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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 8 |
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- Supreme Court Upholds Chinese Exclusion
The high court rules that Congress has the power to abrogate treaties, effectively ending the entry of Chinese laborers to the United States.
- The Tragic Lynching of 'Big Bob' on the Swinomish Reservation
Four men murdered a tribal healer, driven by the enduring power of traditional superstition against the encroachment of modern colonial law.
- Drafting Washington's Future
As the 1889 Constitutional Convention drags on, legislators, lobbyists, and educators collide over taxes, schools, and the path to statehood.
- The Tenderfoot Lumbermen and the 340-Foot Giant
When two skeptical Wisconsin mill men visited the Pacific coast, they tried to school the locals on timber estimating—only to be humbled by the sheer scale of Washington's old-growth forest.
- A Local Woman's Wit on the Suffrage Debate
A satirical letter to the editor uses the 'woman question' and local chores to expose the absurdity of the disenfranchisement of women.
- The Battle for Shelton's Mail
Shelton residents find themselves isolated as a local shipping sub-contractor abandons the mail route, leaving the town disconnected from Olympia.
- The Price of Petty Quarrels
A neighborhood dispute over an oar results in a court case that leaves the taxpayers of Mason County footing the bill.
- The Miracle Bologna That Fought a Cat
A local man tests a dubious 'elixir of life' on his lunch, with shockingly violent results for his sandwich.