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55 stories matching housekeep
- The Maple Leaf Housekeeper Feud
A physical altercation between two men over a housekeeper leads to a warrant for assault with a deadly weapon.
- Housekeeper Faces Years in Prison Over Forged Check
A Spokane woman, pressed into service as a housekeeper for a local millionaire, finds herself sentenced to years in prison for a modest $54 forgery.
- 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.
- The Unseen Labor of a Male Housekeeper
A rare 1888 account reveals a 'male housekeeper' performing the exhaustive, often back-breaking daily labor typically expected of women, in a time when such roles were strictly gender-segregated.
- A $56 Check Sends a Housekeeper to Prison for Up to 14 Years
Mrs. Maybelle Coitrell, desperate for work, forged a Spokane millionaire's name—and drew a sentence that outweighed the theft many times over.
- The Housekeeper and the Watch
A man who unsuccessfully campaigned for a police badge finds himself chasing a thief after a disastrous job interview.
- The First Death Sentence in Stevens County
After a murder conviction for the killing of his housekeeper, William Frederick Jahns faces the gallows in a landmark legal case for the region.
- The Shrewd Landlady of Kennewick
A local boarding house manager turns a favor into a profitable transaction, proving that in the rental business, every crumb counts.
- The Bachelor's Defiant Defense
A long-time squatter proves his sanity after his sister and brother-in-law attempt to seize his property by branding him 'crazy'.
- The Trial of James F. Logan
A murder trial in Colville stalls as the court struggles to find an impartial jury among citizens who have already read the details in the press.
- The Housekeeper's Lie: A Seattle Wife's Wild Chase to Honolulu
A servant's false tale of an elopement sends a Seattle grocer's wife racing to the Islands, while the scheming housekeeper quietly ships the family's furniture to San Francisco.
- A Widow's Accusation and a Rancher's Denial
August Polinski, 68, is charged with assaulting his housekeeper near Camden; he calls the case a shakedown, and the hearing is postponed to Feb. 15.
- The Day the Boardwalk Burned: Seattle’s Most Audacious Arson Attempt
On a quiet April afternoon in 1900, an arsonist tried to torch the home of Judge E. H. Scott on Yesler Way. A brave housekeeper fought back with a poker, saving her employer and thwarting the fire.
- The Notary and the Disputed Deed
Ida Jones’s charge that notary Charles C. Kramer impersonated a police officer over a disputed deed was dismissed.
- Abandoned and Searching
A young German immigrant mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to survive in Seattle with her two small children.
- The Quiet Passing of an Early Settler
Ellen Francis Hewlett, one of the first women to establish a home in North Yakima, passes away after a long illness.
- The Tragic End of a Seattle Art Teacher
After struggling to establish her art classes in Seattle, a young California woman takes her own life using poison purchased at a local drugstore.
- A Father Arrested Following Neighborhood Intervention
A teenage girl is taken to police headquarters by her neighbors, leading to the arrest of her father in a case of alleged abuse.
- Seattle’s Legal Housekeeping: The City Council Decides to Clean Up Its Own Act
In 1899, Seattle’s leaders admitted their laws were a mess and hired two experts to fix it—proving that bureaucratic confusion is an old problem.
- Ballard Wedding Celebrated with Community Cheer
Miss Jennie Dow and Mr. John Kyle were wed in a ceremony attended by local family and friends at the Dow home in Ballard.
- Death Reared Its Horrid Head: Steam Heater Explosion Kills Two Men in Downtown Seattle
A careless Japanese fireman left a boiler unattended at Second and Washington, causing a catastrophic explosion that killed one man instantly and mortally wounded another.
- The Invisible Laborers of 1891 Seattle
A glimpse into the daily domestic and service-based grind through the classified advertisements of a booming pioneer city.
- Tacoma’s Clubwomen Launch First 'Homemakers' School'
Prominent local women seek to professionalize domestic labor through a new technical curriculum, even as they face a citywide housing crunch.
- A Violent Summer Storm Sweeps the Yakima Valley
While Kennewick escaped the worst of the wind and rain, neighboring Prosser saw a church burn to the ground after a lightning strike.
- The Fourth Annual Whitman County Fruit Fair
A look back at the 1890s agricultural exhibition in Colfax, where local growers competed for prestige and prizes.