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  1. The Great Sewer Struggle of 1899

    Over 100 residents in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Seattle petitioned the city to stop the dumping of raw sewage into the local lakes.

    Jul 26, 1899The Seattle StarLake Union, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The Queen Anne Scandal: A Tramp’s Slander and the ‘Black Paws’ of Seattle

    When a wandering journalist accused a local girl of plunging her cat into flour dough, it sparked a chaotic street confrontation on Queen Anne Hill that revealed the raw tensions of early 20th-century Seattle.

    Mar 28, 1899The Seattle StarQueen Anne Hill, Seattle, King CountyScandal

  3. The Branding of a Child in a Seattle Blacksmith Shop

    A young boy, terrorized and silent, comes home with a 'fiery red' brand scorched into his body, allegedly by three men at a local forge.

    May 30, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

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