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  1. The Janitor Who Foiled a Ten-Man Jailbreak in Ellensburg

    Prisoners had almost tunneled out of the county jail when a janitor sleeping in the sheriff's office heard the scraping—and made a promise they believed.

    Dec 2, 1903The Evening StatesmanEllensburg, Kittitas CountyStrange But True

  2. Tragedy Strikes Near Coulee City

    A young family loses everything, including their three children, in a devastating house fire while the parents were working in a nearby field.

    Aug 11, 1903The Evening StatesmanCoulee City, Grant CountyDisasters

  3. The Fight Over Walla Walla's Subterranean Waters

    A legal assessment regarding the city's rights to the Thomas Springs sheds light on early municipal water struggles.

    Dec 30, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyFollow the Money

  4. The Wooden Pipe Experiment

    A Dayton businessman brings a water-main success story to the Walla Walla council.

    Dec 31, 1903The Evening StatesmanDayton, Columbia CountyCity Hall

  5. The Forgotten Law That Listed Walla Walla's Drinkers

    A judge in Walla Walla is shocking the state by enforcing an 1883 statute that forces saloon keepers to post lists of 'habitual drunkards' in their establishments.

    Jul 27, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

  6. Sent Back to China: Two Men Ordered Out of Walla Walla

    Wong Look and Ah Doan were taken from the county jail to Seattle and a steamer for China after a federal commissioner found them without the papers required by the Chinese Exclusion Act.

    Oct 16, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla County Jail, Walla WallaExclusion & Resistance

  7. A Seattle Preacher Tells Society Women They Are Marching Their Children to the Gallows

    Preaching to women only on "Dying Mothers and Starving Children," Rev. M. A. Matthews calls society "the emptiness of emptiness" — and blames card parties, prizes and maternal neglect for juvenile crime.

    Nov 24, 1903The Evening StatesmanFirst Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Pierce CountyNightlife

  8. The 175-Pound Ghost That Fought Back

    A skeptic grabbed a séance spirit, discovered a 175-pound man under the gauze, and touched off a fistfight in a Fremont parlor.

    Nov 27, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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