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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 5 |
| 1892 | 7 |
| 1893 | 4 |
| 1894 | 11 |
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- The Town's Sharpest Pen-War
A local editor takes aim at a critic, claiming his rival is a man who has lived in Aberdeen for four years without working a day.
- The Price of a Lien: Laborers Shortchanged in Log Sale
After months of legal delays, loggers find their hard-earned wages swallowed by legal fees and court costs.
- Aberdeen Nine Defeats Cosmopolis in Hard-Fought Baseball Duel
After falling behind early in the game, the Aberdeen baseball club rallies to secure a 14-9 victory over their Cosmopolis rivals.
- The Chehalis County Tax Revolt
Hard-hit by the post-boom recession, property owners organize to challenge local taxes and municipal waste.
- The Northern Pacific Railroad's PR Pitch
A railroad executive reflects on the 'hard times' and the massive campaign to lure Easterners to the Washington territory.
- The Ghost of Grays Harbor City
Speculators learn the hard way as a subsidized townsite dies on the vine.
- Mill Tragedy in Cosmopolis
A local worker faces permanent injury after a horrific accident at the saw.
- The Case of the County's Vanishing Funds
A local editor questions why county attorneys are pocketing tax collections while leaving the county treasury empty-handed.
- Shipwreck at Peterson's Point
The schooner Nora Harkins runs aground at the mouth of Grays Harbor after a mechanical failure leaves her helpless against the surf.
- The Sage of Aberdeen Returns from the Islands
After an excursion to Hawaii, the local political commentator reflects on the confusion of switching party allegiances.
- The Struggle for Access on the Wishkah
As Aberdeen grows, city leadership faces the hard reality that farms cannot thrive without roads, turning the focus from waterways to infrastructure.
- The Price of a Loose Tongue
A logger learned the hard way that when you negotiate a premium price in secret, you better keep it a secret.
- The Ogden Lumber Company’s Paper Trail
A suspected forgery scheme involving Washington lumber interests and Utah banking.
- A Tug-of-War Over Local Pride
The South Bend Journal faced a humbling lesson in geography and maritime reality after prematurely bragging about a local shipping milestone.
- The Harbor's Salmon Season: 40,000 Cases, 200 Jobs—and a Case for the Lowly Dog Salmon
A Grays Harbor cannery packed nearly two million cans and paid fishermen more than $50,000 in three months, while a correspondent argued the maligned dog salmon was as good as dried beef.
- A Local Grocer Succumbs to the Great Depression
After two years of economic stagnation, a prominent merchant is forced to assign his property to creditors, marking a somber milestone for Aberdeen's business district.
- Is Immigration the Key to Worker Wages?
A local editor argues that the recent stoppage of immigration due to a 'cholera scare' provides an accidental experiment in labor supply and demand.
- A Temperance Firebrand Comes to the Tabernacle
Mrs. J. C. Stone brings wit, sarcasm, and a stinging critique of men's monopoly on citizenship to a packed Baptist tabernacle.
- The Wood-Pile Problem
An irate resident demands the city enforce laws against obstructing streets with fuel wood.
- The Dance-Hall Dandy: A Thief Undone by His Own Vanity
A railroad laborer steals a valise of clothes, then wears his finest stolen outfit to a dance hall—where a sharp-eyed policeman spots him.
- The River's Mystery
A young businesswoman visiting her family in Aberdeen vanishes while rowing alone on the Wishkah River, sparking a frantic and desperate search.
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer vs. Aberdeen: A War of Words Over the Chinese Eviction
In November 1890, a fierce public feud erupted between Aberdeen and Seattle when the Seattle paper defended the city's recent expulsion of its Chinese residents, accusing Aberdeen of violence that never happened.
- The Great Liquidation: Herman Wise’s Desperate Plea to Sell Everything in Aberdeen
A frantic letter from a Seattle merchant to his Aberdeen agent reveals the volatile nature of late-19th-century real estate and retail, urging a fire-sale 'regardless of cost' as business conditions sour.
- A School Board Under Fire
Aberdeen’s school district is tightening its belt after a previous board's deficit, leaving administrators to fend off criticism while attempting to maintain academic standards.
- Railroad Tycoon Predicts Pacific Coast Steel Boom
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, outlines the regional economic outlook and argues that the West's raw materials will soon fuel a local industrial revolution.