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| Year | Stories |
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| 1909 | 3 |
| 1911 | 1 |
4 stories matching guggenheim
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- The Guggenheim-Morgan Industrial Play for Tacoma
A proposed $20 million expansion of the Tacoma smelter and a new fleet of ships aim to cement a copper monopoly on the Pacific coast.
- The Great Auto Dash to Puget Sound
A multi-millionaire mining tycoon sponsors a massive automobile race from New York City to Tacoma to boost the dream of a national highway.
- Seattle Will Sell Itself With a Coast-to-Coast Motor Race
Boosters lay plans for a New York-to-Seattle endurance run timed to the opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, with Robert Guggenheim putting up a $2,000 trophy and $5,300 in prizes for the first five cars home.
- The Rising Cost of Living Hits Washington Workers
As inflation outpaces wage growth, labor organizers argue that true relief for the worker can only be found in shorter hours and better conditions.
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- The Prizefighter’s Penance: John L. Sullivan in Seattle
After his high-profile prizefight in the Pacific Northwest, boxing legend John L. Sullivan faces a harsh judicial reality in a Seattle courtroom.
- A City Councilman Fights Back After Late-Night Arrest
Alderman Dr. J. Eugene Jordan demands that his colleagues condemn the ‘un-American’ manner of his recent police apprehension.
- John L. Sullivan’s Gift of Gratitude
A famous prize-fighter leaves a $25 gold penknife for the Tacoma theater manager who returned his lost $135 check.
- A Baron's Multimillion-Dollar Gift Challenges Prejudice
Baron Hirsch authorizes a massive donation to support Jewish immigration, prompting a rare editorial rebuke of anti-Semitic stereotypes in the Pacific Northwest.
- Grain Warehouse Collapse Kills Pioneer Settler
A Frenchman sleeping in a Spofford grain office was crushed when heavy rains caused the building to buckle under its own weight.
- The Passing of Seattle’s Musical Matriarch
Remembering Martha B. Churchill, a Liszt protégé who defined early Seattle’s cultural life.
- The Sudden Death of William J. Kulp
A Seattlite collapses on First Avenue while out for a morning cigar, leaving behind a family and a community in shock.
- The Secretive Life of a Wealthy Pioneer
A ventriloquist who became a wealthy Seattle landlord dies with no family to claim his riches.