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28 stories matching fountain
- Free Water, No Horse Basin
The W.C.T.U. won permission for three small free fountains downtown—one basin for people, one for dogs, none for horses.
- The Hitching Post Fountain
A historic Seattle landmark, rescued from use as a stable hitching post, is restored to its purpose by the W.C.T.U. and the Good Templars.
- The Soda Fountain Swap
A regular customer at a local Seattle soda fountain finds himself unexpectedly toasted by a new clerk who can't distinguish between pineapple syrup and brandy.
- A Monument to Pullman Ingenuity
Washington State College students transform a massive boulder into a public water fountain at the Northern Pacific depot, marking a new chapter in town-gown cooperation.
- Richland Builds a Community Fountain
Town residents donate labor and money to add a centerpiece to Amon Park.
- The Rockets Turned Around: Tacoma's Fourth of July Went Up in a Sheet of Flame
A spark touched off the entire $500 pyrotechnic stock at Wright Park, driving rockets and bombs into a crowd of thousands and leaving women and children burned, trampled and briefly lost in the smoke.
- Brutal Saloon Brawl Leaves Man with Fractured Skull
A card game dispute at a Seattle saloon escalated into a violent attack, landing two brothers in police custody.
- The Grand 1904 Fourth of July Prep
Tacoma readies a massive celebration featuring an electric fountain and a municipal fundraising drive for a 'monstrous' patriotic event.
- The Church as a Public Refuge
Rev. Wallace Nutting argues that churches should be open 24/7, serving the city as community centers with drinking fountains and social services rather than just Sunday pulpits.
- The Books Don't Lie: A County's Debt Fight Comes Down to the Fine Print
A contributed broadside against Stevens County's Democratic commissioners argues that a $14,776 'reduction' in the county debt hides $44,420 in new warrants — and the highest tax take in county history.
- The Berry Patch Heist
A Highlands family returns from their harvest to find a stranger in their home and their silverware missing.
- Holiday Revels and the 'Bronze Fountain' at Port Gamble
A glimpse into a settler's New Year’s social circle in 1877, featuring ambitious landscaping, amateur theater, and a bustling mill town economy.
- A Pioneer's 40-Year Fight for Land the Indian Wars Took
Isaiah W. Bryant's 1895 petition traced how he fled his White River donation claim during the 1855-56 war, lost his savings, and waited decades for the land office to act.
- Spokane City Council Cracks Down on 'Box' Saloons
In a move against the private partitioned rooms often associated with vice, the city council refuses to renew liquor licenses for establishments keeping doors on their booths.
- The Temperance Raid on Yesler Avenue
While the city struggled to recover from the Great Fire, police cracked down on a saloon operating in defiance of the mayor’s emergency prohibition order.
- The Mysterious Poisoning at the Fountain
A peculiar outbreak of illness in Seattle leaves townspeople baffled after drinking from a public water source.
- The Northern Pacific's 'Remarkable' Ghost Stories
When the Northern Pacific Railroad tried to claim public land, their dubious land-grant 'discoveries' sparked a week of local outrage that exposed corporate greed.
- The Persistent Con-Artist of Jackson Street
A former hack driver and theater waiter uses elaborate stories and forged checks to swindle local merchants, only to be caught by a vigilant detective.
- Seattle’s Forgotten Filipino Poets—and the Prejudice They Turned into Verse
A 1928 Filipino Forum essay introduces Narciso Ines and a circle of Northwest poets writing beauty and protest from the margins of Seattle life.
- A Scuffle on the Tide Flats
A local officer tracks stolen goods to a Chinese laundry on the Seattle waterfront, leading to a desperate hand-to-hand struggle.
- The Forgotten Spring of Cherry Street
City Treasurer Adolph Krug proposes reviving a historic natural spring near Sixth and Cherry to provide free, pure water to the city.
- A Republican Landslide—and a Socialist Spark—in Newport's 1908 Election
Stevens County swept Republican by roughly 1,000 votes, but Newport precinct drew just 267 of 333 registered voters and saw the Socialist tally more than double from nine to twenty-one.
- A Costly Slip: The Sink That Flooded Pioneer Square
A plumber’s oversight at a dry goods shop leads to a deluge that ruins thousands of dollars in stock, exposing the fragility of Seattle’s burgeoning commercial district.
- The Creamery Valleys: A State Dairy Tour Finds Prosperity in Northeast Washington
Washington’s dairy commissioner rides the rails and a river steamer through the Kalispell and Colville valleys, where a new co-operative creamery, purebred Jerseys, and farmers’ butter are remaking the countryside.
- The Great Reflux: How Seattle’s ‘Back Door’ Boom Is Reshaping the Territory
While the world watches wars in Europe and Asia, Washington Territory is filling up with immigrants arriving via the 'back entrance' of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Local farmers are clearing land at breakneck speed, betting on a future where Seattle becomes the grain capital of the world.
Also about this, in other words
- Tacoma’s Costly Water Scandal
City officials discover that the expensive gravity-fed water system sold to the public is a fiction, sparking a search for accountability.
- Everett Pushes for a City-Owned Water System
Advocates argue that water is a public necessity, not a commodity for private corporate profit.
- The Great Tacoma Water Heist
City leaders uncover a massive discrepancy in the city's newly purchased water plant after boosters inflated the daily flow of local springs.
- The Victorian Era's Original 'Manosphere' Rant
A satirical lecture from 1879 captures the era's obsession with policing women's appearances and the absurdity of 'social performance' in the Pacific Northwest.
- The Unfiltered Reality of Tacoma’s Water
An exposé reveals that the city's water supply flume runs through backyards and cesspools, gathering filth before reaching the tap.
- City Council Weighs Engineer's Mill Creek Water Plan
A new proposal for a gravity water system faces heavy criticism for its staggering cost and potential legal entanglements over water rights.
- The Boodle Scandal at the Falls
Citizens storm the courthouse to stop an exorbitant, million-dollar water-works project they claim is rife with city hall corruption.
- The Half-Million Dollar Idea
A Tacoma inventor discovers a clever water-powered pump that draws the attention of a major syndicate.