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  1. Rent Pressures in the Red Light District

    A street worker is arrested after struggling to meet the high rent demands of a boarding house landlord.

    Aug 16, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyHousing & Rent · Nightlife

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  1. The Husking Bee at Learned's Opera House

    Port Townsend society gathers for a successful amateur performance to benefit the Seamen's Bethel.

    Dec 3, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend

  2. The Rural Infrastructure Fight

    Farmers in Hover confront Kennewick business leaders over years of neglected road funding and tax inequity.

    Jun 29, 1916The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick

  3. A Michigan Orator Packs the Armory and Rides Down the Populists

    Roswell G. Horr brings the Republican gospel of protection and sound money to a standing-room crowd in Seattle — and turns the free-silver men in the hall into the evening's comedy act.

    Jun 10, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  4. The Iron Road Reaches the Pacific

    Seattle prepares to welcome Henry Villard, the man behind the Northern Pacific Railroad's completion.

    Sep 15, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerElliott Bay, Seattle

  5. The Hurdy-Gurdy House on Main Street

    A Seattle neighborhood erupts in a formal complaint against the raucous music and nightly disturbances of a Main Street 'hurdy-gurdy house.'

    Feb 17, 1876Puget Sound DispatchMain Street, Seattle

  6. The Hop Fever Gripping Puyallup

    As hop vines hit 21 inches in the fertile valley, a local developer and hop baron makes big moves to capitalize on the boom.

    Apr 14, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuyallup

  7. The Opium Smuggler's Family Courtroom Appeal

    W. H. Horr was convicted on four counts of opium smuggling in Tacoma, but the most dramatic moment came when his lawyer brought his wife and son forward to beg the jury for mercy.

    Jul 29, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  8. The Young Hustlers of Wenatchee

    A local merchant discovers that childhood ambition in the apple capital is already starting to look a lot like big-city corruption.

    Mar 11, 1904The Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-CurrentWenatchee

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