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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 3 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1892 | 3 |
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| 1894 | 2 |
| 1895 | 4 |
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- Seattle Erupts: The Railroad That Tied the Territory to the Nation
A massive public celebration breaks out as news confirms the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway will finally reach Spokane Falls, ending years of isolation.
- The Fraud of the 'Write-Up': Seattle's Own Paper vs. The Boom Merchants
An editorial in the *Seattle Post-Intelligencer* exposes the predatory practices of out-of-town agents selling glowing, inaccurate special editions to lure investors, arguing that the city’s own press is its truest advertisement.
- The 'Kid Committee' Faces Its Election Tab
Democratic party campaign workers and local publishers spar in court over unpaid bills for 1892 election advertising.
- The Guard Mutinied Over a Railroad Strike
A 1894 court of inquiry found Tacoma’s Company G guilty of mutiny, cashiered a captain who surrendered to strikers at Sprague, and exposed a forged strike-edition letter.
- The Art of the Con: How a Swindler Sold 'Rare' Books to Seattle’s Elite
A clever grifter conned prominent Seattle society women into buying ordinary books at exorbitant markups by selling them on a false promise of exclusivity and 'easy' monthly payments.
- The Political 'Tramp' Hits the Streets
A new reform journal emerges in Seattle, embroiled in the bitter factionalism of the People’s Party and the city's complex political machinery.
- The Newspaper Bribe: How State Printing Muzzled New Jersey's Press
A Seattle editor warns against a Washington law that would pay newspapers to print the statutes, citing New Jersey's scandalous 'corruption fund.'
- The Invisible Laborers of 1891 Seattle
A glimpse into the daily domestic and service-based grind through the classified advertisements of a booming pioneer city.
- The City Hall Newspaper War
Seattle's Board of Aldermen is embroiled in a heated dispute over city printing contracts, with critics alleging the fix is already in.
- The Fake Evening Herald
A morning newspaper launches a sham evening edition to monopolize city printing contracts through a loophole in the city charter.
- The 1721 Architectural Manual Preserved in Tacoma
A rare volume of Palladio’s architectural rules, inherited by a Tacoma resident, offers a window into 17th-century construction methods.
- The Wild Frontier of Washington’s Legal System
Before high-rises and air-conditioned courtrooms, pioneer lawyers traveled by canoe, slept in tents, and sometimes held court with a loaded derringer in their pockets.
- The Editor Who Worked Himself to Death
Seattle Post-Intelligencer editor George H. Heilbron, warned by his doctor to rest, toiled on until his brain gave out — and nearly the whole city turned out to bury him.
- A Penny War on Second Avenue: Newsboys Arrested After a Boycott
Two newsboys were charged with stealing from a Cherry Street news stand after a fight over the retail price of the weekly World.
- The Rising Ambition of Seattle’s P-I
A shake-up at the top of the Post-Intelligencer’s masthead promises a new era of growth and regional influence.
- Rising from the Ashes: How Seattle Met Its Great Fire
A look back at the resilience of the local business class in the immediate, charred aftermath of the 1889 Great Seattle Fire.
- The Promised Land of the Big Bend
A traveler in 1888 reports back from the rugged frontier of Douglas County, painting a picture of a burgeoning agricultural hub and a wild, pristine Lake Chelan waiting for its first hotels.
- A Town on Trial: Sprague Fights Back Against Strike Rumors
As the 1894 railroad strike roils the nation, Sprague residents and its National Guard troop deny reports of lawlessness and mutiny, insisting their town is peaceful and loyal.
- The Schoolteacher Who Came to Montesano Looking for a Fight
After a bitter newspaper exchange, Thomas F. Adams attacked two men and drew a revolver on a third before a marshal disarmed him.