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13 stories matching ferdinand
- The Gentleman Wood-Sawyer of Seattle
When a young man’s romantic and financial future hung in the balance, he traded his social standing for an axe to impress a boarding-house landlady’s daughter.
- Seattle Tried to Garden Its Way Out of Unemployment
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting, civic leaders pledged vacant land, tools and seed so jobless families could grow vegetables through the winter, borrowing a relief plan from Detroit.
- The Trial of Ferdinand Falkenbarg
A shooting incident involving the 'Duke of York' and his family sparks outrage in Port Townsend, revealing the complex, fading status of local Indigenous leaders in the frontier era.
- The Case of the Missing Pocket Watch
A Tacoma family's frantic search for a stolen heirloom ends when a toddler is found with the culprit in his overalls.
- The Ballard City Hall Meltdown
A local council meeting descends into chaos as officials trade corruption accusations and threats of physical violence.
- The Forged Passports of Seattle's Chinese Exclusion Era
A federal investigation reveals how corrupt officials exploited the Chinese Exclusion Act for profit by forging entry certificates.
- The Man Accused of Starting the Great Seattle Fire Gets a New Trial—and Denies He Did It
J. W. Tollman, convicted of robbing a butcher, wins a new trial; he also confronts the old rumor that he knocked over the glue pot that burned Seattle in 1889.
- Trapped in the Arlington Hotel Elevator
A young woman is painfully pinned in a harrowing accident at one of Seattle's premier hotels.
- Smelter Worker Crushed in Workplace Accident
A man working at the Tacoma smelter was killed while moving freight cars; a tragic reminder of the dangers of industrial labor at the turn of the century.
- The City Rallies for Roslyn
Seattle organizations and individuals pool resources to support the widows and orphans of a devastating coal mine disaster.
- A Counterfeit Paper Trail Runs Through Seattle
Seattle customs officials insist no forged Chinese registration certificates have surfaced here, while the stories of two men tied to a San Francisco counterfeiting ring spill into Tacoma and Port Townsend.
- The 1895 Push to Split Seattle From King County
A Chamber of Commerce meeting with new state legislators turned into a drive to separate Seattle from King County—and to force the school board to live within its means.
- A Gun Under His Nose: The North Seattle Highwaymen Go on Trial
John Murphy and two alleged accomplices are identified by the laborer they robbed at Front and Clay, while a second sandbagging case ends in a sealed verdict.
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- The Miner Who Went Back to Warn Them
In the Franklin mine disaster, young Joseph Dawson chose to save his fellows and lost his own life—an editorial page's portrait of ordinary courage.
- The Great Austrian Hunt: A Sunday Afternoon Panic in Kennewick
When rumors spread that a Mexican revolutionary was hoisting the Huerta flag on Second Street, Chief of Police Cope and his deputies launched a dramatic chase. The 'insurgent' turned out to be an innocent Austrian worker looking for directions.
- A Frontier Reckoning
A chance meeting at a wilderness camp forces a man to confront the guard who once brutalized him in a French prison.
- The Unsinkable Seaman
After losing his leg in a shipboard accident, an American sailor invents a wooden limb that keeps him working the high seas.
- A Floral Welcome for the Papal Delegate
Thousands of roses decorated the Tacoma Hotel for the visiting representative of Pope Leo XIII, sparking a debate over Seattle’s 'modest' standing.
- The Despair of an Unemployed Laborer
Unable to find work due to a permanent injury, a Scotsman living in Tacoma ends his life.
- A Missed Deadline for the Rainier Avenue Line
A failed payment leads to the forfeiture of earnest money for a local electric railway.
- The Imaginary Mine of Seattle's Would-Be Count of Monte Cristo
A charming elderly German claimed a Mexican mine, a California ranch and a German inheritance—then paid for gifts with checks no Seattle bank would honor.