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8 stories matching aton
- The Vigilantes' Ghost: Seattle's Dark Secret in Two Maple Trees
A poem published in the *Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer* reveals the city’s foundational myth: that its current 'peaceable' order was bought with the blood of six men hanged by a secret committee when the law failed to act.
- Seattle Observes Yom Kippur at the New Synagogue
Seattle's Hebrew community marks the Day of Atonement with solemn services, reflecting on centuries of history and the city's growing cultural diversity.
- The Populist Editor Who Saw Anarchy and Came Home to the Democrats
After a political murder and a season of lawlessness, F. F. Lischke renames his Sprague paper and renounces the People’s Party.
- The Women Who Refused to Look Away
Tacoma’s most prominent ladies rally behind a betrayed young woman in court, challenging Seattle’s apathetic society to stand with her.
- The Stolen Name of the Mountain
A rare 1883 editorial lamenting the erasure of Indigenous names and the commodification of the landscape.
- Seattle’s Jewish Community Celebrates Rosh Hashanah
Local Hebrews observe the New Year with a service at the new synagogue at Eighth and Seneca streets.
- The Canal That Could Freeze England: A Climate Warning from the Isthmus of Panama
In 1877, Seattle’s press warned that digging a canal through Central America might divert the Gulf Stream, plunging Europe into an ice age—a bizarre but prescient look at early environmental anxiety.
- The Miracle of Dido the Blind Cat
A remarkable account of a house cat who, after going blind, mastered his home environment and displayed an uncanny homing instinct.