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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1892 | 1 |
1 story matching degendorf
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- The Revolver at Front and Cherry
A violent property dispute between a downtown merchant and a local mechanic erupts into a courtroom drama.
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- The Science of 'Degeneracy' in the Courtroom
Tacoma experts describe the dubious medical pseudoscience used to argue insanity and 'degeneracy' in high-stakes murder trials.
- The Mystery of the Degenerate Wheat
A local doctor presents a strange botanical specimen that challenges the agricultural wisdom of 1859.
- A Railroad Manager in Seattle Pities the Men Who Paid to Hear Debs
John M. Egan slips into the Rainier-Grand Hotel to denounce Eugene Debs as a well-fed agitator—and to explain why the railroads are broke.
- Debs’s Defense Tour Reaches Seattle as the Railroad Union Fights On
A convicted strike leader says the American Railway Union is alive, announces a Eugene V. Debs lecture, and predicts the courts will reverse the contempt convictions.
- The Human Cost of the Des Moines Boom
A tragic suicide in Tacoma exposes the devastating toll of speculative real estate schemes.
- Transit Boss Rejects City's Big German Festival
A committee of German community leaders was rebuffed by the local streetcar manager, who refused to provide enough transit to handle the thousands of expected visitors.
- Eugene V. Debs Comes to Seattle to Ask: 'Who Are the Conspirators?'
Fresh from the collapsed Chicago conspiracy trial, the labor leader arrives by steamer to lecture, raise legal funds, and rally Puget Sound union men.
- German Musical Societies Converge on Walla Walla
Hundreds gather for a regional festival of German choral music, marking a high point of cultural activity in Walla Walla’s opera house.