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153 stories matching cap
- The Mayor’s New Crown: Port Warden’s Gold-Braided Cap Causes a Stir
Seattle's Port Warden E.L. Bonner has adopted a navy blue 'peaked cap' with gold braid to mark his official capacity, but finds the uniform too 'formal' for daily duties.
- The Steam Came Through the Firebox
Fred Hutchinson was feeding wood into the Monticello's boiler when a loose pipe cap gave way. Scalded across his face, neck, chest and hands, he was rushed to Port Townsend while the steamer was towed in.
- The Short, Lavish Reign of a Newsboy King
After finding a purse filled with gold and bills on a Seattle street, a young newsboy went on a spending spree that briefly transformed him into the wealthiest, most generous kid in the neighborhood.
- An Infernal Machine on the Tracks
A dangerous, home-made bomb was discovered on the streetcar tracks in Seattle, chilling a city already tense from labor agitation.
- Vigilante Attack in Snohomish County
A rancher involved in a homestead dispute is brutally beaten by a 'White Cap' mob near Arlington.
- The Last of the Snohomish Hilltop Landmark
A historic rock formation, long a gathering place for locals to view the Cascade Mountains and Mount Rainier, is dismantled to build bridge piers.
- Internal Strife Rocks the Seattle Police Force
In a three-hour secret session, police commissioners shuffle appointments, fire detectives, and grapple with accusations of graft and infighting.
- Fatal Blast in the Roslyn Mine
A driver is killed instantly when his lamp ignites gas in the coal pit, leaving his mule lost to the encroaching deadly fumes.
- An Indigenous Burial Site Exposed by Rains
Heavy winter storms have unearthed a historic burial ground on the Walla Walla River, revealing items from the Hudson Bay era and beyond.
- The Perilous Midnight Voyage of the Granger
A harrowing account of a small vessel braving a fierce storm on Puget Sound in 1877.
- The Old Publican’s Monopoly: A 1885 Labor Dispute Over Where You Drink
An 1885 editorial muses on the history of spirits and accidentally reveals how local employers used the 'company store' model to control where workers spent their wages.
- Washington Territory’s Constitutional Era Ends
After forty-two days of deliberation in Olympia, the convention to establish a state constitution has adjourned, paving the way for statehood.
- The Great Seattle Streetcar Franchise Fight: Why Short Leases Save the City
As city councilors debate a controversial 40-year lease for street railway operations, The Seattle Star argues that short-term concessions are the only way to prevent corporate greed from strangling public transit.
- The Tragic Finality of William Naff
A Seattle man, driven to despair by illness, orchestrated a gruesome end to his life using telephone company equipment.
- The Democracy of Seattle Lights Up Pioneer Place
Torches, bonfires, and fiery rhetoric define a raucous political rally for Grover Cleveland.
- Search Underway for Missing Fern Hill Lad
Police are scouring the city for fifteen-year-old Harry Seaman, who vanished from his home last night.
- Street Robbery in Spokane
Two young boys ambushed a woman near a streetcar stop, snatching her purse in the dark.
- The Day Seattle Became the Center of Washington's Public Lands
When the U.S. District Land Office moved from Olympia to the 'Queen City,' it marked a historic shift in the administration of the Washington Territory.
- The Roses of December: A Seattle Winter's Tale
A traveler describes the mild wonders of Seattle's weather in 1885, reflecting on the region's rapid growth and its promise as a 'poor man's paradise'—if one can handle the labor.
- The Price of Negligence
Minor Ernest A. Olson sued Gill Home Investment Co. after company-left dynamite exploded and took both his hands.
- City Liability for Sidewalk Accidents
The state supreme court caps damages for a school teacher injured on an Olympia sidewalk, setting a precedent for municipal liability.
- The Case for a 'Seattle the Beautiful'
A visionary letter to the editor advocates for creating a network of public parks before the city's rapid expansion makes such land unaffordable.
- The 'Pistol-Packin' Girl' of Seattle's Waterfront
A rowdy encounter on the Seattle waterfront leaves a man stunned after a local girl pulls a pistol on him—and fires.
- Doctors Lobby for Higher Fees in New Insurance Law
A meeting of longshoremen and medical professionals in Tacoma reveals that the new state compensation act is being used to settle professional grievances.
- Engineering Tacoma's Waterfront
Tacoma will build a $20,000 bridge to its new filled waterfront, where teredo worms eat untreated pilings.