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264 stories matching card
- Ten Cents a Month to Read: Seattle Votes to Put Its Library on the Payroll
After a night of wrangling, the Board of Aldermen and the House of Delegates agree to spend $250 and charge adult borrowers a monthly fee to keep the circulating department open — over the objection that the city cannot afford it.
- The Obsession of George Jarvis
A Seattle man is arrested for a campaign of harassment against two local dressmakers, leaving their neighbors and the city’s socialites reeling.
- The Card Party That Split a Spangle Church
A Baptist minister turned two schoolteachers out of his home over an evening of cards, then preached a sermon that divided the congregation.
- The Night Federal Agents Made Chinatown Show Its Papers
A certificate sweep through Wa Chong’s rooms broke up card games and opium pipes and netted one man accused of lying in a deportation case.
- Tacoma's Water Chief Accused—and the City Hall Feud Behind It
Mayor Orr's appointment of George H. Hollidge to run Tacoma's water and light plants blew up into a public corruption fight, with secret affidavits, anonymous postal cards and a grand jury waiting.
- A Church Scandal Erupts in a Seattle Libel Trial
M. H. Nichols stood accused of criminally libeling Presiding Elder T. B. Ford. The defense spent the day trading rumors, old grudges, and one complaint about the prosecutor's booming voice.
- The Human Deck of Cards
A society spectacle at the Armory features 52 people dressed as playing cards in a meticulously choreographed dance that ended in a 'living' game of whist.
- A Judge Tells Spokane's Restaurant Men Their Strike Injunction Is Worthless
Judge J. Stanley Webster refused to restrain the cooks' and waiters' union, upheld the right to strike and to publish 'union house' cards — a rare courtroom win for organized labor in 1910.
- The Labor War Over a Restaurant Window Card
A local cafe finds itself at odds with the Cooks and Waiters' Union in a dispute over unionization and laundry services.
- The Last Stake: A Gambler's Ruin at a Seattle Card Table
A cautionary tale of a high-rolling stranger, a priceless gem, and the silent, unblinking eye of the house lookout.
- The Poker Con on the Anacortes Train
An unwary traveler loses twenty-five dollars to professional card sharps after a distraction at the window.
- High Stakes and High Caliber
A casual card game at the Northern Hotel ends in a shooting, leaving a stranger in custody and a victim fighting for his life.
- The Seventh Ward's Radical Candidate
A candidate for the Everett city council challenges the traditional view of 'women's sphere' in a bold campaign card.
- Blood on the Card Table
A festive night at an O'Brien saloon ends in a horrific murder-suicide, leaving the community reeling and questions of old grudges swirling in the air.
- A High-Stakes Gamble at the Front Street Poker Table
A desperate gambler nearly takes his own life after a losing streak in Seattle's underworld, only to be saved by a sudden twist of fortune.
- The Shadowed Rooms of Washington Street
A reporter dives into the underground 'stud poker' dens of 1880s Seattle, where railway men and laborers wagered their wages against the house.
- Sunday Poker at the Union Club Draws a Police Raid
Detectives Philbrick and Hart entered the exclusive Union Club on Front Street, found men hiding chips, and carted away two loads of furniture and cards.
- The Bunco King of Riverside Avenue
A Wisconsin farmer falls for a classic card-sharping trap in downtown Spokane, while local firemen demand more pay for shoveling coal.
- The Burglar's Secret Den in the Seattle Woods
A group of young boys out playing stumble upon a hidden campsite in the woods, revealing a stash of stolen goods that solves a string of neighborhood crimes.
- The Battle for the Great Northern Depot
Everett union workers clash with Seattle tradesmen over strike-breaking at a local railway site.
- A Seattle Preacher Tells Society Women They Are Marching Their Children to the Gallows
Preaching to women only on "Dying Mothers and Starving Children," Rev. M. A. Matthews calls society "the emptiness of emptiness" — and blames card parties, prizes and maternal neglect for juvenile crime.
- Filipino Sailors Arrested Over Card Game
A festive dinner in a Chinese chop suey house ended in jail time for nine sailors when police mistook a casual game of cards for gambling.
- The Key-House Raid: Seattle Police Break Up a Gambling Club
Chief Rogers raided the Union Club in the Cobb Block, seizing 1,150 chips and 63 decks of cards—and arresting two men who each claimed to be in charge.
- The Marked Cards of Walla Walla
A pinochle game and a swindle lead to a high-stakes legal battle over the finer points of gambling law.
- City Hall Card Game Ends in Firing
Public works linemen are caught playing cards on the clock in a city hall office, prompting a crackdown on workplace loitering.
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- The Unspoken Code of the Union Card
When a worker breaks his word to an employer, he does more than lose a job—he tarnishes the reputation of every laborer in the city.
- The Power of the 'Union Store' Card
Walla Walla labor leaders move to bring women into the fold, turning the tide for local retail staff.
- A Burglar's Calling Card: Saloon Robbed, With a Polite Note Left on the Bar
Thieves pry open the iron shutters of John J. Madigan's Bodega saloon on Front Street, empty his secret cash stash and leave behind three empty glasses and an apology — of sorts.
- The King Who Played Poker with the Speaker
King Edward VII’s legendary skill at the card table reveals a surprising side of the British monarch during his 1905 American tour.
- The Lawyer, the Boy, and the Five-Cent Lesson
A shrewd Seattle attorney tests a boy’s integrity with a lesson in promissory notes and the value of a promise.
- The Tragic End of a Traveling Grifter
A notorious card shark is declared insane by the courts after a life spent deceiving folks from British Columbia to Virginia City.
- The Price of Protection
A local businessman pleads guilty to habitual drunkenness to trigger a legal guardianship, hoping to shield his assets from local gamblers.
- The Price of the Prize Ring
A well-known local prizefighter collapses and dies in the ring at a Seattle performance hall after a brutal exhibition match.