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3 stories matching technic

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  1. The Great Incorporation Panic of 1878

    When a legal technicality threatened to render Seattle’s entire municipal government illegitimate, a frantic scramble to re-incorporate revealed the fragile foundations of early frontier law.

    Mar 2, 1878Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The Territorial Auditor and the Slander Machine

    When the Walla Walla Statesman accused a prominent territorial official of being a fugitive felon, it sparked a local crisis in journalistic ethics and public reputation.

    Dec 29, 1877Puget Sound DispatchJames Street, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  3. The Collector’s Trap: A Seattle Customs Scandal

    A clever merchant’s attempt to recoup a fine through a legislative loophole backfires, leaving him out $500 in an era of federal bureaucracy.

    May 2, 1872Puget Sound DispatchCustom House, Port Townsend, Jefferson CountyCity Hall · Scandal

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