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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 9 |
| 1889 | 24 |
| 1891 | 4 |
| 1892 | 50 |
| 1893 | 45 |
| 1894 | 59 |
| 1895 | 56 |
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- The Constitutional Debate on God and State
As Congress faces calls to insert a recognition of God into the Constitution, the Post-Intelligencer argues that the nation’s strength lies in its strict separation of church and state.
- A Wife’s Wages Were Her Own, a Seattle Court Rules
A judge protected Anna Craig’s homestead and savings from her husband’s creditors, ruling that her earnings and property could remain separate from the community estate.
- A Public Separation on the Courthouse Steps
A Tacoma couple’s attempt to end their marriage in Seattle ends in a public spectacle of incompatibility.
- The Panhandle's Longing: A Century-Old Border Dispute
Before Washington became a state, Northern Idahoans fought for annexation, citing mountain barriers and shared economic interests with the Columbia River basin.
- The Shortest Divorce Case on Record
Following a tragic loss in the family, a quarreling couple returns to court to finalize their separation with surprising speed.
- The Seattle School Board's Fight for Independence
In 1891, Superintendent Frank D. Barnard sought to sever Seattle’s school examinations from county oversight, a move that echoes modern debates over local versus state control in education.
- The Boomtown That Almost Ate Bellingham
A look back at the competitive, high-stakes frenzy of 1890s Fairhaven, a once-separate industrial powerhouse racing to become the 'New York of the Pacific' before merging into modern-day Bellingham.
- A Legal Battle Over Property Rights in Seattle
A widow seeks to reclaim ownership of multiple real estate blocks in Salmon Bay and Seattle, arguing they were purchased with her separate inheritance funds.
- Divorced Women Expose Husbands' Cruelty and Gambling
A Seattle judge grants three separations after testimonies of physical abuse, betrayal, and abandonment.
- The Tragic Disappearance of a Smuggling Sloop
Twelve people, including ten Chinese laborers and two young girls, are believed to have perished in the treacherous straits separating Victoria from the American side during a high-stakes human smuggling operation.
- The Twin Separation: A Seattle Reunion After 32 Years
Separated as infants and lost to the winds of time, two sisters find each other in Seattle through a chance resemblance and a neighbor's intuition.
- Dynamite Sabotage in Wenatchee
A ferry boat in Wenatchee was destroyed by explosives in the middle of the night, adding to a string of local criminal activity.
- The Unsuccessful Shingle Mill Debt Collector
A laborer at a Ballard shingle mill attempts to collect back wages with his fists, but ends up in a brawl with his employer.
- A 74-Year-Old Man Files for Divorce
After 52 years of marriage and a long separation, an elderly man seeks a legal dissolution to secure his modest property rights in Seattle.
- A Legislator, a $20,000 Seduction Suit, and Two Women
A wealthy Pullman Democrat and state representative is accused in Spokane of seducing Helen M. Bierman—a charge tangled with his wife’s divorce case.
- Whatcom Republicans Map Out Election Strategy
Local GOP leadership gathers to resolve disputes over district representation and candidate nominations ahead of the upcoming county convention.
- Congress Cuts Seattle’s Canal Fund to $25,000
The House backs a reduced river-and-harbor appropriation for the proposed Lake Washington canal, leaving the project to wait on the Senate.
- The Whatcom City Hall Embezzlement Scandal
A local clerk faces eighteen criminal charges after a trail of forged warrants and treasury theft is unearthed in Whatcom.
- Palouse Chief Challenges Tribal Land Taxation
Chief Wolf travels to Washington D.C. to protest state seizure of his horses over unpaid taxes on disputed land.
- The Unemployed March Across the West
Across the country, the 'Industrial Army' of the unemployed takes to the rails to march on Washington, D.C.
- A Fatal Accident on the Tide Flats
A local hotel proprietor dies in a hunting accident near the Tacoma waterfront.
- A Family Separated by the Exclusion Act
A local woman, born in the U.S., faces deportation to China after visiting her dying mother in Victoria.
- Civil War Veterans Reunited at the Rainier Hotel
Two former officers meet at the Rainier Hotel to recount the battles of the Civil War after decades of separation.
- Annie Besant and the Science of the Astral
A prominent Theosophist lecturer brings mystical discourse to the Seattle Theater, claiming that science confirms the existence of the 'astral body.'
- The Final Verdict on the Yesler Fortune
The Supreme Court intervenes in the contentious battle over Sarah Yesler's estate.