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663 stories matching fifteen
- Search Underway for Missing Fern Hill Lad
Police are scouring the city for fifteen-year-old Harry Seaman, who vanished from his home last night.
- Milton School Principal Faces Trial for Brutal Whipping
A fifteen-year-old student was reportedly struck with an iron stove poker, leading her father to press charges against the school administrator.
- Missing Money Lender Feared Dead in the Snow
An elderly man disappears while trekking across a fifteen-mile stretch of frozen prairie near Waterville.
- Search Underway for Missing Fifteen-Year-Old
A Puyallup teenager has vanished, and police suspect she may have run off with a young man.
- The Pugilist and the Hercules: Seattle’s ‘Denver Ed’ Sets Sights on Giant Tom Costello
Local fighter 'Denver Ed' Smith prepares to step into the ring with a massive gunner from the USS Iowa, promising a fifteen-round bout that has the city buzzing.
- A Dangerous Walk Down Jackson Street
An elderly worker suffered a fifteen-foot plunge after falling through a failing street plank on Jackson Street.
- Fifteen Stowaways Discovered in Hyades Cargo Hold
After two weeks at sea, a search of the steamship Hyades revealed fifteen Japanese stowaways hiding among the freight.
- The Tragic Cost of a Long-Standing Feud
A fifteen-year-old boy shoots and kills a man in downtown Oakesdale, Washington, following years of harassment.
- The Eighteenth Promise of Mr. Savage
Olympia's street railway president vows a coal-oil motor, fifteen-minute service, and an Eastside extension—mostly, the paper suspects, for real estate.
- The Tragedy of Fred Lindholm in the Cascades
A Great Northern Railway laborer is found buried under fifteen feet of snow near Madison station, eight days after disappearing during a violent winter storm.
- The Postmistress Who Handled the Mail Through Smallpox
An outbreak at Maud sickened about fifteen families, exposed the mail, and brought a special quarantine officer to town in the winter of 1907–08.
- The Governor’s Nightmare Road
An editorial critique of the state's failure to maintain a fifteen-mile stretch of road between Richland and Benton City.
- The Business of Mourning in the Civil War
As the casualty lists from the front lines grew, the private industry of embalming rose to meet a grim public need in Olympia and across the nation.
- City Council Denies Police Expansion Amidst Infrastructure Debates
Aldermen reject a bid for fifteen additional officers while debating the undergrounding of electric wires.
- Youthful Offender Under Evaluation for Possible Insanity
A fifteen-year-old boy remains in custody following a series of assaults, with court officials weighing the prospect of psychiatric care over criminal prosecution.
- Fifteen Homeowners Ride to Seattle in a Private Car and Win Their Streetcars
West Twelfth Street property owners corner the street railway president in Seattle and come home with ten-minute service for ninety days — and a promise about double track.
- Spokane Thug Receives Fifteen-Year Sentence
A brazen criminal shows little remorse after being convicted of holding up a Union Park meat market.
- Expansion of the Trunk Line
A new streetcar line extends into Seattle's residence districts, promising improved views and transit connectivity.
- Tacoma's Labor Council Pledges to Keep Chinese Out For Good
Invoking the same 'Committee of Fifteen' that drove the city's Chinese residents out in 1885, the Tacoma Trades Council passes resolutions to block any return and calls an anti-Chinese mass meeting.
- The Girls' Guild of Guy
Without adult supervision, fifteen young girls organize their own charitable aid society to support the Sunday school.
- Fifteen Years of Litigation for a Single Plot of Land
A landmark land dispute between Perry Lawrence and J. G. Potter near Garfield nears its end after a decade and a half of courtroom battles.
- A Seattle Party Ran Fifteen Deer Into Puget Sound — Then Shot Them From Boats
Vashon Island settlers had let the local deer grow so tame they were a familiar sight. Then one snowy dawn a hunting party came over from Seattle with five hounds and swept the herd into the water.
- A Steep Price for Three Dollars' Worth of Wood
A father and his fifteen-year-old son were sentenced to pay a staggering fine—$46 total—after being caught pilfering scrap lumber from the city wharf.
- The Fifteen-Inning Thriller at Madison Street Park
A grueling, marathon baseball game between Seattle and Spokane ends in a walk-off home run that turns the crowd into 'howling maniacs.'
- The Brutal Winter of 1893
A historic freeze and heavy snows devastate livestock across the region, while Seattle's own marginalized residents struggle to survive the record-breaking cold.