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- A Holiday Gift for a Bank Building Worker
Tenants of the Seattle National Bank building honor their elevator operator for his steadfast service.
- The Battle Against 'Butcher' Architects
Local architects met to argue against open competitions that allowed unqualified builders and butchers to bid on public projects.
- Judson Asks Seattle: Why Can't Washingtonians Fill Their Own Offices?
At a Seattle mass meeting, the Democratic candidate for Congress made outsider rule the issue.
- City Left in Total Darkness
A gas main failure leaves downtown Seattle residents scrambling for lamps on Thanksgiving Eve.
- The Haunted Bones of the Wishkah
A local discovery of 'giant' skeletons stirs rumors of an ancient, accursed race in the Aberdeen river valley.
- From Pack-Saddle to Pioneer Town
How a lone merchant’s log store over the Cascades sparked the settlement of the Kittitas Valley.
- The Neglected Youth of Seattle
Rev. Thomas Baldwin speaks to sixty-six local newsboys, challenging the congregation to integrate young people into civic and religious life.
- Everett's New Commercial Club
Business leaders gather to toast the rapid growth of Snohomish County.
- Seattle’s Moral Heart: The Push for a YMCA Temple
As the city grows, local leaders launch a fundraising drive to build a permanent home for the Young Men's Christian Association, arguing that Seattle needs more than just commerce—it needs character.
- The Great University Runaway
Two schoolboys, terrified by their principal's stern warning about broken windows, decided to flee campus entirely.
- The Wagon Road That Would Bind Puget Sound to the Columbia
Vancouver residents petition Congress for $50,000 to build a military road to Steilacoom, arguing it would open trade and settle the country between the Columbia River and Puget Sound.
- The Price of a Scandal in Lewis County
A husband takes the law into his own hands after a local hired hand turns his ranch into a site of open infidelity.
- Acquitted in Five Minutes: The Girl Accused of Poisoning a Child
A packed Seattle courtroom erupts when Hildegard Rundberg is cleared of murdering little Richard Parker with 'Death to Rats' rat poison — the jury needing barely five minutes to set her free.
- The Black Odd Fellows Who Built Their Own Order—and Filled a Seattle Hall
Barred from the white Odd Fellows, Seattle’s Mount Rainier Lodge No. 88 celebrated the Grand United Order’s 54th anniversary with speeches, uniforms and a crowd of about 400.
- Lawyers Close Ranks Behind the Courts as Populism Roils the Bar
At the State Bar Association's Seattle session, a Spokane lawyer's attack on corporate influence in the judiciary drew a swift resolution of confidence—and a fight over nonpartisan judges and a state law school.
- Three Boys Drowned on a Raft of Logs, and a City Mourns
Louis Blanchard and the Birkel brothers died playing on a log boom in Seattle harbor. Their funeral drew crowds into the streets — and one small boy's wish for flowers was granted.
- The Streetcar Franchise Fight That Put Seattle’s Council on the Spot
Property owners demand the double track promised with their $900,000 subsidy; delegates reject an extension, and aldermen agree to hear the crowd.
- A Campaign Comes Ashore in Port Townsend
In 1876, Democratic candidates arrived by steamer to cannon fire and a cornet band, then packed Good Templars Hall for a night of speeches.
- A New Church on the Hill—and a Promise of School and Hospital
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church was dedicated on July 18, 1909, drawing Catholics and Protestants alike to a new frame house of worship at First and Warren.
- The Last Voyage of Arthur Phinney: A Fleet of Steamers Bids Farewell to a Pioneer
In June 1877, the death of Port Ludlow founder Arthur Phinney triggered an unprecedented maritime funeral procession on Puget Sound, uniting rival steamship lines and hundreds of mourners in a tribute to a man who championed labor and community.
- A Free Kindergarten's First Year—and the Children It Had to Turn Away
Seattle's Free Kindergarten Association marked its first anniversary with a training class, a waiting list, and a founder's plea to make early education available to rich and poor alike.
- Nine Minutes to Acquit: A Kent Killing Ruled Self-Defense
A jury took barely nine minutes to free a longtime King County man who killed a neighbor with a pitchfork after a quarrel over money on the road home from Kent.
- The University’s Wish List: New Departments, New Money
In 1895, UW regents asked King County legislators for laboratories, professors and a geological survey—and argued that the whole state would benefit.
- The Day Washington Was Born: A City Holds Its Breath
As the nation celebrates statehood, Seattle gathers in a packed hall to hear speeches on liberty, land fraud, and the future of the 'Queen City.'
- A City Turned Out to Bury George Heilbron
In 1895, Seattle’s governor, mayor, judges, businessmen and laborers filled the First Unitarian Church for the funeral of a civic leader who had helped build the young city.