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| 1877 | 18 |
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662 stories matching knew
- An Unwitting Race on the High Seas: Seattle-Bound Ships Battle Without Knowing It
The ship Spartan beats the bark Nith by three hours in a San Francisco-to-Seattle dash that neither captain knew was a competition.
- The Price of Loyalty in the Mill
A convict's poem reflects on his friend's sacrifice after a desperate act of theft to feed a starving family.
- The Tolt Ditch Dispute
A local landowner writes to the editor to clarify his role in filling a ditch, contradicting previous reports.
- The Stolen Baby of Tacoma
A grieving woman confesses to kidnaping an infant, claiming she needed a child to save her marriage.
- The Captain's Feud on the Neah Bay Frontier
A seafarer and trade negotiator publicly spars with a rival over the treatment of Indigenous laborers and local business ethics.
- Bagley Calls Out Selective Policing
A city council member accuses the police of targeting marginalized women while ignoring male-run gambling houses.
- Formaldehyde in the Milk
The Fashion Cafe sues the Royal Dairy and Dairy Commissioner McDonald for $7,500, claiming the milk it was served was laced with embalming fluid — and that the official paid to police the dairies knew all about it.
- A Family Feud Over Property in North Seattle
A mother’s attempt to reclaim her house from her daughter ends in court, revealing a painful struggle over aging, dependency, and control.
- The Hidden Marriage of Port Townsend
A prominent local pharmacist faces a divorce suit for a marriage his community never knew existed.
- The Midnight Escape of Mrs. Christiancy
A high-society divorce scandal in the Washington Territory keeps tongues wagging as long-buried details of a Senator's marriage surface.
- The Pioneer Defense of John McGraw
Prominent Seattle figures and old neighbors rally to defend gubernatorial candidate John McGraw against smear campaigns claiming he once ran a gambling house.
- The Accidental Apprehension of an Asylum Escapee
A Kennewick police chief unwittingly jails a man he once knew, only to discover the stranger was a fugitive from the Medical Lake asylum.
- The Delegate’s Missing Work
A Seattle newspaper calls out the territory’s Washington D.C. representative for feigning ignorance about a local land rights petition.
- The Great Thistle Dispute of White River
Two neighbors take their feud over farm maintenance and agricultural knowledge to a Seattle courtroom.
- A Lodging-House Keeper’s Domestic Crisis
After a brief family reconciliation, a proprietor at the Babcock House finds himself abandoned by his wife and young son.
- Police Raids Falter in Jury Trials
A string of acquittals for women charged with running disorderly houses highlights the gap between police ambition and courtroom evidence.
- The Tragic End of Arthur Hislop
A Tekoa man, plagued by chronic pain from an old railroad injury, takes his own life in a quiet, devastating final act.
- The Broomstick Revolver: How a Seattle Inmate Whitted a Pistol in His Cell
Behind bars in the Seattle city jail, prisoner Henry Blanck carved a convincing revolver from a broom handle, stove wood and tobacco foil — a jailhouse bluff that detectives called a new chapter in the city's criminal history.
- The Great Tacoma Water Flimflam
A look back at the 1890 council scandal that left the city with a mountain of debt and a useless water system.
- An Embarrassing Encounter on the Train
A man vows revenge on his wife’s lover while riding in a train car, only to be silenced by his wife’s sudden appearance.
- Gambling Dens Raided After Backroom Deal Goes Public
Mayor Ronald's 'reform administration' is forced to shut down four gambling houses after a secret protection scheme becomes a public scandal.
- A Public Retraction of Slander
After circulating damaging rumors about a young woman in camp, a local man takes to the newspaper to publicly clear her name.
- The Dreamer of the Lodging House
A laborer arrested for a barroom scuffle wakes in jail, convinced he committed a murder he only dreamt of.
- The Kent Races: Peanuts, Lemonade, and Suspicion
While the crowds at the Kent track grew, the betting remained sluggish amid rumors of a fixed race.
- The Unruly Sailor: A $27.20 Lesson in Maritime Discipline
Henry Walstron, a sailor aboard the schooner Dora Bluhm, is arrested for assaulting his mate and pays a fine for his liberty.