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- A Frontier Promise Kept
In an era of rugged isolation, an anonymous immigrant couple reflects on twenty years of marriage, the silence of their home, and the sudden joy of a child arriving on Christmas Day.
- A Community's Gift to a Stricken Laborer
When a worker was left destitute and suffering from inflammatory rheumatism, local merchants and friends in Seattle rallied to set him up in his own business.
- An Elopement from Seattle
A local woman and her partner slip away in the night, choosing a life together in Whatcom.
- An Umbrella Lesson on Pike Street
A mother tracks her son to a saloon to force him home, wielding her umbrella in a public display of motherly discipline.
- A Community Effort for Overseas Aid
Schools across Benton County unite to gather cast-off clothing for Near East Relief orphanages in Armenia, Syria, and Greece.
- A Domestic Dispute Escalates to Official Intervention
A mother locks her son out of the house, prompting a police response in Seattle.
- A Glimpse of Early Student Life at 'The University'
A parent reflects on the rigorous intellectual environment and the warm, 'family-like' boarding experience at a regional boarding school in Washington Territory.
- The Cultist Behind Bars
Joshua Klein, held in the county jail, claims to be receiving telepathic messages from his followers in Vienna while parents demand their daughters return home.