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26 stories matching bertha
- The Tragic End of Bertha Baht
A young immigrant woman, displaced by hardship and poverty, takes her own life in the tide flats of South Seattle.
- The Professor, the President, and the Champagne College Deal
A legislative investigation at Pullman exposes secret opposition, abandoned building plans, and site-selection hospitality that included brass bands and champagne.
- Family Missing After Sloop Disappears in Puget Sound
A Mount Vernon father ignored warnings to stay off the rough waters of the Sound with his wife and children; now only debris remains.
- Bertha Jarvis Wants Out
A widow who remarried in Renton in 1885 asks a Seattle court for divorce and a share of the property, cataloguing years of abuse, thrown food and threats against her children.
- Divorce and 'Big Bertha': A Jailer’s Scandals
After 34 years of marriage, Louisa Bogart sues her husband, a former city jailer, alleging cruelty and infidelity.
- A Local Reputation at Stake
Bertha Denton fights back against media portrayals, threatening a slander suit following reports about her actions at Camp Murray.
- The Divorce That Recalled Acting Governor Laughton's 'Spicy Regime'
Mrs. Marshall K. Snell's divorce exposed her husband's intimacy with his typewriter—Miss Bertha Denton, once the acting governor's private secretary.
- The Nighttime Predators of North Seattle
A string of alarming street assaults in the North end has women running for their lives, while local police claim to be in the dark.
- The Spokane 'Monte Cristo' Swindles the City
A charismatic stranger dazzled Spokane with tales of gold and a lavish lifestyle, only to leave town with $10,000 in worthless checks.
- Show Business Solidarity for a Local Acrobat
When an aerialist and her husband faced medical catastrophe, the community rallied for a benefit show at the park.
- The Witch of Avenue A: A Violent Superstition
A Seattle family’s belief in sorcery leads to a brutal attack on their former governess.
- The Secret Life of 'Little Mac's' Widow
A bitter probate court battle in 1892 Seattle pulls back the curtain on a woman’s desperate struggle to survive and her husband’s attempts to police her past.
- The Phantom of Tacoma Avenue
A man disguised in women's clothing assaulted two residents, sparking fear and a police search in a quiet neighborhood.
- The Cruelty of a Mock Marriage
A young woman is left destitute in Seattle after a man used a fake marriage ceremony to steal her savings and abandon her.
- The Price of a Waltz at Whitman College
A student is suspended for defying her dean to attend a forbidden dancing school, while her Tacoma companion escapes with a month's confinement to campus.
- The Bride, the Baby and the Missing Gold: An 82-Year-Old's Vashon Island Mystery
Leroy Lander hobbles into a Seattle prosecutor's office after his young wife, their infant and a satchel of $20 gold coins vanish with her sister — possibly bound for Alaska.
- The Town Split Over a Whipping
A confrontation between a resident and a school teacher leads to a public trial and community division.
- A Salacious Scandal in Spokane
A local doctor sues a brewer and a theater owner for 'alienating' his wife's affections, leading to a series of prying legal interrogatories.
- The Hatchet-Wielding Cook Who Saved Her Pastor
An Episcopal clergyman’s tendency to deliver fiery lectures almost led to a bloody end until his cook intervened with a carving knife.
- The Tiny Republic of Anacortes: Boys, Shells, and Self-Government
In 1893, a group of Anacortes boys turned beachcombing into a natural-history club with a constitution, dues, and an exhibition that drew the whole town.
- Search Underway for Missing Fifteen-Year-Old
A Puyallup teenager has vanished, and police suspect she may have run off with a young man.
- A Musical Benefit for the African M. E. Church
The Merry Eight Club hosted a successful spring musical at Turner Hall to support the local Jones Street African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- A Night at the Park for the Kobers
The local Eagles lodge and Shields Park management host a benefit performance to support a professional performer recovering from surgery.
- The Housewife's Rebellion
In an era of performative domesticity, one young woman in Washington Territory insists that 'accomplishment' means knowing how to run a household from the kitchen up.
- The Price of a Newspaper Subscription
A high-stakes coupon-clipping race for scholarships and a bicycle reveals the fierce competition behind local journalism.