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2 stories matching lelia
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- The Girl Who Survived a Broken Seat: A Pullman Accident
Miss Lelia Bowman was thrown from her carriage when the seat collapsed, with the wheel crushing over her shoulder. Miraculously, she survived.
- Seattle’s Suffrage Milestone
A landmark gathering at the Congregational Church rallies women to vote in the upcoming municipal election, signaling the rise of the movement in the Northwest.
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- The Trial of 'Jap Lou': A Seattle Divorce Case of 1892
A rare court case exposes the social and legal precariousness of a cross-cultural marriage in 19th-century Seattle.
- A Bloodied Wife and a Husband's Denial in North Seattle
A domestic disturbance that neighbors reported as a killing ended with an amicable release—and a newspaper that had withheld the wife's earlier allegations.
- The Laundries of Lenora Street
A cat-and-mouse game between Seattle authorities and Chinese migrants navigating the exclusionary landscape of 1892.
- The Fancy Cow at the Olympic
An Arlington-raised butterfat producer makes a grand entrance at a Seattle banquet hall to promote local milk.