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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 2 |
| 1892 | 1 |
| 1893 | 3 |
| 1894 | 3 |
| 1895 | 6 |
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- The Cosmic Illusion at the Seattle Theatre
A scientific lecture turned spectacular, the 'Urania' show brings the moon and the stars to downtown Seattle through the magic of electricity and stagecraft.
- The Strange Order from the North
A local merchant is tasked with sourcing a custom gravestone for an Alaska Native man who is very much alive.
- The Half Moon Bridge Collapse: A Family's Carriage Plunges into the Willapa River
A routine crossing turned to disaster when the Half Moon bridge near Lebam gave way, injuring six people and killing a horse.
- The Mob That Stopped a Cannery
Business owners in Everett face threats and intimidation for attempting to hire Chinese labor.
- A Judgment Against the Man in the Moon: Tacoma's $2 Million Water Bond Fight
Judge Stallcup tried to invalidate $2,130,000 in water bonds. The water company's lawyer shrugged—and warned that bondholders would haul the city into court if interest went unpaid.
- Left in the Dark: Seattle's Electrical Failure
When the lights went out across the city, a local resident spent the night navigating by touch.
- The Night a Bullet Whistled Through the Vice President’s Window
A brush with political assassination in Seattle's past—revealed only after the danger had passed.
- Spokane County Commissioners Fire Courthouse Superintendent, Demand Architect's Resignation
A dispute over incompetency and neglect of duty leads to a shake-up in the construction of the Spokane County courthouse.
- The City Under a Smoky Shroud
In late 1889, Seattle found itself blanketed in a suffocating haze as forest fires raged across the region, yet the determination to rebuild the city burned just as brightly as the timber.
- Seattle's Half-Million-Dollar Gamble to Dig a Canal to the Sea
Boosters promised a transformed city: a Lake Washington ship canal, reclaimed Squak Slough farmland, filled tide lands and Seattle as the 'Liverpool of the Coast.'
- The Dog-Catchers of Old Seattle
A reporter spends a harrowing night in a wagon with the city's dog-catchers, witnessing the capture of pampered pets and the cold reality of the local pound.
- Seven Hundred Miles on Horseback: Two Seattle Men Ride the Raw Edge of Eastern Washington
C. W. Loomis and E. D. Manning return from a month in the saddle — snow-choked passes, waterless deserts, blasting on the Great Northern grade, a mining camp on edge after a killing, and a Colville reservation not yet legally open to whites.
- 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 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.
- Deadlock in Olympia: A Governor Says No and the Senate Seat Stays Empty
Governor McGraw refuses a U.S. Senate seat, George Turner is pushed forward, and Ankeny's backers dig in as Populists threaten to break the deadlock.
- A Monster A.P.A. Rally for the Public Schools
At Ranke’s Hall, Rev. W. T. Fleenor told a packed Seattle crowd that American schools must stay free of church control—and the room roared.
- The Effigy in the Pine Tree
Charles Gloystein crossed Spokane County's Populists and woke to find himself hanged in straw. Then he vanished.