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396 stories matching joseph
- A Frugal Man's Fortune Builds a Home for Widows and Orphans
In its Thanksgiving editorial the Statesman counts the city's blessings and buries the biggest news in the middle: Joseph Stubblefield's lifetime savings will endow a home for indigent widows and orphans to the tune of about $135,000.
- A Violent Break at St. Joseph’s
A patient suffering from an epileptic seizure and subsequent acute psychosis requires transfer to Steilacoom.
- The Hospital Door Slams Shut
A local doctor fights for hospital access after being barred from treating his patient at St. Joseph’s.
- The Dedication of St. Joseph's Hospital
Bishop Junger officiates the opening of a state-of-the-art infirmary meant to serve the sick regardless of creed.
- Brutal Bare-Knuckle Prize Fight Ends in Foul
A local pugilist match on Pennsylvania Avenue ends in controversy after a fighter strikes his opponent while he is down.
- A Frontier Vendetta at Olequa
A simmering family feud in rural Washington erupts in a deadly rail-platform battle, leaving two men dead and a community in shock.
- Colonel Haines Arrested Ahead of Olympia Court Martial
Governor Ferry orders Col. J.C. Haines under arrest; his regiment passes temporarily to Capt. Joseph Green of Seattle as the court martial convenes at the Olympia Hotel.
- The Hop Pickers' Smallpox Scare
As the hop harvest approaches, local labor agent Joseph Tebeau worries that fear of a smallpox outbreak will leave fields empty.
- The Struggle to Organize Women in Labor
President Joseph L. Murphy receives a commission from Samuel Gompers to establish a Workingwomen's Union in Seattle.
- He Missed the Masquerade Ball. She Filed for Divorce. He Took Morphine.
Paul J. Ravage died at St. Joseph's Hospital after his wife divorced him over a forgotten night out in Spokane.
- The Tragic End of a Seattle Pioneer
A successful ship carpenter, unsettled by a head injury and the pressures of the local real estate market, is found in a slough near Bothell after his second attempt at suicide.
- Shot by a Rejected Lover, Mabel Thorp Is Mending at St. Joseph's
Two days after Ernest Grant shot her and then drank acid to kill himself, the young Tacoma woman is healing fast — the bullet wound, the paper reports, is nearly closed, but the shock is another matter.
- Judge Strikes Down City Gambling Ordinances
Municipal Judge Joseph M. Glasgow rules that local ordinances regarding gambling and assault are invalid because they conflict with state law, forcing a change in how the city handles such cases.
- The Union Sailor Fined for Heckling a Nonunion Captain
Joseph Hanson shouted at Captain H. Blekum across a Seattle wharf over lower wages. A justice fined him $5 for language tending to provoke an assault.
- Rancher Joseph Amerd Fatally Shot at Marble Mound, 1892
A long-standing feud between a rancher and a laborer culminates in a violent end on New Year's Day near the confluence of the Skagit and Cascade rivers.
- Heirs Challenge Stubblefield Estate
A legal battle over the late Joseph Stubblefield's will threatens to stall the establishment of an indigent home in Walla Walla.
- The Tragedy of Joseph Zanish: A Life Lost to the Puget Sound
A sailor’s body washes ashore near Port Hadlock six weeks after he fell from the ship J.B. Brown, sparking an inquest that confirms accidental death.
- The Midnight Robbery at the I.X.L. Saloon
A rancher falls victim to a pocket-picking scheme that spiraled into a violent street holdup.
- The Unsolved Killing of Joseph Martin
A pioneer of Stevens County is found dead in his bed in a scene that suggests a deadly betrayal rather than the suicide police originally suspected.
- The Harbor’s First Hospital
Established by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, a new hospital is meeting the urgent medical needs of Aberdeen’s booming logging and milling industries.
- Tragic Household Accident Claims a Young Life
A seven-year-old boy has passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital after a freak accident involving a window sash at his family's home.
- When the Water Went Off: A Jobless Mechanic, Five Children, and a Plea to City Hall
At a Board of Public Works meeting, the water department reports that Joseph Schuester's family at 1425 Eleventh Street has had service cut off. He earns 75 cents a week; the charity bureau asks the city to restore it.
- Labor Union President Accused of Embezzling Relief Funds
Joseph L. Murphy, a prominent labor leader in Seattle, has vanished after allegations surfaced that he pocketed money intended for the survivors of the Roslyn mining disaster.
- At 77, a Yakima Pioneer Slips Away to Wed
Joseph Bartholet Sr., one of Yakima’s wealthiest and most respected old settlers, stuns his family by marrying Mrs. Mary Healey in Seattle without a word of warning.
- Graves in the Valley
A reflection on the scarcity of white settlements in Snohomish County, marked by the arrival of the first tombstones for a pioneer family.