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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 1 |
| 1891 | 1 |
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| 1893 | 2 |
| 1894 | 3 |
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- The Jesuits Build a College on Broadway
In 1894, Seattle's Jesuit fathers secured a block at Broadway and Madison for a new church and school, brought in two priests from St. Louis, and set fall classes for September 4.
- The Great Cleanup of Seattle's Vice Districts
Chief of Police Monroe commands the immediate closure of all gambling houses and brothels, leading to a chaotic night of arrests and confusion in the city's underbelly.
- The Exodus Story Retold in Seattle
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Melvin G. Winstock delivers a sermon on Moses and the birth of a nation during Passover services.
- The Great Tax Delinquency Scramble
A new revenue law threatens to wipe out old tax liens, forcing officials to chase down thousands of property owners to clear the county books before the November deadline.
- The Mail is Broken in Seattle
Citizens and businesses are forced to pay for private clerks because the federal postal service cannot keep up with the city's explosive growth.
- Don't Tear Down the Mineral Palace
A Seattle booster exhibit built to dazzle Great Northern investors sits empty after the Panic of 1893 — and a reader begs the city not to wreck the one thing that proves Puget Sound is worth their money.
- 'The Railroads Have Had It Long Enough'
A railroad-rate bill passed the House almost unanimously and now sits in the Senate, where the Post-Intelligencer warns that any man who stands between the people and the railroads will be crushed — and notes the governor can call an extra session if the legislature balks.
- The Governor Vetoes the Anti-Vivisection Bill
Washington's governor refuses to sign a sweeping ban on animal dissection in public schools, arguing that medical progress and anatomy lessons depend on it.
- A Midnight Knock, a Bloody Hat, and the Farmer Who Vanished
Charles Gloystein joined an oath-bound farmers’ society near Mica, tried to leave, and disappeared. A bloody hat was all searchers found.
- A Town Buries Its Miners
Funeral services for the Blue Canyon mine disaster dead fill Bay View cemetery as a coroner's jury begins asking whether enough air—and enough regulation—reached the men underground.
- Seattle Athletic Club Dazzles with 'Midwinter Night's Dream'
A packed Cordray's Theater applauds a lavish amateur travesty of Shakespeare, complete with cross-dressing fairies and a floral tribute to the librettist.