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- The Juror Who Ate Himself into Jail
A Seattle juror’s hunger at the Occidental Hotel led to an invalidated trial, a stern rebuke from the bench, and three months in the county jail.
- The Scandal that Wrecked Two Homes
A betrayal of friendship and marriage in Tacoma leads to a sudden disappearance and the ruin of two local families.
- The Bloomer Rebellion: Seattle Girls Defy Censors to Save Their Drill
When anonymous posters labeled the University of Washington’s women’s physical culture class as 'obscene,' a committee of students and faculty mobilized the entire city to remove them—proving that the fight for women's bodily autonomy was already a local sport.
- The Midnight Laborer of Seattle’s Waterfront
A rare, intimate portrait of a 19th-century 'night worker' advertising his specialized sanitation services in the growing settlement of Seattle.
- The Divorce That Recalled Acting Governor Laughton's 'Spicy Regime'
Mrs. Marshall K. Snell's divorce exposed her husband's intimacy with his typewriter—Miss Bertha Denton, once the acting governor's private secretary.
- Irrigation Rights Dispute Bubbles Up at Hanford
A standoff between local landowners and the Hanford company over water delivery terms threatens to reach the courtroom.
- Primary Meeting Erupts in Laughter
A political primary meeting takes a humorous turn when a physician makes a pointed jab at the judiciary.
- Despair and Survival in Tacoma
A woman near the Garfield House is saved after attempting to end her life with morphine following a lover's betrayal.
- Federal Jury Discharged Amid Waterfront Speculation
Speculation mounts that the Northern Pacific Railway successfully stalled condemnation cases to replace a jury they found unfavorable.
- The Contractor Who Left a Trail of Debt
After securing $1,500 in contract payments, a local builder vanished in a rowboat, leaving his creditors behind in the dust.
- The Price of a Broken Promise
A young woman in Rosedale takes legal action after her suitor repeatedly puts off their wedding.
- Railroad Monopoly Tightens Grip on Lumber
A newly formed 'Improvement Company' linked to the Northern Pacific Railroad establishes a monopoly over regional lumber trade.
- The Jailbreak at Edison
Four fugitives, including men driven out of Wenatchee by vigilantes, are recaptured after an armed struggle.
- Inside Job Suspected at Mount Vernon Depot
The Great Northern depot in Mount Vernon was robbed of $40 in cash, suggesting the thief had intimate knowledge of the office.
- The Political Reputation of John H. McGraw
Veteran leader Beriah Brown defends a future governor against allegations of ties to gambling dens.
- The Last Days of Thomas: A Seattle Family’s Grief in 1899
An obituary for a local resident reveals the intimate scale of life in early Seattle, where death was a public event and family networks were the primary social safety net.
- Tacoma Fights Seattle for Federal Court Seat
Citizens rally to protest President Taft's rumored appointment of a Seattle outsider to the local federal bench.
- The Theater War on Hewitt Avenue
The local Trades Council rallies behind stage hands, accusing the Everett Theatre manager of using a contract dispute to mask business failures.
- The Unheard-of Honesty of Captain Starr
In an era of public distrust, a Seattle steamer captain surprises the city by compensating a passenger for a stolen trunk without the threat of a lawsuit.
- A Receiver Wants to Cut Streetcar Wages; a Judge Says Not Below $2 a Day
The Seattle Consolidated Railway, in receivership, asks the federal court to trim motormen's and conductors' pay from 20 to 17½ cents an hour.
- The Flat-Iron, the Umbrella, and the Inkstand: A Port Townsend Divorce Suit
J. K. Meyer's divorce petition turns a respectable Port Townsend marriage into a catalogue of thrown household goods, alleged affairs, and very public embarrassment.
- Executive Shakeup in Everett
Schuyler Duryea announces the election of Charles L. Colby to replace Henry Hewitt, Jr. as president of the Everett Land Company.
- The Log Boom Battle at Salmon Bay
A railroad company takes the city of Ballard to court over control of tide lands, seeking to block the city from driving piles for its own infrastructure.
- A Rejection of Anti-Black Rhetoric
The Fairhaven Herald takes a rare, strong public stance against a neighboring editor's racist call for colonization.
- Colville's Newspaper War Moves to the Post Office
The Reveille won't print the Examiner publisher's name, the Statesman-Index says the Examiner is losing $40 a week, and the postmaster has refused its second-class mailing status.