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36 stories matching eclips
- The Pike Street Rescue of Three 'Giddy' Girls
A 16-year-old from Victoria and two Seattle girls were pulled from saloon back rooms and lodging houses; one father got his daughter back.
- The Cosmic Illusion at the Seattle Theatre
A scientific lecture turned spectacular, the 'Urania' show brings the moon and the stars to downtown Seattle through the magic of electricity and stagecraft.
- The Mystery Miners of Natcheez Pass
A trio of supposed prospectors arrived in Yakima with suspiciously heavy baggage, fueling local rumors of a hidden golden bonanza in the Cascades.
- The Great Seattle Tax Auction of 1885
Before Seattle was a tech hub, it was a frontier town defined by rapid land speculation and the inevitable, painful process of tax foreclosures on the city's building blocks.
- The Art of Raising Houses
Seattle property owners take pride in extreme, gravity-defying architecture as they elevate buildings to create room for new business ventures.
- A Fatal Cocktail on Pike Street
A railroad foreman, suffering from heavy drinking and paranoid delusions about his son, takes his own life in a downtown boarding house.
- The Unwelcome Interviewer
A reporter who tried to push his way onto the Villard party’s steamer learns that some doors—and decks—are firmly closed.
- The Future of East Seattle: A New Coney Island for the Northwest
As cable cars crowd toward Lake Washington on Sundays, developers Stern & Miller promise a pleasure resort of hotels and dancing pavilions that will eclipse all others.
- The Tiny Post Office Outperforming Cities
While the nation mobilizes for the Great War, the remote community of Paterson sets a local sales record for War Savings stamps that eclipses larger towns.
- A Candidate’s Philosophy on Education
W. D. Gillen, candidate for county school superintendent, argues that manual training and domestic science must not eclipse core academics.
- The Rivalry That Gripped the Pacific Northwest
Seattle and Portland prepare for a high-stakes football clash at Madison Park to determine the regional championship.
- The Forgotten Heroines of the Oregon Trail
A look back at the arduous 1838 bridal trek across the continent to a missionary post in the Colville country.
- The Rivalry for Amateur Athletic Supremacy
A new alliance between the Multnomah Athletic Club and the Seattle Athletic Club seeks to elevate Pacific Northwest sports while pushing back against professional influence.
- The Bold Bid for a New Pacific Emporium
Speculators and city-builders are betting millions on a new town at the mouth of the Columbia River, hoping to eclipse Portland and Victoria as the premier trading hub of the North.
- The Sagebrush Metropolis
A state representative predicts Clarkston will soon eclipse Lewiston as the premier railroad hub of the Snake River Valley.
- Aberdeen’s Five-Year Rise from Wilderness
A progress report from 1891 celebrating the rapid industrialization of a city carved from the virgin forest.
- A Private Gamble for Public Welfare
C. B. Hysom attempts to save a stalled orphanage project by linking it to a commercial dairy ranch.
- The Comedian’s Shadow
A veteran actor watches from the wings as his son eclipses his own fading career on the Seattle stage.
- The Perils of the Telegraph
A look at the chaotic and often hilarious errors produced by local telegraph operators.
- A Skating Rink Disaster
A romantic rivalry at the local roller rink ends in a humiliating and public wardrobe malfunction.
- An 1891 Investor's Case for Utsalady
In 1891, real estate promoters pitched Utsalady as the inevitable future metropolis of the Puget Sound, promising that its deep-water harbor and timber wealth would eclipse every other city in the region.
- Aberdeen’s Rapid Rise from Forest to Factory
A survey of Aberdeen’s industrial explosion in just five years, highlighting its transformation into a manufacturing and banking powerhouse.
- A Call to Harmony at the Territorial University
A visiting lecturer proposes a city-wide fundraiser to gift a Steinway grand piano to the University of Washington, arguing that music education is a moral imperative for a frontier territory.
- The Last of the Pioneer Mariners
Captain Edward Harrington, a self-made man who helped forge early Puget Sound maritime routes, dies at Oak Harbor.
- A Miner's Pockets Full of Gold Nuggets — and a Placer Strike 40 Miles From Town
A Spokane Falls businessman bound for the Cœur d'Alene mines never got there, but came back with nuggets and gold-crusted quartz from a richer claim far nearer home.