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132 stories matching french
- Waitsburg Farmers Bet on Thoroughbred Power
Prominent farmers have formed a new association to import a champion French Percheron stallion, signaling a major investment in regional agricultural prestige.
- The War on Sugar Consumption
Federal Food Administrator Charles Hebbard urges Washington residents to slash sugar intake to provide emergency rations for French allies.
- The Day Seattle Died (And Didn’t): A Telegraphic Blunder
A faulty cable connection and a panicked operator convinced the world that local industrialist John Sherman had passed away. The resulting obituary was so lavish it nearly became his own biography.
- State Agriculture Director Makes His Bid for Governor
E. L. French, architect of Washington's administrative code and farm advocate, officially announces his Republican candidacy for Governor.
- A Diplomatic Salute in Fort Blakely
A French ship captain, confused by the celebratory shouting in a local harbor, fires a salute in honor of the wrong man.
- Fisticuffs in the Courtroom
A trial in Walla Walla turns into a brawl as attorneys abandon legal arguments for physical confrontation.
- The French Laundry Showdown
A bitter labor dispute over an engineer's credentials at the French Laundry reveals the intense struggle for union recognition in 1912 Everett.
- The French Laundry Placed on 'Unfair' List
A multi-month dispute between the engineers' union and the local laundry service ends with a formal boycott by the Everett Trades Council.
- The Seattle Barber Who Became a Spy
A letter to the editor recalls John Waller, a Black Seattle barber and lawyer, now sentenced to twenty years by a French court-martial as a spy for the Hovas.
- The French Spy Storms the Seattle Stage
A grand military drama brings the fall of Algiers to the Seattle Theater, complete with smoke, grenades, and a Turkish bell dance.
- A Socialite's Call to the Mexican Border
Mrs. Seth Barton French, a veteran of the European war, seeks to establish hospitals on the Mexican border amid rising tensions.
- Armed Attack at Local Restaurant
A man fired a revolver through the glass of a French restaurant after being refused service late at night.
- The Labor War Over a Restaurant Window Card
A local cafe finds itself at odds with the Cooks and Waiters' Union in a dispute over unionization and laundry services.
- The Stand-off at Puyallup
Railroad graders on the Puyallup reservation refuse to leave, citing their status as citizen-landowners against federal military orders.
- The French Commissioner and the Future of Seattle’s Parks
A noted French horticulturist visits Seattle, praising the region's natural potential and the 'enchanted' vision for a grand boulevard system around the city's lakes.
- A Drunk Man, Two Women, and a $170 Lawsuit Against a Tacoma Saloon
F. E. Ellison says two women working at the Globe saloon-hotel rolled him while he was drunk. The proprietor says he is not responsible.
- The Christmas Eve Brawl at the French Woman’s Saloon
A holiday celebration in Seattle ends in a violent saloon assault, leaving a mill worker clinging to life.
- The Shadow of Foot and Mouth Disease
Director French holds firm on strict quarantine measures against California imports to keep Washington State's agricultural sector safe from contagion.
- Gold Rush Fever Returns to Swauk Creek
A new gold strike in the 'old French pocket' sends miners racing back to the historic camp with reports of high-value veins.
- A Fugitive's Reckoning
A French woman sues her partner for $15,000 after he allegedly abandoned her in America—while he sits in jail for human trafficking.
- The Debt of the Pioneer
A legal summons from 1883 reveals the precarious nature of early settlement, as Thomas French sues Luther L. Thomas over an unpaid debt for 'board and lodging'.
- The French Laundry War
When an abusive husband tried to have his wife and her assistant evicted and arrested, he found that the women of the 'French Laundry' weren't going down without a fight.
- The Gloves Scandal of Front Street
A bitter public dispute erupts in 1886 Seattle between dry goods merchants over the authenticity of French-imported kid gloves.
- The Registration Wars of 1892
A political brawl spills into the courts as Tacoma’s city clerk is arrested for refusing to register voters pushed by out-of-town Democratic ward workers.
- The Commissioner Battle Finally Settled
After an election victory and months of legal maneuvering, C. E. DeBow prepares to take his seat as County Commissioner despite an appeal.