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- The Railroad Finally Calls It Mount Rainier
Under pressure from a newspaper expedition and the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, the Northern Pacific abandons 'Mount Tacoma' in its maps and ads.
- A Gold-Headed Cane for the Mill Superintendent
Workers in Whatcom (modern-day Bellingham) threw a New Year's ball to honor their boss, celebrating the tight-knit community of the Pacific Northwest milling towns.
- The Great Tent That Flopped: Seattle’s First Major Spectacle Washed Out
In October 1876, the famous Montgomery Queen's Circus arrived in Seattle with a massive tent and twenty trained horses, only for torrential rain to collapse their grand opening. A rare look at early Seattle entertainment and civic life.
- The Perfect Counterfeit
Spokane police investigate a sophisticated operation producing high-quality gold fakes that fool local businesses.
- A Gold Cane for the Schoolmaster
Parents at the Latona school gathered to honor their teachers with gifts of opera glasses and a gold-headed cane after a successful school term.
- John L. Sullivan’s Gift of Gratitude
A famous prize-fighter leaves a $25 gold penknife for the Tacoma theater manager who returned his lost $135 check.
- The Mystery of the Man from Montesano
A body found in Willapa Bay points to a potential crime that has the region asking questions.
- The New Columbian Stamps Debut in Seattle
A commemorative series featuring historical scenes marks a new era in American postal design, arriving at the Seattle Post Office on New Year's Day, 1893.
- The High Cost of the Great Seattle Rebuild
A six-week-old restaurant is auctioned off for parts, revealing the volatility of life in post-fire Seattle.
- A Labor Leader’s Farewell
Everett’s labor community packs the Labor Temple to celebrate the departure of organizer Rose B. Moore.
- A Silver Chest for the Political Boss
Prominent Republicans gather at the Rainier Club to honor John H. McGraw with a lavish testimonial of solid silver for his role in the senatorial contest.
- Tales of Torture at McNeil Island Penitentiary
A newly released prisoner brings harrowing allegations of medical neglect, forced labor, and death to the attention of Seattle officials.
- The Milk Shed Built Over the Sewage
A Seattle weekly prints a photograph of the city's largest dairy depot — a ramshackle shed on pilings over the tide flats — and dares the health inspectors to explain why nothing is being done.
- The 1889 Dream of Instantaneous Picture Transmission
A Seattle man claims to have invented an electrical device capable of sending handwritten notes and drawings over telegraph wires at the speed of a pen, promising to revolutionize newspaper journalism.
- The Forgotten Safety Practice of 1885
A century and a half before GPS trackers, a Snohomish County editor offered a simple, low-tech solution for the perennial heartbreak of a lost child: use indelible ink.
- The Child Star of Seattle’s Stage
A young actress becomes the youngest protege of a local theater empire.
- The Man With the President's Letters Wants Seattle's Post Office
A Republican who crossed party lines for Grover Cleveland is angling for the Seattle postmastership — carrying a scrapbook of presidential favors and one inconvenient piece of hometown gossip.
- The Brutal Statistics of Poverty in 1880
A report in the Seattle Daily Intelligence uses cold, hard data to argue that the 'reproduction of capital'—human life—is threatened by the crushing weight of poverty and labor conditions.
- The Unsolved Disappearance of John H. Wisely
A man disappears from his home in broad daylight, only for his body to be discovered days later on the shores of Elliott Bay.
- The Land Office Conspiracy: Bogus Papers for Sale to Chinese
A federal inspector's raid in Spokane exposes a ring allegedly forging Chinese registration certificates — with a land-office registrar among the accused.
- The Stranger at the Clarendon Hotel
A young man arrives in Seattle, keeps to himself, and ends his life in a locked hotel room, leaving behind only a name that may not be his own.
- A Gold-Headed Cane for the Man Who Stayed on the Phone in a Burning Mine
Newcastle honored C.C. Anderson, who kept giving orders to trapped miners as the roof burned above him.
- The Key-House Raid: Seattle Police Break Up a Gambling Club
Chief Rogers raided the Union Club in the Cobb Block, seizing 1,150 chips and 63 decks of cards—and arresting two men who each claimed to be in charge.
- A Five-Cent Lunchroom Where Men Are Barred
In the Shorey building, Mrs. Flora D. Brown runs a noonday refuge for Seattle’s shop and factory women, serving soup, coffee and a welcome for a few pennies—and keeping the men firmly outside.
- The Glasshouse Farm That Fed Seattle's Hotels
In 1898, an editor toured a Lake Washington model farm where seven greenhouses and a prize Jersey herd supplied the city's finest tables.