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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 14 |
| 1904 | 1 |
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- Walla Walla's Seven-Day Push for Stubblefield Home
Walla Walla scrambles to raise a $10,000 bonus to secure a major charity endowment after county commissioners decline funding.
- A Deadly Jealousy in South Seattle
After shooting a neighbor in a long-standing dispute, a woman’s husband argues that years of mental illness, not malice, drove her to violence.
- Petty Larceny Trial Ends in Acquittal
Two young men charged with stealing clothes from a saloon patron are released after proving the act was merely a dispute over an unpaid debt.
- The Man Who Forgot His Own Murder
Edward Spencer takes the stand in his own murder trial, claiming amnesia and absinthe-induced blackouts to explain why he shot Ella Mundt in Spokane.
- Walla Walla's Baseball Dream Folds
After failing to secure enough games, the local team disbands, sending its players to other towns across the Northwest.
- City Treasury Faces Potential Delinquency Crisis
With less than one-third of city taxes collected by mid-August, Treasurer Shaw warns of an unprecedented pile-up of delinquent accounts.
- The Palouse Prosperity Boom
Whitman County farmers leave the 1893 credit panic behind as bank deposits shatter all previous records.
- The Bakery War on Holly Street
A bitter rivalry between two Whatcom bakers escalated into a criminal attempt to poison customers with concentrated lye.
- The Long Road to Walla Walla
A Seattle man, protesting his innocence, is handed a 16-year sentence at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla.
- A Football Scandal Roils Whitman College
Coach Knight of the University of Washington accuses Wiley Lasater of dirty play, and the campus erupts as students and President Penrose weigh in.
- Carnegie's Money, the City's Tax Levy: Walla Walla Hunts for a Library Site
Andrew Carnegie will build a library if Walla Walla buys the ground and doubles its library budget. Business men are all for it; the Woman's Reading Club has already raised $2,500 as a fallback.
- Twenty Clowns, Cloth Elephants, and a College Circus at the Armory
Whitman students and the Walla Walla Band plan four nights of acrobats, side shows and pink lemonade — with a hired professional troupe to keep it honest.
- The Chief Knew Seattle’s Dance Halls Were Selling Beer. He Had One Question.
A Post-Intelligencer investigation found liquor flowing openly in variety theaters despite state law and police orders—then the police chief asked reporters whether it was true.
- Four Wooden Buildings to a Quarter-Million: Whitman College Counts Its Decade of Growth
President Penrose's tenth-year report to the trustees charts enrollment rising from 93 to more than 320, an endowment grown from $4,500 to $236,652.92 — and a debt that prompts a demand for half a million dollars and a new academy building.
- The Taxpayers' League vs. The Railroads: A Battle for Fair Valuation in Columbia County
In May 1903, local citizens and tax experts challenged the massive capitalization of the Oregon Railway Navigation Company, arguing that its true value warranted a higher tax assessment to fund public services.