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| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 4 |
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| 1894 | 3 |
| 1895 | 8 |
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- The Unwedded Wife of Seattle
A judge grants a divorce but leaves the second Mrs. Beard in a legal limbo, sparking a courtroom scene.
- The Lawyer Who Shaved His Beard for a Thief
In a dramatic courtroom gamble, a defense attorney shaved his own beard to demonstrate how easily witnesses might be mistaken in identifying an accused horse thief.
- The Unofficial Toll-Taker of Snoqualmie
A traveler recounts the frustration of navigating a mountain pass where a local rancher tried to charge for a road he didn't even maintain.
- The Olympia Undertaker’s Strange Discovery
A man’s beard reportedly continued to grow for twenty years inside his coffin, eventually filling the space.
- The Toll Road Gunman of Snoqualmie Pass
A mysterious defender emerges for the man who tried to charge immigrants with a shotgun.
- The Gold Rush on the Pacific Beaches
A Tacoma syndicate aims to extract gold and platinum from the sands of Beard's Hollow near Ilwaco.
- The Old Man and the Confidence Men
An elderly traveler is swindled out of his watch and checks by a pair of smooth-talking con artists in a Seattle saloon.
- The Judicial Terror of Chehalis
A judge known for opening court at daybreak wanders into the wrong building, scaring the daylights out of the local bailiffs.
- The Opium Smuggling Ring of Pike Street
A failed nurseryman and a former grocer are arrested in a desperate scheme to smuggle opium in Seattle, orchestrated by a local 'fast young man.'
- Spokane Shut Out in Tacoma Baseball Blowout
A combination of pitching woes, defensive errors, and a fined player turned a highly anticipated match into a lopsided victory for Tacoma.
- The Hustlers Defeat Spokane in Dominant League Performance
A clean fielding game and a home run from Charlie Irwin secure a victory for Seattle in the pennant race.
- The Intellectual Con Artist of the Fife Hotel
A well-dressed man claiming to be the former secretary to Sir John Macdonald flees Tacoma after leaving behind a trail of worthless checks.
- The Opium Dream of Lee Fook Bow
After surviving a suicide attempt on a train, a Chinese man is convinced he has died, visited heaven, and been reborn as a different man.
- Snoqualmie Pass Becomes a Free Public Road
King and Kittitas counties reach a historic agreement to stop toll collection, opening the mountains to the public.
- The Brewery Worker Who Dreamed of Marrying Bismarck’s Daughter
Known only as “Bismarck,” a Bay View brewery employee was found drowned at the mouth of the Duwamish—still chasing a delusion that he was bound for Germany and an imperial marriage.
- The Last Survivor of the 1856 Siege
Admiral Thomas Stowell Phelps, who helped defend a fragile Seattle from the woods near Yesler's Mill, recounts the terror and strategic maneuvers of the Battle of Seattle.
- A Deadly Base on Balls Costs Seattle a Win
Despite a late rally and a hard-fought pitcher's battle, the Seattle baseball club fell to Spokane after a shaky ninth inning defined by control issues.
- A Nail-Biter at Madison Street Park
Seattle edges out Spokane in a tense, hard-fought baseball match decided by late-game heroics.
- Notorious Land Swindler Gets Prison Sentence
Federal judge sentences N. H. McLean to one year in prison for subornation of perjury in a major land fraud case.
- The Day the Seattle Ballplayers Brought the Noise
A scrappy, hard-fought victory at the ballpark saw tempers flare and a decisive home run that sent the crowd into a frenzy.
- Tom Parrott’s Near-Perfect Game
Seattle’s star pitcher shuts down Spokane batters for eight innings in a dominant performance at the ballpark.
- Sheriff Brown Hunts Three Fugitives in Seattle
Kittitas County sheriff searches Seattle for three men who broke jail in Ellensburg July 9; $100 reward each.
- The Cold Night’s Lesson: A Dream of Seattle Charity
In an 1889 holiday-season allegory, a young girl is taken on a spectral tour of Seattle's elite charity ball, only to discover the cruel indifference hidden beneath the city’s performative philanthropy.
- The Sylvania Baldness Epidemic
When a small-town boredom led to a mandatory, clipper-enforced hairstyle for every man in sight.
- The Fifteen-Inning Thriller at Madison Street Park
A grueling, marathon baseball game between Seattle and Spokane ends in a walk-off home run that turns the crowd into 'howling maniacs.'