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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 130 |
| 1904 | 12 |
142 stories
- Judge Bell’s Hard Line on City Crime
A Seattle judge hands down stiff prison sentences for robbery to deter the criminal element in the city.
- Seattle's Anti-Vice Crackdown
The city moves to prosecute the Clancy brothers after they publicly bragged about operating a gambling house.
- Age Technicality May Free Convicted Youth
A young man sentenced to reform school for burglary finds a path to freedom after it is revealed he is over the legal age for juvenile detention.
- The Final Fight of a Local Sporting Legend
Once a celebrated middleweight who drew crowds, Patsy Carroll died in poverty at a Seattle mission, remembered by the city’s sporting fraternity.
- Two Wives, One Painter, and a Flight to Portland
Seattle painters discover that a co-worker borrowing money for a 'sick wife' actually had two wives and no intention of providing for either of them.
- The Divorcee, the Second Promise, and the $20,000 Suit
Annye Brockman says her ex-husband pledged to remarry her, lived with her for years, then wed another woman.
- A Night Fall Into a Seattle Ditch—and the Supreme Court's Hard Answer
Allie Hobert knew the ditch was there. The state Supreme Court ruled that knowledge barred her $1,750 claim against the city.
- A Child's Hip Set Without a Knife, the First Time West of the Rockies
Surgeons from across the state crowd a Seattle operating room to watch a Baltimore doctor straighten a two-year-old's dislocated hip by hand.
- Forty Teachers Failed the Exam. The County Superintendent Called It a Disgraceful Outrage.
A dozen working King County teachers are about to be fired because they can't pass tests in higher mathematics and science they never teach — and the man who oversees them says the fault lies with the law, not the women.
- The Sad Tale of a Funeral Con
A man in mourning clothes successfully swindles a local funeral director out of three dollars under the guise of grieving for his dead wife.
- A White-Haired Husband's Thousand-Mile Hunt for the Wife Who Vanished
Since his wife eloped with another man last August, J. B. Small has crisscrossed the country and now reaches Seattle with nothing but a clue and a broken heart.
- Tragedy in the Cascades
A well-known Seattle mining man perishes alone in a mountain cabin after a difficult winter journey.
- The Cost of Adulterated Milk
A Seattle dealer faces legal consequences for using toxic additives in milk sold to the public.
- The Fight for Arid Lands
Washington commercial leaders organize to reform state irrigation laws, a prerequisite for federal intervention in arid land reclamation.
- The Government Can Work You Ten Hours and Pay You for Eight
A federal appeals ruling overturns 256 Seattle laborers' overtime claims, holding that the government may punish the officer who orders extra hours — but owes the worker nothing for them.
- The Price of Mislabeling Butter
A Seattle grocer learns the hard way that missing a labeling requirement for 'process' butter is a punishable offense under state law.
- The Struggle for Clean Milk in Washington Cities
Federal authorities push for stricter sanitary oversight of the dairy industry, exposing the lack of regulation in regional urban milk supplies.