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4 stories matching monarch
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:monarchi, mona, march, anarch, mon, monahan
- The Bear on Yesler's Grounds: An Urban Panic
When Dr. Jordan's pet bear broke loose, he terrorized a neighborhood and sent a handful of panicked men scrambling into a two-story barn to escape his 'affectionate' embrace.
- The Fire Chief’s Citizenship Scandal
A legal dismissal for the Seattle Fire Chief is thrown into doubt by conflicting sworn statements regarding his birthplace.
- The Sea-Faring Buck of Blaine
A steamship crew takes a detour five miles offshore to rescue a exhausted deer lost at sea.
- Seattle's Chinese New Year: Fireworks, Debt Settling, and a Tartar Emperor
Local Chinese merchants celebrate the new year with fireworks and a week of festivities, while manager Woo Gen voices his opposition to the ruling Tartar dynasty.
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- Seattle's Paper-King Carnival
For four weeks, the city’s elite have been busy in the Armory building, crafting an elaborate pageant of historical costuming and regal theater.
- The Pacific Coast’s First Chivalric Tournament
Seattle society adopts the traditions of the antebellum South with a grand equestrian event at Madison Park.
- 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.
- The King of California: An Institutionalized Dreamer
A laborer from Enumclaw with grand delusions of immense wealth and heavenly status is committed to the asylum at Steilacoom.
- The Railway King vs. The 'Bow in the Ram's Horn'
James J. Hill, the legendary railroad titan, packs the Seattle City Council chambers to demand a straight track through the city's waterfront, warning that 'bottlenecking' the rails would cost the city its future.