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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1883 | 4 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 3 |
8 stories matching patch
- The Alyssum Mystery
A young man is wrongly accused of the murder of his aunt until a patch of garden flowers reveals the truth.
- Homesteading Reality Check for the Skagit Valley
A blunt warning to new arrivals: the frontier isn't a land of ready-made farms.
- The Toll-Gate Runaway
A young woman's flirtation with danger and a reckless dash through a toll-gate causes a family scandal and the loss of a suitor.
- The Redemption of a Drunkard
A harrowing night of domestic violence and neglect ends a decade later in an unexpected act of grace.
- The Perils of the Telegraph
A look at the chaotic and often hilarious errors produced by local telegraph operators.
- The Schoolhouse Reunion: A Grandmother’s Reflection
A grandmother visits her granddaughter's rural school and finds herself transported back to her own youth, struggling to reconcile the modern fashions of schoolchildren with the enduring traditions of the classroom.
- The Art of the 'Custom' Suit in 1885 Seattle
A reporter goes undercover on Front Street to find out how local haberdashers are surviving the 'dull season' with high-end, custom-ordered fashion.
- Death on the Seattle Waterfront: A Call for Boiler Safety
An 1886 letter to the editor demands accountability for the 'shoveling engineers' and shoddy steamship maintenance risking lives in Puget Sound.