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11 stories matching endear
- The Trial of Judge Wickersham: A Tacoma Scandal Over Land, Lies, and 'Delirium'
In February 1889, the trial of a powerful federal judge in Tacoma exposed a web of political corruption, land fraud, and sexual scandal involving a young woman named Sadie Brantner.
- A Six-Dollar Rent Debt and a Diamond Ring Nearly Drowned Her in Lake Washington
Ethel Perkins, a lodger at a Third-and-Union boarding house, tried to end her life when her rent fell behind and a barber demanded his ring back. A stranger on the Madison street car caught her at the wharf's edge.
- The Widow, the Missing Will, and the Yesler Homestead
Mary Booth lived nineteen years at Sixth and Jefferson before Henry Yesler's promised bequest vanished and the house passed into his estate.
- The Pen and the Pistol: A Seattle Saloon Brawl
When an editor’s satirical writing sparked a public confrontation on Mill Street, a local developer settled the score with a revolver—until his target managed to disarm him.
- The Unwelcome Return of the Carpenter
When an injured husband returned home to Seattle after months of medical treatment in San Francisco, he found his wife had replaced him with a local fireman.
- The Explorer Who Died Before His Guidebook Was Printed
Vasco Wilson survived Alaska's Grand Canyon and a Siberian voyage, but typhoid killed him in Seattle just as his Yukon mining guide went to press.
- Tragedy at the Stoecke Home
A peaceful household is shattered when a violent dispute ends in a fatal shooting.
- The day Seattle broke Stanford's baseball winning streak
In an underdog victory at Madison Park, the S. A. C. baseball team finally ended Stanford’s long winning run during their Northern tour.
- The Music-Hall Queen and Her Contract Husband
A Port Townsend performer known as "Shiner" says she will sue Frederick Macondray for divorce, brandishing love letters signed "My Dear Little Kid" and a marriage contract struck on Puget Sound.
- The Tragic Passing of a Respected Seattle Druggist
A leading citizen and pharmacist, Joseph P. Morrill, was found dead in his bed after a fatal attempt to find relief from his long-standing asthma.
- The Forgotten Women of the Lodging-Houses
A sympathetic, if patronizing, look into the harsh, itinerant lives of women surviving in the depths of Seattle’s 19th-century urban poverty.
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- A Child Lost in Endicott
A two-year-old boy drowns in a farm watering trough, devastating his family and community.
- The Sacred Garden of the Frontier
A look at the sentimental and pious customs of 1878 Seattle, where the living turned to the Victorian language of flowers to honor the dead.
- The End of the Road for the 'Manitot' Bunco Ring
After weeks of shadowing, Spokane detectives cornered three notorious confidence men in a hotel room, closing the book on a string of swindles that had plagued the city.
- An Electrifying Encounter at the Drug Store
A Seattlite's bonnet catches fire, leading to a rather unconventional rescue by an observant clerk.
- A Bitter Business Rivalry Ends in a Shooting
A Garfield real estate businessman remains in critical condition after being shot in the street by a rival.
- Shingle-Weaver Collapses After Mistaking Poison for Breath Fresheners
An amateur theatrical rehearsal in Tacoma turns into a medical emergency when a man swallows the wrong bottle.
- An International Love-Feast at the Boundary
Washington and British Columbia celebrate the completion of the Fairhaven & Southern Railroad with silver hammers and toasts to a shared future.
- The North Bend Ducking Stool
When a man terrorized his family during a drunken rampage, his neighbors took justice into their own hands with an icy river dip.