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- An Invasive Pest Stalking Seattle's Shade Trees
Millions of eggs have been discovered on poplar and maple trees, threatening to decimate the city’s urban canopy.
- Spokane's 'Spotted Egg' Targeted by 1,393 Petitioners
Residents demand an end to theaters and dance halls selling liquor, while the legislature bans women from working where liquor is sold—a law aimed squarely at Johnny Considine's Spokane resort.
- The Policeman and the Neighbor's Chickens
A Seattle patrolman faced bizarre, whimsical charges of luring neighbors' hens onto his property to 'tax' their egg production.
- The Battle of the Incubator
A Seattle storefront puts the new technology of mechanical egg hatching to the test against the old ways of the barnyard.
- The Seattle Supply Chain in 1889
A glimpse into the bustling maritime and rail logistics that connected a growing Seattle to regional hop growers and eastern markets during the city's reconstruction.
- An April Fool’s Joke Gone Wrong
A local office prank involving 'hard-boiled' eggs and croton oil turns into a bitter lesson in Seattle workplace etiquette.
- Spokane Was Ready to Rotten-Egg Jim Hill
The Great Northern's freight rates left Spokane merchants bitter enough to organize, sue, and threaten the railroad baron with produce.
- The Counterfeit Salmon Bait Incident
Two teenagers on Mercer Island find themselves in federal court after attempting to trade a counterfeit dollar for salmon eggs.
- The Meteor That Set a Lagoon Boiling
A blazing object fell from the sky over Chimacum, terrified Jefferson County farmers who thought the world was ending, and left a lagoon bubbling hot enough to cook eggs hours later.
- The UW Eleven Triumphs in the Mud
A scrappy University of Washington team secures a 14-0 shutout victory against the Seattle Athletic Club on the sodden grounds of Madiera Park.
- Student Riot at Pullman Agricultural College
A group of Pullman citizens and regents condemn students who pelted visiting officials with eggs and mud while defending their outgoing president.
- The Warden Stole His Son’s Fiancée—Then Got Fired Over Eggs
A federal prison appointment at McNeil’s Island unearths a family romance gone wrong and an expense account full of phantom eggs.
- 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.
- The Hop Louse Sabotage
A breakthrough in the Puyallup Valley reveals the hidden life cycle of the pest destroying Washington's hop industry.
- The Unlucky Speckled Hen and the Tarring Party
In an era of domestic tension, a Washington housewife's patience for her husband's sloth and a neighbor’s story of a local scoundrel collide in a kitchen mishap.
- The Palouse Pivot: How a Wheat Crash Forced Innovation
Facing a collapse in grain prices and a disastrously wet spring, farmers in Rosalia are abandoning monoculture for butter, eggs, and poultry to survive.
- The Home Market Fight: Farmers Say Seattle Merchants Look Past Their Own Fields
A Port Angeles farmer’s letter to the Post-Intelligencer argues that Seattle merchants undercut local growers by buying from California, Oregon, and Chinese gardeners—and warns that the city’s food economy is bleeding money out of Washington.
- The Miracle Hen of the Barn
A farmer reports an astonishing, if scientifically questionable, account of a hen surviving over a month without food or water.
- The Shack on South Third Street
A tenant returns to find his small business, stock-in-trade, and silver knives unceremoniously dumped in the street.
- Washington State’s Hidden Fire Opals
Gem expert George Frederick Kunz reveals that a jeweler's chance find in a well-digging site near the Idaho border uncovered a treasure trove of opals.
- The Deadly Pest Hiding in Fruit Stands
A local doctor warns Seattle citizens that hucksters are selling oranges infested with the destructive San Jose scale, prompting calls for a crackdown on imported produce.
- A Deadly Dispute Over Half an Acre
A Kalama rancher is accused of murdering his neighbor in a long-standing land quarrel, allegedly egged on by his wife.
- The Stingy Grocer of South Seattle
A local real estate agent’s wife files for divorce, detailing a marriage defined by her husband’s bizarre and extreme parsimony.
- A Soaking and a Saving at the Seattle Waterfront
A porter on the City of Topeka fell overboard while inebriated and had to be prodded with a pike pole to save his life.
- A Runaway Grocery Team Crashes on Second Avenue
A panicked grocery wagon, fleeing down the steep slopes of Pine Street, ends in a tragic collision with a cable car, killing the horses and scattering goods.