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8 stories matching bosh

  1. Two Hundred Lives, One Closed Door: The Pacific Inquiry

    Witnesses swore in Port Townsend that the steamer Pacific was rotten when she sailed. Now the very inspectors who certified her seaworthy are investigating her loss — in secret.

    Jan 22, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyCity Hall · Disasters

  2. The Man Who Thought He Owned Seattle Died Chasing a Ghost Fortune

    Henry Zechow spent nine years and a small army of lawyers trying to claim an uncle's imaginary empire—including a block of downtown Seattle—before his body turned up in the Fraser River.

    Jan 12, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money · True Crime · Local Legends

  3. The Paper War: Port Townsend vs. Seattle

    In 1876, a small rival town accused Seattle of economic sabotage over who printed their business cards.

    Jul 27, 1876The Daily IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  4. The True Cost of a Working Family's Survival

    A Spokane laborer’s wife shares a harrowing account of household expenses, revealing that despite steady employment, her family is left with nearly nothing for clothing or healthcare.

    Feb 25, 1910The Labor JournalSpokane, Spokane CountyWork & Pay

  5. James J. Hill Tells Seattle the Strike Never Should Have Come West

    The Great Northern president calls the Pullman boycott pointless on the Coast, warns idle men will struggle to find work again, and stays coy about his deal with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company.

    Jul 14, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

  6. Two Dollars a Head: Seattle's Labor Commissioner Takes On the Employment Agencies

    Charged with running the city's free employment office as a union errand boy, Commissioner John Lamb answers that the private agencies have been selling men jobs that do not exist.

    Aug 13, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

  7. City Hall Moves to Consolidate Sewer Oversight

    The Seattle Board of Health moves to cut the 'unnecessary' sewer inspector position, arguing the city engineer and plumbing inspector can easily absorb the light workload of ten inspections a month.

    Mar 12, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  8. The Partisan Vitriol Against J. Hamilton Lewis

    The Post-Intelligencer launches a scathing attack on gubernatorial candidate J. Hamilton Lewis, labeling him an 'unscrupulous charlatan' and a 'political street fakir.'

    Aug 5, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyCity Hall

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