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| Year | Stories |
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| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 5 |
| 1893 | 1 |
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- A New Baseball Diamond for Aberdeen
Local boosters and baseball enthusiasts secure a level site near a local hotel to keep the game alive in the face of land ownership disputes.
- The Tax Fight on Grays Harbor
Aberdeen taxpayers take on the state board of equalization, arguing that Chehalis County property assessments are unfairly inflated compared to the commissioner's home district.
- The Tides That Move the Wells of Ocosta
Early settlers discover a natural phenomenon where groundwater levels mimic the Pacific tides.
- Firefighters Save Montesano from Total Destruction
A catastrophic fire nearly leveled the town's business district before new water mains were put to the ultimate test.
- The Army at the Bluff
As Aberdeen booms, an 'army' of three hundred laborers armed with dynamite and shovels cuts through the hills to bring the railroad into town.
- In One Hour, Montesano Lost Its Mill and Its Lights
A Saturday-evening spark from a smokestack leveled the Stetson mill — and with it the city's electric light plant, which carried not a cent of insurance.
- The Fight for Fair Pay at the Grays Harbor Docks
Aberdeen’s civic leaders mobilize to demand a living wage for federal inspectors, arguing that local maritime workload has far outstripped their meager compensation.
- 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.