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  1. The Electric Gate: An Olympia Father Declares War on Front-Gate Courting

    A gadget-minded Eastside householder wires his front gate to deliver a jolt to lally-gagging sweethearts — and proves it first on an unwitting dog and a cabbage-loving cow.

    Nov 18, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

  2. The City Can Tear It Down: The Supreme Court Backs Seattle's Fire Limits

    Daniel K. Baxter put up a twenty-foot shell of wooden posts wrapped in corrugated iron inside Seattle's fire limits. The state Supreme Court said the city could knock it down without ever going to court — and municipal building codes came out of it stronger than before.

    Jan 16, 1892The Olympia TribuneSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

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