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623 stories matching lose
- Britain Is Quietly Mapping Alaska's Border, Former Federal Attorney Warns
In a Seattle interview, C. S. Johnson says the British government is spending freely to survey disputed Alaska territory while the U.S. government stalls, and Alaskans fear losing valuable mining districts.
- The Fight to Retain Benton County’s First Agriculturist
As local agricultural expert Lee M. Lampson eyes an offer in a bigger field, the editor argues that losing his local expertise would cost farmers more than a salary raise.
- The City’s ‘Losings-Bank’: A Temperance Sermon on Economic Ruin
In an 1881 sermon at Plymouth Church, a local minister argues that Seattle’s rampant saloon culture—not market forces—is the primary engine of financial instability.
- Fifty Turns on the Shaft: A Foundry Apprentice's Miraculous Escape
Nineteen-year-old Charles Meydenbauer was caught in the shafting at Moran's foundry, spun fifty times twenty feet above the floor—and lived to describe it.
- The Night a Streetcar Powerhouse Fire Left Half of Seattle Dark
A pre-dawn blaze at Fifth and Pine gutted the Consolidated Street Railway plant, destroyed nearly all its cars and dynamos, crippled three lines, and blacked out everything north of Pike Street.
- The Man Who Laughed Through the Flames: A Snohomish Tragedy of Love and Loss
When a gas leak ignited his home in Fruitland, Washington, Chandler Chandler didn't run for safety—he shielded his wife from the blast. His subsequent conversation with the doctor reveals a stoicism that defies belief.
- The House of the Good Shepherd Faces Foreclosure
A sanctuary for wayward girls and orphans, run by sisters who have struggled for four years, is now on the brink of losing everything to an overdue mortgage.
- The Judge Who Warned Seattle Not to Sell Its Waterfront to a Canal Company
In 1894, Judge John J. McGilvra urged Congress to build the Lake Washington Ship Canal and warned that a private company's tideflat scheme would put tolls on the water and enrich speculators at public expense.
- The Race for the Rails: Seattle’s Fight to Keep the Northern Pacific Branch
As Oregon competitors maneuver to steal federal land grants, a local correspondent warns that losing the railroad connection could leave Washington Territory behind for decades.
- The Bridge Swung, and Fifteen Loaded Cars Went Down
A bridge collapse near Walla Walla sent a tender, fifteen freight cars and a caboose into a ravine, leaving three railroad men badly injured and one likely to lose an arm.
- The Day Seattle Shut Down: Sailors, Longshoremen and the First Labor Day
Banks, courts and public offices closed for the first time in the city's history, 2,500 people packed Pioneer Place for a 36-minute tug-of-war, and a labor orator told the crowd that good wages are the engine of everyone's prosperity.
- The Corruption of the Bench
A scathing look at alleged corporate influence over the Washington State Supreme Court and the systemic capture of justice.
- Seven Months at Sea: The State of Maine’s Ordeal
The State of Maine left New York in July 1892 and reached Seattle 201 days later, her crew disabled by saltwater boils, her water spoiled, and her captain forced to beat men to the pumps.
- Three Banks, One Creamery, and a Race Against the Clock
Seattle and Tacoma banks claw over the last assets of an insolvent creamery, ending with a sheriff's sprint to the wharf before an injunction could land.
- Seattle Gives New York Millionaires Another Year to Fix Yesler Avenue
A council committee lets the cable road off the hook while riders wade through mud—and a stockholder accuses City Hall of standing in with railroads.
- The Iron Heel on the Toilers
A labor organizer warns that the U.S. Steel Corporation's wage cuts and anti-union tactics place the entire burden of industrial conflict on the backs of workers.
- A High-Stakes Gamble at the Front Street Poker Table
A desperate gambler nearly takes his own life after a losing streak in Seattle's underworld, only to be saved by a sudden twist of fortune.
- The Roomless City: Why Seattle Is Losing Half a Million Dollars to Its Own Landlords
A manufacturing jeweler from outside capital has scoured every business street in town and found no space for his enterprise. He is not alone; the paper warns that this 'business house room' shortage is driving away population and money to rival cities.
- The Unruly Bleachers of Madison Street
A Seattle fan calls for an end to the jeering, hissing, and systematic roasting of players that has plagued local baseball games.
- The Hop Pickers' Bargain: Growers Cut Wages as Harvest Opens
In the Puyallup Valley, growers try to hold the line at two cents a pound. Crews register, balk and bargain — while Native pickers from British Columbia are turned away in favor of white workers.
- A Church Scandal Erupts in a Seattle Libel Trial
M. H. Nichols stood accused of criminally libeling Presiding Elder T. B. Ford. The defense spent the day trading rumors, old grudges, and one complaint about the prosecutor's booming voice.
- The Dealer in the Gambling Den
In the rowdy timber town of Sedro-Woolley, the local gamblers have found a unique way to keep the peace: replacing the standard rough-hewn card shark with a captivating young woman.
- The Jailbreak at the Center of Town
After four prisoners escaped the local lockup, the Sheriff sounds the alarm on the failing state of the city's crumbling jail.
- Will Walla Walla Lose a Noble Charity?
A critical donation is needed to secure the Stubblefield Home, but local leaders are debating who should foot the bill.
- The Last Chance for a Legal Drink
As Washington's state 'bone dry' law faces a referendum challenge, officials find the petition drive is losing steam due to duplicate signatures.
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- The Price of a Lost Election Bet
After betting on the wrong presidential candidate, a local man spent his afternoon forced to play a hand organ for charity to settle his debt.
- The Loss of a Landmark: Cyrus Walker’s Port Gamble Home
A catastrophic early-morning blaze consumes one of the finest residences in Port Gamble, resulting in a loss valued at over five thousand dollars.
- Home Lost in Afternoon Fire
A northern Yakima house is reduced to ash while a mother tends to her sick child.
- The Price of Harvest: A Walla Walla Farmstead Lost to Fire
A devastating blaze sweeps through the property of a Walla Walla farmer, erasing months of labor in an instant.
- The Price of the Prize Ring
A well-known local prizefighter collapses and dies in the ring at a Seattle performance hall after a brutal exhibition match.
- City Cleared of Liability for Loose Horses
A local judge rejects a claim for damages after a team of horses wanders off a city dock.
- The Lake Keeps Its Secret: A Tragedy of Adultery in Wenatchee
A local man and a married woman drown together on the lake; while her body is recovered, he remains lost to the depths, serving as a grim moral lesson for the community.
- Tacoma Man Loses Life Savings in Box Swindle
A Tacoma man loses his life savings in a classic confidence game involving a mysterious box.