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| Year | Stories |
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| 1889 | 3 |
| 1892 | 4 |
| 1894 | 1 |
| 1895 | 2 |
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- The Hypnotic Lothario of Tacoma
A wealthy widow discovers that her 'handy' boarder was a con man who used alleged hypnotic powers to swindle her and charm local women.
- A Dental Marvel in Tacoma
A ten-day-old infant is the talk of the town for being born with three teeth, leaving its parents and the public fascinated.
- Fatal Brawl in the Mining Town of Gilman
A blacksmith is in custody after a deadly encounter outside a hotel leaves one man dead.
- The Secret Millionaire of West Seattle
How a San Francisco journal saw the promise of Seattle’s 'West End' before the city was fully grown.
- The $1,000 Bill and the Hatchet in the Hallway
Arthur Neal chased his wife Jennie through a Front Street lodging house after a missing banknote; Jennie Neal went downtown to seek peace bonds.
- The Opium Trunk With Everything but the Opium
A federal tip sent customs officers to a Seattle justice's office hunting forty pounds of opium. They found the trunk, but not the drug—then seized 23 cans aboard the City of Kingston.
- The Real Estate Fever of 1889
Before the city’s massive expansion, syndicates and speculators mapped out the future of West Seattle and Lake Union, promising a new 'pleasure and suburban resort' for the growing masses.
- The Last Great Gush: West Seattle’s Promoters Promise Paradise on the Edge of the Sound
In February 1889, real estate agents and newspaper editors were busy selling a dream of West Seattle, touting its majestic views of Mount Rainier and promising that the new railroad would turn this rugged plateau into the next gold rush for land speculators.
- 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.
- Nine Minutes to Acquit: A Kent Killing Ruled Self-Defense
A jury took barely nine minutes to free a longtime King County man who killed a neighbor with a pitchfork after a quarrel over money on the road home from Kent.