattle’s city chemist finds W. H. Putman’s milk watered by a fourth and urges the health board to publish the names of adulterators.
- The Seattle Boiler Strike of 1888
Striking workers reject 'scab' labor and call for higher wages in a booming city.
- The Struggle for Liberty in the Boomtown
Aberdeen celebrates Independence Day with political oratory, sports, and a reflection on the economic tensions of 1894.
- The Trial of Judge Sachs: A Legislature in Uproar
Tensions boiled over at the Capitol as legislators and lawyers clashed in a dramatic, gavel-pounding removal proceeding against a sitting judge.
- The Cold Night’s Lesson: A Dream of Seattle Charity
In an 1889 holiday-season allegory, a young girl is taken on a spectral tour of Seattle's elite charity ball, only to discover the cruel indifference hidden beneath the city’s performative philanthropy.