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| 1858 | 2 |
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| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 14 |
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| 1886 | 5 |
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248 stories matching imagin
- A Machinist Committed to the Asylum
A perfectly rational machinist is sent to Steilacoom despite his protests, leaving behind a wife and child.
- The Manufacturer’s Anti-Union Crusade
A labor editorial exposes how the National Manufacturers Association orchestrates regional attacks on workers’ rights.
- Grays Harbor City Townsites Scheme Ends in 1891
How professional townsite boomers once built a 'city' of imagination that existed only on paper, leaving investors with nothing but worthless lithographs.
- The Stench of the Exchange
A Snohomish newspaper takes aim at an upstream sanitation disaster, warning that the town’s growth is outpacing its infrastructure.
- The Saloon Brawl that Landed 'Jumbo' in Jail
A long-standing feud between a local fixture and a detective boils over in the Nevada Saloon.
- The Oyster Bed Tug-of-War
Claimants in Shelton fight for their right to oyster beds, ignoring the warnings of 'boodle' newspapers.
- The Gendered Crisis of the Washington Asylum
A brief, callous report from 1878 chronicles an individual suffering a mental health crisis, shedding light on the historical intersection of medical pathologization and gender nonconformity in the Pacific Northwest.
- Local Man Committed for Delusional Threats
A man suffering from paranoid delusions of being threatened by an acquaintance is ordered to the territorial asylum.
- A Mental Health Crisis on the Waterfront
Judge Humes committed Charles W. Burton to the state insane asylum after he brandished an axe on the waterfront.
- The Tragic Confinement of Madia Joy
A ten-year-old girl is committed to an insane asylum after suffering from a paranoid delusion that her own family was trying to kill her.
- The Lonely Traveler’s Fear of the 'Conspiracy'
A Welsh immigrant's cross-state journey ends in the Seattle jail, fueled by his desperate pleas for protection from imagined pursuers.
- The Mystery Meteor of Wenas Valley
A three-year-old discovery, once buried in the earth, sparks local wonder and debate in Yakima.
- Two Lives Declared Insane in a Walla Walla Courtroom
Mary Calloway feared everyone meant to harm her; Alexander Clancey believed hundreds of soldiers were hunting him. Both were committed in superior court.
- A Tragic End at K and 11th
A Tacoma carpenter, struggling with alcoholism and personal despair, takes his own life.
- Aberdeen’s Industrial Pivot
A report on the town's shifting economic tides as new mills take root on the south side.
- The Tacoma Method: How the Anti-Chinese Movement Turned to Violence
A brutal manifesto circulates in Tacoma, signaling the escalation of the anti-Chinese exclusion campaign.
- The Real Estate Agent Who Thought He Was a Millionaire
George M. Armour’s hallucinations of vast wealth led to his institutionalization and the appointment of his brother as guardian.
- The City Engineer Who Jumped: Seattle’s Mental Health Crisis in 1889
Ira Lockeard, the man who helped map the post-fire city, was committed to an asylum after leaping into Elliott Bay, revealing the hidden toll of labor and trauma on early civic leaders.
- The Sad Delusions of John Watson
A trainman found living in squalor is committed to Steilacoom Asylum after declaring himself the owner of Victoria’s townsite.
- Whitman College Kicks Off the Academic Year
A night of music and poetry at the college chapel marks the opening of the 1903 fall term.
- The Man Who Feared His Own Gun
An erratic man, fearful of imagined burglars, asks the police to hold his revolver to prevent himself from doing harm, only to demand it back when he gets nervous again.
- The Escape of the Spokane Horse
A horse weighing over 1,000 pounds somehow exits a moving train car through a small ventilation window.
- The Repeat Offender and the Judge
A habitual offender known as 'Patsy' is back in court shortly after being ordered to leave Seattle, sparking a curious exchange with Judge Glasgow.
- The Tragedian and the Seventy-Cent Bill
A famous actor finds himself haunted by a small, unpaid restaurant check that follows him across the country like a bad omen.
- The Discovery in the Post-Hole
While digging for a fence on the Puyallup Reservation, an unexpected find pulls a prehistoric giant from the earth.