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5 stories matching elton
- The Cheney Fog Tragedy
A dense morning mist on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle tracks led to a collision between two passenger trains, killing five prominent citizens and a Pullman professor.
- The State Chemist Finds Formaldehyde in Canned Meats
Washington's State Food Commissioner moves to curb the use of dangerous preservatives in industrial food production.
- The Fight for Clean Bread in Tacoma
Tacoma women mobilize to push a city sanitation ordinance through the council, battling bakers who claim wrapping bread is too expensive and technically impossible.
- The Man Who Bought a Horse for $10,000 to Save His Reputation
In the high-stakes world of early 20th-century horse racing, Chicago financier William A. Bradley paid a fortune for a mare named Willieette, not just for speed, but to settle a public feud with Jack Curley.
- Expansion at State College
With booming enrollment in chemistry and engineering, the college prepares its new laboratory in Morrill Hall.