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5 stories matching initiatori
- The Region Rallies to Welcome Henry Villard
Seattle and Puget Sound towns prepare a unified celebration for the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad's president.
- Two Hundred Odd Fellows Take Walla Walla — and an Old Man Cannot Speak
The state grand lodge opens three days of sessions at the Odd Fellows' Temple, elects its officers, and surprises an eighty-year-old past grand master with a veteran's jewel.
- Steilacoom Builds Before the Crowd Arrives
Warehouses on pilings, a new store and a brick jail: the town's 1853 building boom was a bet on growth.
- The Panic Over 'Free Love' and Women's Rights in Early Seattle
An editorial from the Puget Sound Dispatch decries the growing suffrage movement, labeling advocates as threats to the 'sanctity of the marriage relation.'
- Roslyn Coal Miners Vow to Fight a 20 Percent Wage Cut
A mass meeting near Roslyn finds miners from Wilkeson, Franklin, and the Eureka and Navy camps ready to organize under the United Mine Workers — and unwilling to swallow a pay cut without a fight.