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| Year | Stories |
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| 1890 | 1 |
| 1892 | 2 |
3 stories matching creason
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- Yakima Democrats Nominate Full Slate at 1892 County Convention
Party faithful gathered in North Yakima to pick candidates, adopt a platform, and vow to clean up state government.
- The Election Was Quiet. The Backstabbing Was Not.
Yakima County's vote was calm at the polls but ugly underneath, with charges of bought voters and official ballots loose in party workers' hands.
- A Violent Storm Strikes the Yakima Valley
High winds leveled buildings and tore heavy equipment from foundations in a storm that locals described as a true tornado.
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- An April Fool’s Joke Gone Wrong
A local office prank involving 'hard-boiled' eggs and croton oil turns into a bitter lesson in Seattle workplace etiquette.
- The Professional Pessimists of Early Seattle
A 19th-century editorial takes aim at the 'croakers'—the local doomsayers who claimed the town's prosperity was always on the verge of collapse.
- Workplace Injury in Richland
A construction supervisor faces weeks on crutches after a hoisting accident.
- The Wrongful Conviction of Charles Croames
After serving years for a brutal murder in Tacoma, a man is finally cleared by the Governor, sparking questions about the original investigation.
- The Creosote Fortress: How a New Plant Aimed to Save Seattle’s Piers from the 'Teredo'
A massive industrial complex rises six miles north of downtown, promising to protect the city's wooden infrastructure from the destructive shipworm.
- The Industrial Boom of Salmon Bay
A major creosote plant, destined to be the largest of its kind in the nation, promises to reshape Seattle’s industrial landscape and bring hundreds of jobs to Salmon Bay.
- An Industrial Experiment on the Waterfront
Local entrepreneur James M. Colman introduces a new technology to protect wharf pilings from the destructive 'teredo' wood-boring worm.
- A Deadly Shift at the Clark-Nickerson Mill
A young laborer is crushed to death by a falling load of timber, marking a tragic end to his shift in the Everett lumber yards.