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- The Roslyn Coal Strike and the 'Supplanting' of Labor
As a wave of five hundred Black miners from Illinois arrives by rail to replace striking workers in Roslyn, the Yakima Herald records the cold mechanics of industrial strikebreaking.
- A Grandmother's Bonds: Walla Walla Man Finds a $75,000 Inheritance After 20 Years
E. L. Smalley learns he is one of five heirs to $75,000 in government bonds and 80 acres near Quincy, Illinois—an estate that has waited two decades in chancery court for missing family to be found.
- The Final Roll Call for Col. Thaddeus Phillips
A veteran of the 32nd Illinois Volunteers, who saw hard service at Pittsburg Landing, passes away in Seattle.
- A Romantic Tragedy at the Ravenna Ravine
A couple from Illinois, caught in a horse-drawn carriage accident, met a fatal end in Seattle's wilder outskirts.
- The Ghost of Olympia Found
After years of speculation, the identity of a mysterious fugitive hiding in Olympia is revealed as a disgraced Kentucky cashier.
- A Seattle Pioneer Returns to the Frontier
After surviving a family tragedy on Whidbey Island, a pioneer returns to the West to rebuild his life.
- The Passionate Letters of a Skagit Rancher
A middle-aged man is arrested after his illicit love letters to a married woman in Illinois are discovered following her death.
- The Passing of a Pioneer
John Cain, a sturdy rail-splitter and pioneer of the Puget Sound, passes away in Blaine at age 86.
- The Disappearance of the Bridge Carpenter
A missing worker, a night of drinking, and a suspicious vacuum in the city's saloons.
- The Senator’s Crusade for Public Education
An 1882 Congressional proposal sought to use whiskey tax revenue to fund the nation's public schools, promising tens of thousands of dollars to Washington Territory.
- Tragic Drowning at the Gas Works
A young immigrant from Illinois dies while attempting to move a raft of timber across the water.
- The Man Who Would Be King of the North
President Harrison appoints Seattle’s Cornelius H. Hanford as Chief Justice of Washington Territory, cementing his role in the region's legal and political future.
- A Standish Descendant Dies, and Kennewick's Civil War Veterans Thin to Six
Oscar Howe left his wife and baby in 1862 to ride with an Illinois cavalry regiment, homesteaded his way west, and spent his last decade in Kennewick — where his passing leaves only six of the old G.A.R. post.
- Judge Langley Returns From the World's Fair
A local superior court judge brings back news of the Washington State building at the Chicago World's Fair and reports on a growing interest in western migration.
- The Klondike Nightmare: A Millionaire’s Niece Returns Broken
After chasing gold in the frozen north, a woman with family connections to Chicago wealth returns to Seattle penniless and ruined in health, offering a grim warning to other hopeful prospectors.
- Gambling Debt Leads to Tragedy in Ellensburg
A young painter ends his life following financial ruin and personal turmoil.
- The Second Street Streetcar Line Goes to Foreclosure
Bondholders ask a federal court to sell Seattle's Second Street railway and its branches, while creditors scramble to reorganize the line before it is lost.
- The Right to Protest: Washington's 1916 Anti-Picketing Fight
A strong defense of organized labor's right to picket as a 'necessity' for economic survival.
- Seattle's First Great Milestone
The University of Washington is dedicated, marking a pivotal moment in the territory's intellectual development.
- A Case for Divorce
A woman details years of abuse and threats in a petition for divorce against her husband, seeking custody of their five children.
- Prominent Pioneer Olive Delaney Dies After Surgery
A life spanning the cross-country emigrant trails to the settlement of the Walla Walla valley ends following complications from an operation.
- The Unpaid Labor of Survival
Martha Jane Hall files for divorce, citing a decade of her husband's refusal to work or provide, leaving her to support their three children alone.
- The Unlikely Rise of Henry Villard
A scrappy war correspondent who bet on the railroads to transform from a penniless immigrant into a Northern Pacific powerhouse.
- Railroad Tragedy on the Puyallup Reservation
A laborer seeking his final paycheck meets a violent end in the dense fog near Tacoma.
- Railroad Shopmen Plot a Grand Union Federation
A secret initiative seeks to unite mechanical trades across every railroad west of the Mississippi to force a general wage hike.