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84 stories matching olymp
- The Olympics Outlast Seattle in a One-Run Amateur Thriller
Seattle's amateur nine fought to the last man against the Olympic Athletic Club in a game full of spectacular catches and disputed calls.
- Seattle's New Athletic Powerhouse
The Olympic Athletic Club and the Seattle Cycling Club merge to dominate the local sports scene, promising new facilities at Woodland Park.
- A Seattle Stage Benefit for Franklin’s Mine Disaster Families
An Olympic Athletic Club benefit at the Seattle Theater raised more than $2,000 for widows and orphans after a Washington coal-mine disaster.
- The Tall Tale of the Olympic Mountain Silver Mine
A notorious character in Los Angeles claims a skeleton, a secret diary, and a map have led him to a mountain of solid silver near Lake Cushman.
- Olympic Athletic Club Splits Over Prizefighting
The local sports club undergoes a schism, purging members who support the controversial sport of prizefighting.
- The Naturalist Sent to Trap the Olympics' Unknown Animals
A government field agent bound for Hoodsport planned to collect elk, bears, marmots and mountain beavers—and maybe discover a rodent scientists had never named.
- The Curtain Falls on the Olympic
A Tacoma theater is left in the dark after the manager fails to pay a utility bill, marking the end of a disastrous business experiment.
- Olympic Athletic Club Internal Squabble
A committee meets to resolve deep fractures within a local sports club, where disagreements over prize fighting have cast members in an unfavorable light.
- Expedition Into the Olympic Wilds
A trio of adventurers treks into the heart of the Olympic Mountains, documenting a 'land of promise' where cattle have never trod.
- The Bank Cashier Who Vanished
After leaving the North End bank during the workday, a prominent cashier disappeared, leaving behind a trail of confusing clues and a frantic search in the Olympic Mountains.
- Discovery of a Hidden Crater Lake
Two hunters stumble upon a mysterious, glacier-fed lake deep in the Olympic Mountains.
- Four Days Lost in the Olympics
A prospecting trio faced starvation in the mountains after their supply boat route was blocked.
- The Olympic Block Sting
An unsuspecting man loses his gold to a woman he met in a downtown hotel hallway.
- The Great Olympic Club Schism
A power struggle over prizefighting and instructor hiring tears Seattle’s athletic club in two.
- The Fight to Save Washington’s Timber
Edmond S. Meany urges the federal government to secure forest reserves around Mount Rainier and the Olympic Peninsula to protect the state’s massive natural heritage.
- The Canal Fund Creeps Toward Its Goal
Seattle’s Lake Washington waterway subsidy inches upward as a Northern Pacific Railroad lawyer promises Eastern capital will do its part.
- The Tragedy of a Carpenter's Decline
A sick and destitute man finds himself unable to keep up union dues as he battles consumption in Seattle.
- Seattle Sends Money and Flour to the Widows of Franklin's Dead Miners
After a coal-mine disaster left families in Franklin without breadwinners, the Post-Intelligencer's relief fund and an Olympic Athletic Club benefit kept cash and flour moving to widows and orphans.
- The Dream of Suburban Seattle
Promoters sell 'garden tracts' near the newly-built Rainier Avenue electric rail line, promising a suburban retreat from the bustling city center.
- The Olympia Legislative Power Struggle
A dramatic standoff at the Olympia Hotel as Republican factions scramble to secure the House speakership and organize the new government.
- The Dream of the Suburban Garden Plot
Developers in 1891 sold city dwellers on the 'choicest' acreages just outside of the developing Seattle core, promising a life of suburban gardens along the new Rainier Avenue electric line.
- Five Hours Adrift Near Marrowstone Point
A sudden shift in the wind leaves three sailors clinging to their swamped sloop for five hours in the cold waters off the Olympic Peninsula before rescue arrives.
- Seven Hundred Odd Fellows Parade in Tacoma
Seattle and state lodges celebrate the order's 74th anniversary with a massive parade and theater exercises.
- The Opium Smuggler of the 'City of Kingston'
A Port Angeles woman is arrested for running a profitable cross-border smuggling operation.
- The Seattle Flour Wars
A brutal price-cutting war between California millers reaches a tentative truce in Seattle, stabilizing the cost of a daily necessity.