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7 stories matching inexor
- The Doctor’s Debt: A Patient’s Humiliating Public Seizure
A Tacoma woman's attempt to board a train to Chicago was halted in the cruelest fashion when a sheriff seized her luggage over an unpaid medical bill.
- Clearing the Beach Squatters
City authorities order the removal of squatters living on the tide lands as the city begins to enforce strict land claims.
- The Civic Tug-of-War Over Local Education
Fairhaven’s business leaders debate whether to subsidize a private denominational university or prioritize the urgent need for a robust public primary and high school system.
- The Prohibition Party Names a Full Ticket — and a Woman-Suffrage Lawyer for Governor
Meeting in Tacoma, Washington’s Prohibitionists nominated Judge Roger S. Greene and adopted a platform demanding national prohibition, votes for women, labor arbitration and a Saturday half-holiday.
- The Wife Who Took Control of Her Husband’s Sobriety
A hardworking Seattle woman uses the law to force her dissipated husband into recovery, declaring she will build a better home while he is locked away.
- The Fight for the Soil: Washington's Early Constitutional Crisis
An 1870s editorial argues that without strict land ownership caps, Washington Territory faces a future of feudalism and labor exploitation.
- The Struggle for Home Ownership in Early Seattle
An 1877 editorial argues that the city's growth is being stifled by speculative land hoarding, keeping affordable homes out of reach for the working class.