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400 stories matching chicago
- Stevens County Bets $1,000 on Its Apples
Spokane's apple-show manager came to Colville with a proposition: a county booth in Spokane and Chicago, a special fruit train hauled as second section of the overland fast mail, and $6 a box waiting in Illinois.
- Chicago Bank Pushes into Walla Walla
A major Midwestern investment firm is set to open a $300,000 branch in a downtown storefront by the new year.
- The Anonymous Libel: A Letter from Chicago Targets Seattle's Legal Elite
An anonymous circular alleging that prominent lawyer J.C. Haines absconded with estate funds in Chicago is circulating through Washington Territory, sparking a fierce defense of his character by local allies.
- The Argument for Playgrounds
A Chicago expert visits Tacoma to argue that city-funded recreation is a better investment than police courts.
- Washington’s World’s Fair Standoff
A bitter, months-long deadlock between state commissioners and Chicago architects ends in the victory of a 'uniquely Washington' log cabin design over a 'commonplace' courthouse style.
- The Seattle Photo Boom
A newly opened professional photography studio brings 'Chicago-style' artistry to Front Street.
- A Chicago Syndicate Wants a Refrigerator-Car Factory — and It Wants the Land for Free
A Chicago car builder tours Tacoma and Seattle touting a plant that could turn out up to sixty refrigerator cars a day, weighing Puget Sound lumber against Eastern iron — and letting it be known the syndicate is open to "propositions for donated sites."
- Baseball Magnates Raided in Saloon
Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and other baseball officials swept up in an early-morning police raid on a Seattle saloon.
- A $75,000 Vision for Yesler Avenue
A Chicago capitalist bets on Seattle's future with plans for a modern six-story hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- A New Financial Player in Town
A Chicago-based firm prepares to disrupt Walla Walla's local banking sector by offering interest on deposits, a practice recently abandoned by local institutions.
- Railroad Merger Sets Sights on Tacoma
Four rail subsidiaries consolidate as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway pushes toward a May arrival in Tacoma.
- The Fastest Mail Train on Earth Passed Through Newport This Week
The Great Northern's new Chicago-to-Seattle mail train cut 12 hours off the coast run, and Newport got a front-row seat to the record.
- The Strange Case of the 'Boy Burglar' and His Well-Connected Father
A young man charged with several local burglaries is released after his father, a Chicago official, settles all claims and promises to take him home.
- The Port Angeles Banker Who Escaped to Chicago
Benjamin F. Schwartz, a disgraced Port Angeles banker, is caught and brought back to face justice, telling wild stories of persecution and air-ship escapes to his jailers.
- A Judge Stops the Fish Traps—for Now
A federal injunction halts a Chicago company from driving piles for salmon traps at Village Point on Lummi Island, while the company searches for a loophole and Native fishing rights remain unresolved.
- The Women of Olympia Organize for the World's Fair
Local women form a committee to ensure Washington State is properly represented at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
- The Milwaukee Road Sets Its Sights on the Pacific
A townsite agent confirms the expansion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad to the coast following massive terminal land buys in Tacoma.
- The Fugitive Missionary
A Chinese Episcopal missionary is arrested in Chicago on federal charges linked to immigration fraud.
- Will Tacoma Lose Its Alaska Curios?
The Ferry Museum’s prestigious collection of Alaska Native artifacts faces the threat of being sold to Chicago, Pittsburgh, or New York.
- Spokane County Finds Eastern Investors Hungry for Western Bonds
A local treasurer successfully refinances county debt in Chicago, signaling a shift in how Western infrastructure was financed at the turn of the century.
- The Blind Maestro and his Pullman Kid Band
A touching story of a blind conductor leading a boys' band in Pullman, destined for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
- The Sudden Flight of Ballard's Prominent Citizen
A local businessman flees to Chicago, leaving unfinished projects and a cryptic telegram behind, out of a sensitive fear of public scandal.
- The Railroad's Quiet Footprint
A petition for tide lands reveals the hidden hand of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway preparing for its Tacoma entrance.
- The School Board Rejects a World's Fair Scheme
Seattle school board members debate fundraising for a 'baby building' at the Chicago World's Fair.
- The Man Behind Newport's Electric Lights
A Chicago utility magnate's company invests $100,000 to bring electric power to Newport, promising modern service at fair rates.