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28 stories matching aunt
- The Runaway's Plea for Mercy
A teenage girl escapes her abusive uncle and aunt in Port Angeles, only to be detained by Port Townsend police while trying to return to the only home she ever knew.
- The Custody Battle for Little Anna
An aunt and her ex-convict father fight for control of a young girl in Superior Court.
- The Alyssum Mystery
A young man is wrongly accused of the murder of his aunt until a patch of garden flowers reveals the truth.
- A Family Feud Erupts in Court
A dispute over a boy's wayward behavior reveals a fractured family and a grandmother's dramatic courtroom outburst.
- The Unlucky Speckled Hen and the Tarring Party
In an era of domestic tension, a Washington housewife's patience for her husband's sloth and a neighbor’s story of a local scoundrel collide in a kitchen mishap.
- The Tragedy of a 'Hidden' Life
A young woman from Iowa was brought to Seattle by relatives to conceal her pregnancy, ending in a mysterious death that captivated the city.
- The Abduction of Lodie Wirt
A teenage girl is rescued from a couple suspected of using opium to control and abduct young women.
- The Secret Benefactor of a Struggling Seattle Teacher
A modest schoolteacher discovers that her late aunt, a wealthy woman she hardly knew, had been paying her bills in secret long before the surprising terms of her will were revealed.
- The Proprietress and the Acid Threat
A family dispute at a Tacoma apartment house lands the owner in court after a heated altercation with her niece.
- The Search for a Missing Messenger
A fourteen-year-old boy vanishes in Tacoma, leaving behind a family estate and a desperate search for his whereabouts.
- The Unbuttoned Bride
A young woman’s romantic engagement is shattered by a single, untidy afternoon.
- The Deadly Consequences of 'Just for Fun'
A sobering editorial on how boys' thoughtless pranks—like stretching ropes across sidewalks or lighting dogs on fire—result in lifelong tragedy.
- The Love That Almost Wasn't
A classic misunderstanding in the garden—between an aunt, her niece, and a wealthy suitor—reveals the heavy price of duty in the Pacific Northwest.
- A Backyard Tragedy in Ballard
A young girl is severely burned while playing near a rubbish fire during spring cleaning.
- The Bitter Custody Battle Over the Wellman Estate
A Dayton superior court judge splits the guardianship of two orphaned children, sparking a dispute likely headed for the state supreme court.
- The Boy Who Stole Gold Nuggets and Slept with Dogs
Eight-year-old Harold Hubbard burglarized a Seattle home, hid his loot under the sidewalk, and spent the night in a dog show—only to confess the next day.
- A Temperance Firebrand Comes to the Tabernacle
Mrs. J. C. Stone brings wit, sarcasm, and a stinging critique of men's monopoly on citizenship to a packed Baptist tabernacle.
- Tragedy at the Queen City Hotel
A young rancher from Vashon Island, who traveled to Seattle to sell a shipment of shingle bolts, dies after being overcome by gas in his hotel room.
- A Young Girl Vanishes from a Spokane Variety Theater
A teenage girl is missing after being allegedly coerced into a variety theater, sparking a public outcry and exposing local police corruption.
- The Strange Abduction of Lodie Wirt
A young girl from Philadelphia, missing after being swept into the orbit of a disreputable variety actress, is recovered in a Seattle boarding house.
- The Paradoxes' Last Argument
After three years of domestic strife, a Seattle couple reconciles on the eve of a formal separation, proving that sometimes the best way to handle a 'horrid temper' is to tear up the legal papers.
- The Tragedy at Port Angeles
A government signal officer takes his own life on the morning his divorce case was scheduled to be heard.
- The Kitchen War in Little Rock
A domestic squabble in a Seattle kitchen erupts into a violent, farcical showdown between a scorned husband, a smooth-talking preacher, and a woman who refuses to be anyone's possession.
- Driven From Home: A Mother and Three Children at the Police Station
Found drunk in a waterfront saloon with her children in tow, a 23-year-old woman told a police matron a story of beatings and of a husband at a coal camp near Palmer who cast her out with the babies.
- A Hotel Room, a Gas Jet, and a Fight for One Young Life
George McLaughlin was found unconscious in room 43 of the Queen City Hotel. Doctors worked into the night.
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- Grandma Fea Crossed an Ocean, a Yellow Fever Epidemic and a Sawmill Explosion to Die at 94 in Newport
Ann Liddle Fea, the Scotch widow who arrived with the Great Northern and became the town's beloved 'Grandma,' was buried from her daughter's house on May 20 — leaving 23 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren behind her.