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11 stories matching hampton
- The Garden Prank That Sour-Ed a Marriage
A husband’s elaborate scheme to fool his wife with gilded pebbles backfires, leaving the household in a state of icy tension.
- The Battle for the First Strawberry Crate
When J. E. Hampton picked the first strawberries of the season in Hover, the Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union intervened to ensure the credit went to Kennewick.
- The Housekeeper's Revenge
A Seattle gunsmith returns home to find his entire household cleared out by his disgruntled housekeeper, setting off a local legal tug-of-war.
- A Sneeze Proves Dangerous for Injured Palouse Woman
A tragicomic recovery setback highlights the fragility of health on the frontier.
- The Ghost of the Seattle Riots
A labor organizer confronts senatorial candidate Thomas Burke over his role in the 1886 anti-Chinese expulsions, challenging the sanitized historical narratives of his political campaign.
- An Infernal Machine on the Tracks
A dangerous, home-made bomb was discovered on the streetcar tracks in Seattle, chilling a city already tense from labor agitation.
- The Four-Year-Old at the Heart of a Custody War
After a day of dueling accusations, Judge Humes rules that little Chester Stewart stays with his mother — and has a word for anyone who would take a child over bad language.
- The Senator Who Called a Race 'Hell on Wheels'
In the smoke-filled backroom of the Seattle Jockey Club in 1888, U.S. Senators discussed tariffs and whiskey while recounting a chaotic horse race where the crowd 'yelled like demons' and hats flew like confetti.
- The Battle for the Navy Yard: Tacoma’s Chamber of Commerce Fights Back
As federal naval commissioners arrive in Seattle to evaluate potential sites for a new shipyard, Tacoma’s business leaders unveil a massive dossier arguing their city’s superiority over Puget Sound.
- The Special Agent's Unlucky Streak
A United States land office agent fears a streak of bad luck after encountering three suicides in three weeks of travel across Washington.
- The Logger’s Dilemma: Why Cheap Labor Is Killing Washington's Future
In a fierce editorial from January 1877, the Puget Sound Dispatch argues that low wages for loggers don't just hurt workers—they stunt the growth of the entire territory, creating a class of 'mental and physical wrecks' instead of future statesmen.