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- The Smallpox Panic Reaches Seattle
Health officials in Seattle rigorously screen travelers from British Columbia to prevent a cross-border outbreak.
- The Stowaways of the Laurada: A $50 Fine for a Trip North
Two men caught sneaking aboard a steamer bound for Alaska were forced to disembark in Bellingham, facing Canadian customs penalties and a hefty fine.
- A Train Accident at Black River
A woman suffers a severe injury while disembarking from a train, highlighting the dangers of early rail transit.
- A Crippled Prisoner’s Wild Dash at the Flyer Dock
A United States prisoner slips his handcuffs and leads a deputy marshal on a frantic footrace through the railyards.
- The Marshal's Staged Room Inspection
A Seattle detective relies on the local marshal to nab a mail thief hiding out in a Cosmopolis hotel.
- The Streetcar Brawl at Ninth Street
A fare dispute turned violent when a Tacoma streetcar conductor armed himself with a heavy switch hook against a passenger, only to be beaten with his own weapon.
- The Miracle Town Rising from the Sagebrush
A visiting reporter describes North Yakima’s rapid transformation from a vacant townsite to a bustling center of commerce and irrigation.
- The Custom House City That Almost Wasn't
A skeptical observer reports on the slow progress and eccentric realities of the newly established custom house in Port Angeles.
- Governor Squire's Alki Point Picnic
A grand summer outing at Alki Point brings together Seattle's elite, complete with a pavilion feast, sea-side dancing, and a dramatic recitation of 'Old Settler.'
- The Night the Coal Ran: How a Company Outsmarted Strikers with Negro Labor and Winchester Rifles
In a brazen move to break the Koslyn coal strike, company managers smuggled in replacement workers from Illinois under cover of darkness, escorted by armed deputies who fired through the sleeping village of Seattle.
- Two Hundred Axes Clear the Woods for a 2,500-Soldier Colony
Port Angeles turned out an ax-and-saw brigade to fell forty blocks of townsite timber before a Michigan colony of veteran soldiers arrived — and the Secretary of the Interior steamed in to bless the work and the squatters' shaky claims.
- Seattle Loses by Half a Length—and Wins the Lake
In August 1894, Seattle's first amateur regatta drew crowds to the Madison Street shore of Lake Washington for a four-oared thriller against Portland and Burrard Inlet. The home crew lost by less than half a length, but set a course record and gave the young city a new civic stage.
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- The Expulsion of S. B. Breirly
A man attempted to land in Kingston, only to be met by a mob of fifty men who forced his departure.
- The Waterfront Exclusion
Citizens are being physically hustled off the docks as a new, exclusionary policy takes hold during passenger boat arrivals.
- The Expulsion Continues
A group of Chinese travelers is forcibly escorted out of Tacoma by local longshoremen, confirming the city's rigid policy of exclusion.