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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 5 |
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- Aberdeen’s Commercial Heart Reduced to Ash
A morning inferno destroys the Commercial block, leaving families homeless and businesses in ruins for the second time in recent memory.
- Walla Walla's Building Boom
New brick developments on Main and Alder streets signal economic stability and growth.
- The City’s Great Bicycle Experiment
Walla Walla’s Bicycle Commissioner tests asphalt versus wood planks as he pushes to expand city infrastructure for wheelmen.
- The Fight to Keep Fort Walla Walla
Congressmen and senators from across the Northwest rally to block the federal abandonment of the historic military post.
- Why Aren't We Paved?
A look at the clean, brick-paved streets of Victoria, British Columbia, leaves locals wondering why Walla Walla still lacks a single block of pavement.
- A Mechanical Solution to a Medical Mishap
When medical brute force failed to reset a man's dislocated shoulder, a local hospital resorted to industrial machinery.
- City Pipe Crew Clashes with Telephone Company
A standoff over the '25-foot line' at Third and Main threatens the city’s water infrastructure as corporate conduits block municipal repairs.
- The Bold Heist at the Washington Hotel
Thieves in Seattle cracked a 500-pound safe in broad daylight after rolling it from the city's finest hotel.
- Blocking the Mullan Road
Farmers are barricading a public thoroughfare, forcing local officials to intervene.
- Whatcom Citizens Challenge County Fair Funding
Attorneys move to stop county commissioners from subsidizing fair organizations, citing constitutional prohibitions against loaning public credit.
- A Workplace Accident at the Dayton Lumber Yards
A timber handler suffers a broken leg while loading lumber, highlighting the daily physical dangers of the early regional timber industry.
- Portland Draws a Line in the Grocery Trade — and Asks Why Walla Walla Has No Streetcars
A visiting wholesale grocer says Seattle and Tacoma will not be allowed to poach the interior trade without a struggle, then marvels at five years of brick blocks — and at a city still without a single trolley line.
- The Fight for the Valley's Water
North Yakima and Ellensburg join forces to block a deal giving a private irrigation company exclusive control over mountain lake water.
- Federal Bureaucracy Stalls Salmon Hatchery Plans
The State Department blocks a joint American-Canadian salmon hatchery on the Fraser River, leaving Washington officials to fend for themselves.
- The Politics of the Red Light
Spokane's mayor refuses to suppress the 'social evil,' arguing that regulation in a restricted district is the only realistic approach to human nature.
- The Bitter Struggle for a Unified Name
Citizens of Whatcom and Fairhaven face a fourth attempt at consolidation, long stalled by a stubborn disagreement over the new city's identity.
- Walla Walla Bicyclists Fund Road Repairs
City cyclists step up to pay license fees, funding new asphalt paths for safe transit.
- The Battle for Carnival Queen
As the Walla Walla carnival approaches, the competition for 'Queen' turns into a heated local rivalry, with Lottie Wuesteney overtaking Grace Anglin.
- An Old-Timer Returns to a Changed Walla Walla
After two decades away, a pioneer’s son finds his childhood home replaced by warehouses, reflecting the city’s rapid transformation at the turn of the century.
- A Scorned Woman’s Fight for Justice in Tacoma
Mrs. Jennie Wood files a civil suit alleging her home was illegally searched and personal property seized during a controversial moral-scandal arrest.
- The Great Aberdeen Conflagration
A wooden city faces total annihilation as a massive fire sweeps through the business district, claiming hotels, banks, and the opera house.
- Waitsburg Fights County Spending
Local business leaders threaten an injunction to block a $10,000 appropriation for the Stubblefield home.
- The Great Bicycle Path Experiment
While freezing weather destroyed the city's old cinder paths, the new asphalt tracks remained pristine, sparking a push for further infrastructure investment.
- The Struggle for Walla Walla's Main Street
A local newspaper editor warns that the town's fragmented, 'cut-throat' merchant culture is paving the way for corporate monopolies to destroy local livelihoods.
- The Mules That Weren't
A local land deal sours when a man discovers his new livestock are not quite as advertised.