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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 4 |
| 1892 | 1 |
| 1893 | 7 |
| 1894 | 4 |
16 stories matching learn
- The Marshal's Staged Room Inspection
A Seattle detective relies on the local marshal to nab a mail thief hiding out in a Cosmopolis hotel.
- The Ghost of Grays Harbor City
Speculators learn the hard way as a subsidized townsite dies on the vine.
- Fire Consumes Grand Forks Property
A blaze up the Wishkah River destroys a barn and two homes just as a real estate deal was nearing completion.
- The Unkindest Cut
A young boy's poignant question about inclusion and dignity sheds light on the treatment of people with disabilities in our community.
- Victoria’s Million Dollar Bet on a Railway
The city of Victoria, B.C., plans to bond itself for a million dollars to lure the Northern Pacific Railroad to build a northern route through Aberdeen.
- 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 Secret Lumber Pool
A clandestine plan to monopolize Pacific Coast timber shipments emerges from the shadows.
- The Litigation Hatchet is Buried at the West Mill
After months of legal gridlock, a debt settlement paves the way for the idle West mill to resume production in Aberdeen.
- The tugboat blockade at Grays Harbor
A local editor exposes a corrupt tugboat manager for sabotaging a critical federal survey of the harbor bar.
- The World's Fair Forestry Fiasco
Grays Harbor lumbermen express outrage over the state's 'shabby' display at the Chicago World's Fair, claiming their industry was ignored and misrepresented.
- The Price of Incompetence in Chehalis County
The local press takes the county commissioners to task for allegedly mismanaging public funds and obscuring delinquent tax revenue.
- The Scandalous Dismissal of the State Bribery Case
After three years of legal maneuvers, a landmark bribery case involving state officials and textbook contracts was unceremoniously dropped, sparking local outrage.
- The Fight Over the Wishkah River
Prominent landowners seek an injunction to halt the surveying and platting of tide lands, citing concerns over potential river obstruction and property rights.
- The Art of the Real Estate Hustle
A satirical look at the 'Sunset Addition' land boom, where maps lied and conscience was an impediment to profit.
- The Great Potato Swindle on the Wishkah
A logger attempts to pull a fast one on a local rancher, leading to a heated riverboat confrontation over the weight of seven sacks of spuds.