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28 stories matching hasn
- The Mugwump’s Ledger: How Seattle’s Territorial Secretary Gamed the Law Printing Contract
A fierce editorial exposes Secretary Owings for delaying the publication of territorial laws to favor a cronies’ printing bid, while padding the bill with 40 pages of his own party platform.
- The Unstoppable March Toward Women’s Suffrage
A labor newspaper reflects on the sophisticated campaign for the women's vote, arguing that if the home is a woman's sphere, then her voice in government is essential.
- The Political Brawl Over the Seattle Canal
A Yakima newspaper accuses a 'Seattle ring' of bribery and electoral intimidation as local races heat up.
- The Vanishing Gentleman: Tacoma’s Mystery of the Empty Trunk
A well-dressed stranger pays rent in advance, checks into a boarding house, and disappears without a trace—leaving behind only a heavy trunk marked 'Prof. F.L. Hedger.' Locals fear he hasn't just moved on; they suspect a gang of thugs is operating in the city.
- The Ghost Railway of the Okanogan
Investors are clamoring for dividends from a railway that exists only on paper and in the pockets of its promoters.
- The Brutal Assault on a Chinese Laborer in Dayton
A local editor denounces the cowardly beating of a Chinese worker by his employer, highlighting the stark racial injustice and lack of protection for Asian laborers in 1892 Washington.
- The Lawyer, the Judge, and the Rowdy Courtroom
A Seattle attorney’s refusal to follow a justice’s order leads to a standoff, a dramatic arrest, and a courtroom clash that captivated the city.
- The Disappearing Clerk
A Seattle businessman discovers that his missing clerk hasn't just gone quiet—he's vanished with the company's property and left a trail of financial chaos.
- The Heir Who Sold His Parents' Grave
A young Seattle man's inherited fortune was gone, and a request to move his mother and father to a smaller plot exposed a family rupture at the health office.
- The Ghost Railroad Through Cowlitz Pass
Booster papers are peddling impossible surveys for a transcontinental line that exists only in the imagination of speculators.
- The Pioneer Who Never Gave Another Speech After Mt. Baker Erupted
N. V. Sheffer, Whatcom County’s oldest living pioneer, brought his donkey cart to Ferndale’s old-settlers’ reunion—and told why he stopped speaking in public in 1854.
- Gold Fever on the Skagit: A Prospector's Report
Fresh from the gold fields, miners report that the Skagit region is sparkling with riches, promising to make skeptics take a backseat.
- The Battle for the Benton County Roads
Kennewick business leaders protest a county road project, arguing that their tax dollars are being diverted to build infrastructure in empty, undeveloped territory.
- The War on the Tennis Court
A local editor gets into a heated editorial feud with a Kennewick tennis club over patriotism, leisure, and the duty to farm during wartime.
- The Home-Front War Over Patriotism
A fiery editorial from 1917 defends a local lieutenant against armchair critics and challenges the town to support those enlisting for World War I.
- Is the U.S. Weather Bureau a Fraud?
A Tacoma newspaper puts the national weather forecasting service to the test, finding that while local predictions often fail, the bureau struggles most in the capital itself.
- The Democrats Drum Up Candidates—and One Staged His Own Surprise Party
Seattle Democrats organize ward clubs, weigh fusion with Populists and independents, and trade rumors over sheriff, treasurer and prosecutor—including a would-be senator who bought his own gold-headed cane.
- City Council Faces Voter Backlash
Everett council members are accused of ignoring neighborhood ward clubs and killing a streetcar ordinance, a move that may seal their political fate.
- The Lawyer Who Couldn't Help: A Woman’s Disillusionment with Seattle’s Legal System
In April 1877, a desperate woman seeking financial support from her absent husband walked into a Griswold Street lawyer's office, only to leave more skeptical of the legal profession than when she arrived.
- A Seattle Sermon Asks Capital and Labor to Read Scripture Together
At St. Mark's Church, Rev. D. C. Garrett blames class friction on a Christianity forgotten by rich and poor alike—and imagines employers and grievance committees studying Paul side by side.
- The Bachelor Parade Complains
A group of eligible bachelors in White Bluffs publicly protests the 'popularity contest' committee's lackluster descriptions of their romantic qualifications.
- Kennewick's Odd Export: Coyotes and Badgers
While one club captures a coyote mascot, local entrepreneurs find a thriving market shipping live badgers to pet owners.
- Wormy Apples and Four Dollars a Day
A Yakima fruit inspector is accused of idling away his time in the hop yards while infected fruit rolls out of the county — and The Ranch says King County's own pair of inspectors are no better, with wormy apples the rule rather than the exception on every stand in Seattle.
- The Perils of Courting in a Buggy
A livery stable customer recounts a disastrous date involving a runaway horse, a kiss, and a very narrow escape.
- Why the Cascade Mountains Have a 'Stampede'
A swarm of mosquitoes once sent railroad engineers fleeing in a panic that gave a famous mountain pass its permanent name.
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- The Precarious Wealth of a Marcus Bachelor
A wealthy settler in the Colville Valley suffers a public health scare, highlighting the risks of frontier isolation and the burden of managing an estate.
- A Scantling Scuffle at the Boom
A simmering dispute over local timber booms erupts in violence at Chenoise Creek.
- A White-Haired Husband's Thousand-Mile Hunt for the Wife Who Vanished
Since his wife eloped with another man last August, J. B. Small has crisscrossed the country and now reaches Seattle with nothing but a clue and a broken heart.
- A Bank President’s Arrest Leads to a Habeas Corpus Fight
Dr. W. P. Book, former president of the failed Aberdeen bank, is arrested in Seattle and released on $2,000 bond while his lawyers challenge the case.
- An Anonymous Threat in Everett
A local bank janitor receives a typed, skull-and-crossbones threat to leave town or face accusations from his past.
- A Dramatic Arrest and a 'Whisky Fit' at the Police Station
A suspect arrested for jumping a boarding house bill and passing bogus checks collapses in his wife's arms while in police custody.
- Political Tension Turns Violent in Ellensburg
A racially charged argument over the Jack Johnson vs. James Jeffries heavyweight title fight leads to a shooting.
- Fugitive Nabbed in Washington Street Saloon
A Whatcom store owner wanted by the grand jury is apprehended in a Seattle tavern.