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4 stories matching ask

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  1. Judson Asks Seattle: Why Can't Washingtonians Fill Their Own Offices?

    At a Seattle mass meeting, the Democratic candidate for Congress made outsider rule the issue.

    Nov 3, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The Sickening Sight: A Pardoned Murderer Left to Die in Port Townsend

    John N. Young's cancer-eaten face shocked an editor into asking why Washington Territory released sick convicts to become county burdens.

    Aug 4, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyCity Hall

  3. A New Frontier Near Neah Bay

    Surveyor R.P. Shotts reports on the opening of a new township, promising a flourishing settlement for hardy pioneers.

    May 25, 1877Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPysht River, PyshtBoom & Bust

  4. Why Is There No Sawmill on Port Townsend Bay?

    With foreign lumber ships crowding the harbor and the mills all seventy miles up the Sound, the Argus does the arithmetic on what the town is throwing away.

    Apr 27, 1877Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend, Port Townsend, Jefferson CountyBoom & Bust

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