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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 15 |
| 1889 | 34 |
| 1891 | 22 |
| 1892 | 30 |
| 1893 | 62 |
| 1894 | 68 |
| 1895 | 96 |
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- The Architect Who Built Seattle’s Skyline (But Lost the Biggest Job)
In 1890, L.H. Fisher submitted plans for a magnificent new hotel that Denny himself called 'the most perfect of any submitted.' But cost concerns killed it—launching a career that would define Seattle's architecture.
- The Great Tree Planting Contest: Who Knows How to Grow a Forest in Seattle?
A local committee has rejected the first round of submissions for a $150 prize on orchard design, declaring them insufficient. Now, they are asking the public to try again with a more rigorous plan for planting 30 acres of fruit trees.
- Two Architects Expelled for Bidding on the Queen Anne School
The Washington State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects expels two members for submitting plans to a school competition they had helped design the rules for — and publicly rebukes the school board for playing favorites.
- Architects Cry Foul Over Queen Anne School Contract
A school board vote to award the Queen Anne schoolhouse contract to Skillings & Connor sparks accusations of copied plans, backroom deals, and a three-way feud among Seattle's architects.
- The Snohomish Moral Crusade
Ministers unite to force the city council to shutter local gambling dens and brothels.
- The Fight to Modernize City Hall
Seattle's Chamber of Commerce debates radical changes to city governance, including the push for initiative and referendum to curb council power.
- The Foundation of the State: A Warning Against Corporate Capture
In March 1889, just weeks before Washington’s statehood, the Post-Intelligencer warns voters that powerful corporations are maneuvering to control the new government’s constitution.
- A Tolt Farmer Grows Tobacco Good Enough for Eastern Cigar Wrappers
Charles Nelson's tobacco samples from Tolt draw flattering reports from Eastern houses, with buyers calling it the finest wrapper leaf grown in the United States.
- City Hall Moves to Consolidate Sewer Oversight
The Seattle Board of Health moves to cut the 'unnecessary' sewer inspector position, arguing the city engineer and plumbing inspector can easily absorb the light workload of ten inspections a month.
- The Fight for City Hall Reform
A committee clash over charter reform and the initiative process reveals deep divisions in Seattle's civic governance.
- The Civic Tug-of-War Over Sewer Expansion
Seattle weighs a massive bond measure for sewers, raising questions about accountability and who benefits from public infrastructure.
- The Struggle Over City Debt
Business interests push for city bonds to replace high-interest warrants, while political factions threaten to obstruct.
- The Clerk Who Refused to Leave Office—and the Books That Wouldn't Balance
King County and former clerk W. B. Spencer submit a long-running dispute over fees, continuances and a disputed shortage to Judge Humes for a final ruling.
- Washington Legislature Rejects Women's Suffrage
A bill to submit the question of equal suffrage to the voters of the state fails to secure the necessary two-thirds majority in the House.
- The Pig in a Poke
Tacoma city officials rush a $1.75 million water works deal through the council despite lacking inventory records or valuation.
- The Railway Scheme That Failed
A phantom freight tariff, designed to crush independent grocers, is exposed and vetoed by the railroad manager himself.
- The Billy and the Mob: A Tacoma Street Arrest
A thousand-strong crowd gathered on Pacific Avenue to witness the chaotic arrest of a man resisting police.
- Tacoma Declares War on Filth—and Tuberculosis in the Milk
Tacoma’s board of health launched a summer cleanup campaign, ordering property owners to clear filth and dairies shipping milk into the city to submit cattle for tuberculosis inspection.
- The Divorce That Shook Tacoma: A Wife’s Flight to San Francisco
In a rare public airing of domestic betrayal, Judge Allman grants Frank Lunkley a divorce from Mary after evidence revealed she had eloped with a Seattle man.
- Miners Under Pressure: Wage Cuts in Roslyn
As mining conflicts boil over in the Coeur d'Alenes, workers in Roslyn face a sharp 25 percent pay cut in their upcoming contract.
- Two Men Confess to Burning a Northern Pacific Bridge Near Thorp
Charles Matson and John Goes plead guilty to arson on the railroad; John Green denies the charge as the court postpones sentencing.
- The Tacoma Bridge Scandal
Local contractors and builders suspect civic corruption in the rushed bidding process for the Eleventh Street bridge project.
- Seattle's Brewery Workers Refuse a Ten-Hour Day
The city's brewers want longer shifts and unpaid Saturday work. Their men's union says no — and the fight goes to a Sunday meeting that could set the pattern for every brewery on the Coast.
- The Council Keeps the Charter Pen
Seattle’s city council refused to pay for a freeholders’ election and voted to rewrite the city charter itself—setting up a fight over cost, legality and who gets to redraw city government.
- Tacoma's $750,000 Railroad Bait—and the Utility Deal That Fell Apart
A hastily passed water-and-light purchase ordinance is dead on arrival, while C. B. Wright dangles another railroad in front of Tacoma taxpayers.