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433 stories matching master
- The Druggist and the Masked Robber
A Tacoma druggist’s assailant is sentenced to 14 years after pleading guilty, closing a violent chapter on Tacoma Avenue.
- A Rough Night on the Sound
A local yachting club's pleasure cruise turns into a harrowing battle with the equinoctial storm.
- The Unteachable 'Sixth Sense' of Journalism
An 1876 editorial from the Northern Star debates whether the craft of a reporter can be taught in a classroom or only mastered in the heat of the newsroom.
- Armed Guards, a Locked Forecastle, and One Sailor Who Swam for It
Seattle's Sailors' Union accused a British ship of shanghaiing five men at Port Blakely; one escaped by jumping overboard, while the Shipowners' Association called the charges 'all bosh.'
- Smallpox and Scandal in City Hall
Seattle's Board of Aldermen clash over fire department mismanagement, unauthorized expenditures, and the discovery of a smallpox patient.
- The Grange's Dancing Dilemma
Community tensions flare in Kennewick over the propriety of dancing and the enforcement of social rules within the local Grange.
- The Price of a Free Ride
Seattle's press praises legislators who refused corporate-funded train passes, calling the practice a form of bribery.
- Nineteen Men and a Copper Keel: The Bering Sea Vanishes Off Cape Flattery
A newly built Tacoma sealing schooner is found bottom-up off the Washington coast, with five white and fourteen Native crew aboard. The owners still hope the report is wrong.
- The Pilot’s Plea for Protection
A Puget Sound pilot is found cutting wood for a living because the lack of regulation has made the profession impossible to sustain.
- The Harbor Master's War with the Steamer E.W. Purdy
A standoff at the Commercial wharf leads to a municipal court battle over who truly controls the waterfront.
- A Freight Train Runs Into a Bluff of Rock—and Into the Yakima
An eastbound Northern Pacific freight hits a rockfall ten miles north of Ellensburg, throwing the engine and five cars into the river and leaving a first-run fireman missing.
- The Stevedore’s Claim: A Waterfront Legal Battle
After loading a massive cargo of spars, timber, and planks, a Seattle laborer took the ship owners to federal court to recover his unpaid wages.
- The Steamer Collision That Divided the Waterfront
After two rival steamers collided in the Tacoma harbor, an official inquiry revealed a comedy of errors and stubborn seamanship.
- The Shadowy 'Sailor Boarding House' Racket
Diplomats gather in Tacoma to confront the exploitative system of boarding house masters who held a monopoly on crew procurement for Pacific ships.
- The Consolidation of Seattle's Transit
The Denny syndicate secures a near-monopoly over the city's North-South cable car lines.
- She Met the Intruder With a Six-Shooter and a Rawhide
When a stranger entered J. A. Zangrell's tent and insulted his wife, she did not scream or faint. She grabbed a pistol and a whip and chased him into the street.
- The Final Honors for Bailey Gatzert
Seattle’s prominent civic leaders and Masonic lodges gather to pay respects to a fallen brother.
- The Captain, the Cook and the Hidden Boats
After a Tacoma court ordered Henry Plitz to pay damages for assaulting his cook, the captain sold his fleet to a brother-in-law. A federal commissioner now wants to know if the whole thing was a sham.
- The Inspector Who Rode Free: Seattle's Steamboat Watchdog on Trial
Local steamboat inspector W. J. Bryant stands accused of favoritism in granting licenses, of padding his travel accounts while riding free, and of owing his office to his sidelines selling life-preservers and marine insurance.
- A Local Prophet’s Wild Vision of 1940s Kennewick
In a satirical speech to the Woman's Club, A. R. Gardner imagined a future where Kennewick harnessed its notorious windstorms and turned river sand into a global glass empire.
- The High Price of the Seal Hunt
After returning from a season in the Bering Sea, the crew of the schooner Henry Dennis is paid off, while experts warn that seal herds are vanishing due to over-hunting.
- The Tragic End of 'Tommy' Anderson
A longtime Seattle resident perished in a house fire that claimed his home and his loyal dog.
- The Political 'Guillotine' Comes to Seattle
A scathing look at the rapid-fire political turnover in Washington Territory, where federal appointments fall 'like the leaves of Autumn' under the winds of executive displeasure.
- Ballard Stages a Fairytale
Local children perform a charming pantomime at the Ballard Opera House to the delight of the community.
- 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.