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| Year | Stories |
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| 1909 | 2 |
| 1910 | 1 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1912 | 2 |
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- The Streetcar Decoy Scam
When the local transit company tried to goose ridership by planting actors on the streetcars, Everett's working class saw right through the performance.
- City Hall Battle Over City Wires
A fiery public confrontation between the Mayor and the City Council leads to the death of an ordinance designed to move unsightly and dangerous power poles underground.
- An Editorial on Local Interracial Marriage
A 1909 Labor Journal editorial comments on a marriage between a white woman and a Japanese man in Seattle, reflecting the racial tensions of the era.
- The Labor Journal’s Feud with 'Postum'
A scathing takedown of a billionaire's anti-union newspaper advertisements.
- Labor Council Boycotts New Elks Building
Building trades council declares new Elks lodge unfair and warns union workers to stay off the job.
- The Hysterical Society's High-Stakes Wager
An Everett group formalizes their political disagreements with a signed, notarized bet on the future of Theodore Roosevelt.
- The Myth of the Innocent Third Party
A scathing editorial from the Labor Journal challenges the public's indifference to the suffering of steel and textile workers.