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5 stories matching proportion

  1. Critics Question Government’s Failure to Save Stranded Mariners

    A local editor slams the inaction of the revenue cutter Wolcott after a sealing schooner wrecks near Vancouver Island.

    Apr 21, 1892Aberdeen HeraldSeattle, King CountyDisasters

  2. The Price of Progress: Aberdeen’s Fight for the Rails

    City boosters push for a free right-of-way for the Northern Pacific, demanding local property owners contribute their fair share.

    Nov 5, 1891Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyBoom & Bust

  3. The Hidden Metal Powering the Electric Age

    A rare, inaccessible metal from the Ural Mountains has become as valuable as gold, and it is the only thing keeping the world's incandescent light bulbs from shattering.

    Feb 26, 1891Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money · Strange But True

  4. The Political Weaponization of Voter Literacy

    An editorial endorsement of ballot reform as a tool to disenfranchise 'ignorant' voters in both the North and the South.

    Feb 9, 1893Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyCity Hall

  5. The Broken Promise of the City Water System

    Aberdeen’s municipal water works are failing, and the city’s struggle to move residents away from private systems reveals a tangle of missing infrastructure and unfair billing.

    Mar 3, 1892Aberdeen HeraldMarket Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money

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