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| 1876 | 19 |
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- Tacoma’s Mercy for Fraviola
Citizens rally to fund the final journey home for a sick child.
- The Gold Hunter Who Vanished in Seattle
An electrical engineer accused of homicide in Honduras disappears after weeks in Seattle, leaving a dead companion and an unanswered expedition behind.
- The Ballad of the Hungry Dancers: How Seattle’s Laborers Turned a Formal Dance into a Food Fight
When the Sailors’ Union hosted its first annual ball at Turner’s Hall, the orchestra played waltzes with captions like 'I am Hungry' and 'We Eat.' The result was a legendary night of dancing, dining, and civic pride that defined Seattle’s working-class culture.
- The Prospector’s Quick Wedding
After striking it rich in the Nevada mines, a former assay student returns to Walla Walla to marry his sweetheart in a whirlwind ceremony.
- The Explorer’s Widow Visits Olympia
Lady Jane Franklin, still searching for answers about her husband's lost Arctic expedition, visits the Washington Territory.
- A Year's Savings Gone
A Buckley logger is robbed of his life savings after a night in the city's red-light district.
- A Circus Brawl Breaks Out in Chehalis
A local deputy sheriff attempts to arrest a carnival worker for short-changing a farmer, only to be beaten by a mob of show employees.
- The Pastor and the Runaway
A Lincoln County deputy sheriff intercepts a minister and a married woman fleeing to pursue their own 'summer vacation.'
- An Elopement by Rail
A determined suitor battles his love's father across the tracks from Oakesdale to Spokane.
- The Mystery of the Girl in Trousers
A stylish, cigarette-smoking visitor at the Windsor Hotel turns out to be a local mystery when Seattle police realize a woman is masquerading in men's clothing.
- A Polish Rancher in Muddy Boots Sits Down at the Piano and Steals the Show
Two hundred people in fancy dress fill the Olympia Theater to raise $83.75 for a Sherman Valley schoolhouse — with the lieutenant governor on fiddle, the mayor managing, and the sage of the valley in blue overalls at the keyboard.
- Tragedy in South Aberdeen
A community rallies to support a grieving neighbor after a death in destitution.
- The Mental Health Crisis of 1876
A local man is taken away to Steilacoom after his monomania turns threatening.
- Undertaker and Brewer Clash Over Maiden's Affection
A romantic rivalry in a Seattle-area suburb descends into a bloody duel with swords.
- The Crackdown on Seattle’s Red Light District
Chief Butterfield continues his campaign against 'houses of ill-fame,' arresting operators and patrons as the city forces illicit businesses to vanish from the streets.
- The Mysterious Death of a Traveling Book Agent
After M.T. Connellan, a well-dressed encyclopedia salesman, was found dead on a hotel floor, the man who brought him there was arrested, leaving Seattle to wonder about a life of secrets.
- A Musical Interruption in Hover
An account of a brief performance by two Black entertainers at a local schoolhouse, filtered through the era's jarring racial language.
- The St. Charles Swindle: A Hotel Proprietor Vanishes Owing $2,500
A charming stranger leases a Second Street hotel, furnishes it on credit, then slips away to Tacoma—leaving creditors, rumors of a false wife, and a trail of attachment suits.
- Tragedy in a Seattle Boarding House
A teamster takes his own life after a heated dispute with his family.
- Squak Valley Rioters Remanded to Jail
Seven men accused of the murder of Chinese miners at Squak waive their preliminary examination.
- A Prospector's Plea for Support
A former Yukon miner writes to the editor asking for help to fund a prospecting expedition.
- A Controversial Screening in Spokane
The film adaptation of a white supremacist narrative begins its engagement at the Auditorium Theater, marketed as a major record-breaking spectacle.
- A Newspaper Manager, a Black Eye, and a Drawn Revolver
The business manager of the Seattle Mercury said a reader angry over an article attacked him in his office, then followed him outside—so he pulled a gun.
- A daring descent into the dark
Two women make history by descending 2,000 feet into the Oregon Coal Company mine at Coal Creek.
- Electrical Workers Poised to Strike Everett Railway
After failed negotiations over wage scales and working rules, unionized utility workers prepare to walk off the job.