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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 436 |
| 1904 | 36 |
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- Cattle Thief Sent to Penitentiary After Two-Year Jail Wait
Henry Bubank, convicted for stealing cattle in Whitman County, begins a five-year sentence after his appeal failed.
- Walla Walla Tells the Gas Company: Put Your Wires Underground — and Pay Up
A 25-year gas and electric franchise goes before the council tonight, rewritten to bury every wire on Main and Alder and to hand the city a grand total of $7,750 by 1928.
- Swept Over the Falls: A Five-Year-Old Lost on a Spokane Bridge
Walking home from Sunday school, Walter Kreitz was struck by a Great Northern passenger train on the Post Street bridge. His body was carried downstream toward the falls and never recovered.
- Washington's Boom Was So Furious It Predicted a Million People by 1910
A 1903 state report counted 241,584 new residents in three years, put Everett's growth at 144 percent, and projected a population of 1,347,067 within seven years.
- Prisoner Transferred Through Walla Walla
A convicted man is held in the city on his way to the state penitentiary after a trial in Goldendale.
- A Seventeen-Year-Old's Failed Quest for a Marriage License
After her father abandoned her, a young woman faced the rigid wall of bureaucratic requirements when she tried to marry.
- Fatal Infection from a Public Pond
A Spokane County man loses his life after swimming in a pool frequented by diseased cattle.
- The Pioneer Founder of Centralia
George Washington, the 86-year-old Black founder of Centralia, reflects on a half-century of city building.
- Walla Walla's Year of Fire
The local fire department reports a record-breaking 104 alarms for the year, including three major blazes that leveled local businesses.
- The Pen for Petty Theft
Two young men are sentenced to the state penitentiary for stealing an overcoat and rubbers from a church in Endicott.
- A Father’s Final Afternoon
A reunion thirteen years in the making ended in sudden tragedy over a watermelon in a Walla Walla shop.
- Stanwood Child Attempts to Burn Down Family Home
After being locked in a room by his mother for unruly behavior, a five-year-old boy used matches to ignite a fire that nearly destroyed the family's restaurant apartment.
- Spokane Thug Receives Fifteen-Year Sentence
A brazen criminal shows little remorse after being convicted of holding up a Union Park meat market.
- A Mother’s Relentless Search for Her Missing Son
After traveling for days to find her 14-year-old son who had fled to work in the harvest fields, a mother finally reunites with him in Walla Walla.
- Youths Face Justice Over Bicycle Theft
A 14-year-old boy is sent to reform school after a series of bicycle thefts, exposing the plight of parentless youth.
- Death of long-time Walla Walla resident at Medical Lake
Tillie Willhelm, who had been in institutional care for eighteen months, leaves behind a daughter in Walla Walla.
- The Ghost Grain of Walla Walla
City tax records show a $67,000 drop in personal property value as local wheat seems to have vanished from warehouses.
- The Six-Year Journey Home
A deer hound lost for half a decade miraculously swims back to his master at a Kelso shingle mill.
- The Kentucky Saloon's Bitter Lesson
A local saloon keeper faces legal consequences after a 12-year-old boy is found in a state of delirium from consuming whiskey and beer.
- Drought Forces Franklin County Farmers to Pivot
After a difficult harvest hampered by insufficient rainfall and improper cultivation, local ranchers shift to fall-sown wheat.
- The Runaway Laundry Workers
A young laundry cashier and her older suitor find their elopement thwarted by a protective grandfather, only to be married under the family's watchful eye.
- Dayton Pioneer Who Built Woolen Mills Dies of Cancer
W. H. H. Fouts, a prominent Dayton resident and early settler, passes away after a battle with cancer triggered by a freak accident.
- The Walla Walla Candy Company Changes Hands
After four years of growth, a local candy wholesaler retires to manage property, selling his business to a former grocery man.
- A Tragic End Near Addy
A nineteen-year-old woman dies by suicide years after a forced annulment of her marriage, highlighting the societal pressures of the era.
- A Case of Heartless Ingratitude in Tacoma
A mother who sacrificed her farm for her son's move west is left destitute in Tacoma.