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390 stories matching anxious
- The Roslyn Bank Robber Hunt
An anxious stranger trying to sell a fine sorrel horse for half its value triggers a manhunt in Kent after a daring daylight bank heist.
- Racing Against the Rainy Season
Seattle school directors scramble to clear land and secure bids for a new schoolhouse in North Seattle before the inevitable autumn storms set in.
- The Near-Miss that Saved the Orchard Boom
Anxious farmers watch the thermometer as a late-spring frost threatens to wipe out the region's record-breaking fruit potential.
- The Green Smuggler and the Tricky Trunk
A novice opium smuggler is nabbed in Puyallup after his anxious behavior at the train station tipped off the local police chief.
- The Ship Canal Pitch: Seattle Courts St. Louis Money
A dozen St. Louis investors toured the proposed ship canal, hinting at outside capital for the city's biggest infrastructure dream.
- The Sudden Vanishing of Annie Shea
A young woman disappears from her Spokane home, leaving family in Seattle desperate for word of her whereabouts.
- The Flying-Machine Inventor Who Vanished and Left the Carpenter Unpaid
An Englishman named Howard hired a Tacoma carpenter to build a “living machine,” then disappeared with the key to the storeroom—leaving a very anxious workman and a mysterious apparatus.
- A Hypocritical Banquet
Local lumber magnates lobby against foreign labor only to hire Japanese staff for a high-society dinner.
- Puyallup Reservation Lands Distributed
After a long period of waiting, Puyallup families have finally received land patents as the reservation is divided into 167 tracts.
- The Ghost of the High-Rolling Gambler
A Seattle detective chases the trail of a missing gambler who may have faked his own death to escape his creditors—and his enemies.
- A Mother's Desperate Search for Her Son
Three years after a family separation in Montana, a mother travels to Colfax hoping to find a man who was once spotted with a traveling photography business.
- Rabies Outbreak Reported in White Swan
Authorities fear coyotes are spreading disease, urging residents to secure pets.
- The Bear Wrestler Meets His Match
A two-hundred-and-forty-pound man looking to challenge a bear in a local exhibition is unceremoniously knocked out by a woman in the dining room.
- Militia Hopes for World's Fair Trip
Washington National Guard members increase recruitment and drill intensity in anticipation of a potential trip to the Chicago World's Fair.
- The War-Ready Chief of Ballast Island
Grandson of Chief Seattle, 'Tyee Peter' rallies his followers to defend the U.S. against Chile—and reflects on a history of misunderstanding with the military.
- A New School for a Growing City
The Seattle School Board secures a central block from developer W. N. Bell for a new permanent schoolhouse.
- Fishermen Demand Changes to Salmon Laws
Local fish dealers urge the legislature to end the ban on spring fishing, arguing it does not protect spawning runs.
- Scandal at the Orting Soldiers' Home
The commandant of the state home for veterans faces a morals charge brought by an inmate.
- Maritime Standoff in San Francisco Spills into Tacoma
Shipping owners lock sailors into round-trip contracts to circumvent a San Francisco engineers' strike.
- The Post Office Tug-of-War
White Bluffs residents find themselves caught in a relentless cycle of conflicting petitions regarding the location of their post office.
- The Mayor's Embarrassing Debt
Mayor Ronald finds himself in a legal and ethical bind after borrowing $1,500 from the city's disgraced, defaulting treasurer.
- The Jury's Defiant Verdict
A Port Townsend courtroom is stunned when a jury ignores the judge's instructions and acquits a defendant, leading to an immediate judicial rebuke.
- The Sudden End of a Legal Tug-of-War
After facing trial on multiple charges, a defendant unexpectedly opts for prison time rather than risking a lengthier legal fight.
- A Colossal Smoke Stack Rises Above Old Town
A 75-foot steel incinerator aims to finally quell a fire that has smoldered for years at the local mill.
- The Exposition Prize Nobody Knew Was a Baby
A one-month-old boy in the care of the Washington Children's Home Society was offered as a prize at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, and no one had claimed him.