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- The Bellboy Who Held the Elevator Hostage
A Seattle hotel worker wins a pay raise by staging a one-man sit-down strike between floors.
- A Diplomatic Salute in Fort Blakely
A French ship captain, confused by the celebratory shouting in a local harbor, fires a salute in honor of the wrong man.
- The City Rises Against a Heavyweight Bully
When boxing legend John L. Sullivan publicly spewed racist venom in 1892, Seattle’s Afro-American League turned his own brutal rhetoric against him, demanding dignity from the local press.
- The Brutal Prize Fight at the Neeley Building
A crowd of 300 spectators, including many from Seattle, gathered in Auburn to watch a lopsided boxing match that ended in a bloody knockout.
- A Frontier 'Scraping Match' in Fort Blakely
A rough-and-tumble dispute between two citizens reveals the volatile nature of 1880s Puget Sound life.
- Fatal Quarrel in a Mining Camp
A love triangle between Newcastle miners ends in a shooting death.
- Betrayal at the Waterfront Lodging House
A visiting Neah Bay man seeking to sell seal skins alleges he was beaten and robbed of his savings by a Seattle saloon proprietor.
- The 'Witty' Baritone of Olympia
A skeptical newspaper editorial skewers a local social columnist for romanticizing a drunken political gathering at the state capital.