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| 1860 | 1 |
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| 1877 | 40 |
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| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 41 |
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| 1885 | 38 |
| 1886 | 22 |
| 1887 | 38 |
| 1888 | 32 |
| 1889 | 70 |
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| 1892 | 82 |
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- The Telegraph's Sudden Pivot
Seattle paper accused of selling out to Tacoma interests over the Lake Washington canal.
- The Great Northern Arrives
The first passenger train from the East signals a new era of rail competition and economic expansion for Seattle.
- The Anarchist’s Pamphleteer
While the nation held its breath over the Haymarket executions in Chicago, a woman faced down Seattle police to distribute radical literature on Government Square.
- Seattle's Cutoff Conundrum
Superintendent Wilson triggers a neighborhood uprising by shutting off water to hundreds of residents who missed payment deadlines.
- A Day of Mayhem at City Hall
A Seattle newspaper recounts a chaotic Tuesday for the city's 'reform administration' involving a runaway engine, a fired official, and a physical assault on an editor.
- The City Hall Newspaper War
Seattle's Board of Aldermen is embroiled in a heated dispute over city printing contracts, with critics alleging the fix is already in.
- The Defendant as a Plaything of the State
A legal battle over repeated arrests for the same charge highlights the arbitrary power of local prosecutors in 1890s Seattle.
- The Great Mud Flat Land War
An armed confrontation breaks out over disputed tide lands as settlers use cannon and rifles to defend their property claims.
- A Mother and Baby Slain in South Seattle — and Talk of Lynching
An outraged neighborhood whispers of mob justice for Henry Cramer, but the Post-Intelligencer insists that a circumstantial case must go to an impartial trial.
- Midnight Intrusion at the County Jail
A night watchman thwarts a brazen break-in attempt at the Seattle jailhouse after a tense standoff.
- The Battle for the Navy Yard: Port Orchard vs. Lake Washington
A naval commission has officially recommended Port Orchard as the future site for a navy yard, but local boosters of Lake Washington aren't giving up, citing fresh water anchorage and commercial synergy.
- The Struggle for Seattle's Police Chief
A power struggle erupts between the city's gambling interests and a Chief of Police who refuses to play their game.
- The Price of Healing: Seattle’s 1899 'Medical Trust' Controversy
When the Seattle Star exposed a secret fee schedule used by local doctors to set prices, the city’s medical establishment pushed back, sparking a fierce debate over whether health care was a public right or a protected monopoly.
- The Cloroform Clue in the Felling Murder
A specific bottle shape found at a murder scene leads investigators to a Tacoma drug store, renewing interest in a local killing.
- The City’s Scrip Solution
With municipal bonds stalled during the 1893 depression, Seattle weighs paying workers in city-issued scrip to keep public projects moving.
- The Great 'Beer Hall' False Alarm
A late-night fire scare in 1877 Seattle sends the city into a panic, only to reveal how quickly a rumor could mobilize a crowd and expose the city's nerves.
- The Unlucky Bachelor of Seattle
A cautionary tale from the 1880s about the perils of marriage and the high-speed heartbreak of being a widower in a hurry.
- The Political Machine vs. Mr. Humes
A fiery struggle over county boundaries reveals a deep-seated battle between Seattle’s citizenry and the powerful railroad political machine.
- City Leaders Arrested for Licensing Flop
Seattle's Acting Mayor and Water Superintendent find themselves on the wrong side of their own municipal ordinances.
- The Steel Giant That Will Double Seattle’s Population
An editorial analysis of the Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works in Kirkland, predicting how a single industrial site will transform King County into a manufacturing hub.
- The Fight for the Ten-Hour Day on the Puget Sound
A historic, voluntary move by the Puget Mill Company to limit the workday sparks a push for better labor conditions in the mills.
- The Perils of the Lumber Truck
A young boy narrowly escapes a gruesome fate after a tumble on Seattle's busy waterfront.
- The Boy Who Saw His Own Death: A Seattle Tragedy of Premonition and Fate
In October 1876, a young professor driving near Seattle experienced a chilling vision of his own demise just days before he was killed in a runaway carriage accident.
- The Deed Was Too Generous: Yesler's Estate Sues to Take Back a Slice of Seattle
A forgotten 1892 complaint by Seattle's founding figure is revived by his administrators, who say a mutual mistake gave away too much of the Yesler donation claim.
- Canada Bans Seattle's 'Depraved' Tabloids
Provincial authorities in Victoria and Vancouver slam the border shut on Seattle newspapers deemed too obscene for public consumption.