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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 1 |
| 1884 | 3 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1887 | 4 |
11 stories matching generos
- The Unlucky Mr. Joffrey and the Ten Dollar Holiday Gift
A Seattle resident’s New Year’s generosity backfires when a 'drunken' battery-powered motor leads to a night in police court.
- The Grand Opening of the Occidental Hotel
John Collins opened the Occidental Hotel to thousands with free food and drink; it now accepts guests.
- The Unwanted Charity of a Courtroom Foe
A woman pays her assailant's fine, leaving the man outraged by her unwelcome generosity.
- The Great Seattle Church Lottery Scandal
Local merchants clash with church committees over a raffle scheme that allegedly inflated prices and exploited their goodwill.
- Seattle Rallies for the Nanaimo Mine Disaster
After a horrific mine explosion in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Seattle residents open their hearts and wallets to aid the widows and orphans left behind.
- The Final Round of 'Jack' Kennedy
A rough-and-tumble gold miner turned Seattle saloonkeeper leaves behind a legacy of generosity and the city’s complex, hard-drinking history.
- A Frontier Community’s Mercy
After their young daughter suffered a catastrophic burn in 1881, a family in Whatcom County found support from total strangers across the Pacific Northwest.
- The Gift That Built a School for Seattle’s Boys
A $50,000 donation from a Philadelphia philanthropist helped establish Washington College, an institution designed to educate the 'young men and boys' of the territory.
- A Four-Day Escape into the Snoqualmie Wilderness
Four Seattle men trade the monotony of office life for a rustic expedition into the King County woods.
- The Governor’s Secret Gift to Seattle’s Newsboys
A surprise act of philanthropy transformed the cold winter of 1887 for Seattle’s most vulnerable young workers.
- The Territory Owns the University. So Why Is Seattle Paying for It?
An exasperated editorial makes the case that the Territorial University — the ancestor of today's UW — belongs to all of Washington, yet the Legislature has adjourned without voting it a dollar, leaving Seattle's private citizens to keep the doors open.