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1,001 stories matching friday
- Fire Takes the Jay Gould Shaft House at Chewelah
A Friday-night blaze destroyed the mine's shaft house, its tools and cable, and the blacksmith shop — blamed on heat from the compost packed around the water pipes.
- A Log House Lost at Calispel Lake — and No Insurance to Soften It
A Friday-afternoon fire consumed D. LaForce's substantial log home near Calispel Lake so fast that the family saved none of its contents.
- Fatal Accidental Shooting at Friday Harbor
A fireman aboard the revenue cutter 'Grant' dies after a gun mishandled by a shipmate discharges.
- Friday Night Fights: Newport's Main Street Turns Into a Boxing Ring
A carnival of brawling broke out last Friday, with two railroad camp workers arrested for holding prize fights on the main street and two others charged with assaulting an old man. The jail could have held only a quarter of the crowd.
- A Bribe Offer on the Witness Stand
A Tacoma gambling inquiry turned stranger when the police chief mentioned an attempted payoff—then declined to name names before Friday.
- The Drunk Who Paid the Price: Jessie Johnson’s Fine in Early Wenatchee
A local woman is fined $10 and costs for being drunk and disorderly on the streets last Friday night.
- Six Pleasure-Seekers Leap From a Burning Launch Into the Lewis River
A Friday-night outing turned into an hour in neck-deep water before lumbermen built a raft and brought everyone back alive.
- The Siege and Tragedy at Friday Harbor
A reclusive farmer's descent into madness and murder in the San Juan Islands ended in a gruesome, fiery standoff with local law enforcement.
- The River Lifeline of Early Snohomish
Operating under Captain J. S. Hill, the steamer Fanny Lake provided essential freight and transit services for the growing Snohomish community.
- The Tragedy at Fernhill
A domestic dispute in a Tacoma suburb ends in a horrific murder-suicide, leaving a community shaken.
- Tragic Discovery at Wall Street Mill
The body of a local sawyer who vanished days earlier is recovered from the bay, confirming fears of an industrial accident.
- Hillyard Votes to Ask Spokane to Take It In
The new Good Citizens' League of the railroad town of Hillyard decided at a Friday night meeting to push for annexation to Spokane, appointing a committee to draw up the resolutions.
- Valentine Nollen Drowns in the Snohomish River
A local man, known affectionately as 'Dutchy,' loses his life to the river, sparking an official inquiry into his final moments.
- When 500 Knights Paraded Through Seattle: The 1893 Pythian Bash
The Knights of Pythias marked their 30th anniversary with a grand parade, a ball for 1,500 at Armory Hall, and a secret ritual—while scouting land for a proposed Pythian home.
- The Unsuccessful Shingle Mill Debt Collector
A laborer at a Ballard shingle mill attempts to collect back wages with his fists, but ends up in a brawl with his employer.
- The Solar Plexus Surprise
A local storekeeper's attempt to act tough with a schoolgirl ends in a swift, painful lesson.
- A Friday Harbor Citizen Tells a Rival Editor to Pack His Bags and Go
When the San Juan Graphic blamed saloons for driving settlers to Orcas Island, a letter-writer fired back: if the moral air is so pure over there, why not start your paper there—we'll see you off with a band.
- The Ballroom Ignored the Flames: Olympia’s Nonchalant Dance Amidst Disaster
While citizens and firemen battled a blaze at the Washington Hotel on Friday evening, revelers inside continued dancing with startling indifference to the falling cinders.
- The Coroner Who Left a Body in the Ditch
A freight train killed a man on the tracks near Satus, but the coroner did not reach the scene until Friday, leaving the body where the engine had thrown it.
- Steamboat Showdown: Mabel vs. Clan McDonald on the Snohomish
A Friday afternoon steamer race from the mouth of the Snohomish River to Priest Point drew a crowd to the Everett wharf, with both captains claiming victory.
- A Poisoner Walked Chewelah by Night, and Twenty Dogs Never Came Home
Poisoned meat was scattered indiscriminately through town on a Friday night. Fourteen dogs were dead by the next noon, nearly twenty by Sunday morning, and the owners put up a reward for a culprit who was never named.
- She Left County Limerick as a Child and Died on North Fourth Street
Mrs. William Ryan crossed the Atlantic at seven, buried her first husband in Walla Walla in 1871, married again, and raised six children. Her funeral leaves the family home at 115 North Fourth on Friday afternoon.
- A Saw’s Deadly Snap: A Local Man’s Leg Shattered by a Flying Blade
In a grim reminder of the dangers inherent to Aberdeen’s booming timber industry, A.J. Fields suffered a compound fracture of the femur when machinery at Karr’s new mill exploded in violence last Friday.
- Walla Walla Students Burn Their Fired Principal in Effigy Downtown
After the school board ignored every recommendation and deposed high school principal E. J. Klemme without warning, pupils took to the main street Friday night with a straw man and a match.
- Carving the Foundation for the World's Fair
The Cosmopolis mill is busy prepping massive logs to form the foundation of the Washington state building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.