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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 47 |
| 1889 | 89 |
| 1891 | 37 |
| 1892 | 125 |
| 1893 | 140 |
| 1894 | 174 |
| 1895 | 264 |
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- Farmers and Railroads: A Legislative Clash
Eastern Washington farmers celebrate a hard-won freight rate reduction, while bitter rivalries emerge between Spokane and the Palouse country.
- The 'Endless' Deportation Loop in 1889 Seattle
A federal judge struggles with a legal absurdity where Chinese laborers, ordered out of the country, find themselves trapped in a cycle of failed deportations and re-arrests.
- An Everett Miner Sees a Bonanza in the Okanogan
New silver strikes, outside capital and a planned wagon road and railroad have an Everett miner predicting the best season the district has ever seen.
- The Border-Walking Japanese Laborers
An early 1894 legal test of the 'pauper and assisted immigrant law' sees laborers shuttled back and forth across the Washington-Canada border.
- The Anti-Catholic Crusade Comes to Rake's Hall
A Seattle crowd packed a nativist A.P.A. rally to hear a Baptist pastor demand that immigrants prove their patriotism—or take the first train home.
- The Great Debate: Where Should the University of Washington Live?
As Seattle contemplated the future of the state's flagship university, President Charles Eliot of Harvard weighed in on the risks of isolated campuses versus the 'liberal atmosphere' of city centers.
- The Industrial Pilgrims of Seattle
A group of fifty American workingmen return from an overseas tour with a glowing report on the superiority of American life, sparking a fierce debate on labor, prosperity, and the protective tariff.
- A Smuggler’s Brassy Boast at the Custom House
A smuggler brazenly enters the Seattle Custom House while intoxicated, bragging to officials about moving people into the country illegally.
- Deported Despite the Evidence
Two Chinese merchants who proved they were lawful Portland residents are ordered out of the country, a federal judge siding with the immigration commissioner.
- The Railroad That Came for the Fir
A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy official tours Puget Sound mills and says his line may soon build freight cars from Washington fir.
- The 'Young Giant' of the Northwest
A booster-era dispatch from 1891 paints a portrait of Seattle as a resource-rich boomtown clawing its way back to prosperity following a devastating fire.
- The Slow Pace of Chinese Registration
A local official reports back to Seattle after an unsuccessful attempt to register Chinese residents, highlighting the tensions surrounding the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- The Commonweal Army Prepares to March on Washington
As thousands of unemployed men mobilize across the country to march on the nation's capital, Seattle's local contingent balances internal discipline, fundraising, and a pledge of solidarity with striking railway workers.
- Could Washington Become a Rice Producer?
A Japanese agricultural expert suggests that the soil and climate of Eastern Washington are perfectly suited for rice, tea, and silk production.
- The Politics of Religious Paranoia
A Seattle newspaper reflects on the rise of the A.P.A., a nativist political group threatening to turn neighbor against neighbor.
- Twenty-Five-Year-Old Stakes in the Monte Cristo Wilderness
Joe Pearsell, the prospector who opened the Monte Cristo mines, describes finding faded red survey stakes and 1850s sluice boxes in a country so savage he thinks it will only be tamed by tourists once the railroad arrives.
- The Unsung Paradise of Quilcene
An 1888 letter to the editor paints a portrait of a Jefferson County community so healthy, local doctors had nothing to do.
- The Collapse of the Credit System
Palouse farmers are forced to abandon large-scale agriculture and the credit-dependent lifestyle as the hard times of 1894 take hold.
- The Deportation Trap
A Seattle man is ordered out of the country after an accidental admission in court exposes him to the harsh realities of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- When Eggs Became Legal Tender: How the Palouse Survived the Panic of 1893
After the rains wrecked the 1893 wheat crop and merchants slammed shut the credit system, Palouse farmers discovered that the hen — and then the hog — could save them.
- A Cowboy's Fatal Rage
A domestic dispute in the upper country leads to a brutal killing, as the perpetrator attempts to flee via the Seattle steamers.
- The City Wants Its Fair Share: Republican Wards Revolt Over Delegate Math
Three ward clubs storm the county Republican committee to protest an apportionment that hands the countryside outsized power — and the committee adjourns without budging an inch.
- Judge Hanford Reverses Deportation of Chinese Merchant
In a landmark interpretation of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the court rules that a merchant's 'commercial domicile' in Seattle survives years of absence.
- A Fraternal Leader Draws the Line at English—and at the Ballot Box
Visiting Knights of Pythias supreme chancellor W. W. Blackwell wants the order to require English and ties voting rights to language, warning of foreign anarchists.
- Crackdown on Human Trafficking in the Pacific Northwest
Federal officials in Portland and Seattle move to deport Japanese women brought into the country for forced labor and prostitution.