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538 stories matching machin
- "My Office Cannot Be Used by Gamblers": Tacoma's Prosecutor Explains Why He Won't Touch the Slot Machines
County Attorney Campbell says he is ready to prosecute slot-machine men any day of the week — but not on a complaint carried in by a rival operator who wants the law enforced only against his competition.
- The Flying-Machine Inventor Who Vanished and Left the Carpenter Unpaid
An Englishman named Howard hired a Tacoma carpenter to build a “living machine,” then disappeared with the key to the storeroom—leaving a very anxious workman and a mysterious apparatus.
- Tacoma’s Blindfolded Taxman
An investigation reveals how police collect secret 'fines' from gamblers and slot machine operators, turning the city into a partner in its own vice.
- The $1,000 Bribe for Slot Machine Protection
Owners of 100 slot machines propose a monthly payment to the city for the privilege of operating under police protection.
- Old Yank, the Sequim Inventor Who Rigged His Counter to Sting Thieves
A correspondent visits Professor Watkins of Sequim Prairie, an eccentric mechanic whose inventions ranged from a needle-spring burglar trap to a wooden mowing machine and a windmill made to grind the prairie's wheat.
- The Sewing Machine Grudge
A bitter rivalry between two Seattle sewing machine agents leads to arrest, embezzlement charges, and petty sabotage.
- The Fortune-Telling Machines Banned
A Seattle judge rules that nickel-in-the-slot 'fortune-telling' devices are illegal gambling machines.
- The Printer’s Panic: Will the Type-Setting Machine Steal Your Job?
A local compositor argues that fears of automation are overblown, predicting a future where machines assist rather than replace skilled labor in Seattle's printing industry.
- Tacoma's Sudden Slot Machine Surge
After local cigar shops were flooded with gambling machines, the city revealed a secret arrangement to legalize and tax the devices.
- Seattle Sheriff Raids Slot Machine Operators
A sweeping enforcement action against illegal gambling machines leads to arrests and property seizures across the city.
- The Political Machine Topples in Walla Walla
Voters hand a crushing defeat to the local political machine, rejecting entrenched interests and the influence of gambling money.
- The Great Seattle Slot Machine Crackdown
Prohibition of gaming devices leads to a high-stakes test case in the Seattle courts.
- A Threshing Machine Tragedy
A farm worker suffers a horrific injury after falling into a threshing machine near Spokane.
- The Underground Economy of the Slot Machine
A Tacoma counterfeiting case reveals the grit of early 20th-century labor disputes and the petty warfare waged against the city's machine-room owners.
- The Automatic Newsie: Seattle’s 1892 Vision of the Future
Before the digital age, Seattle inventors attempted to automate the news industry with a coin-operated machine that could sell papers, make change, and handle varying formats.
- Newport Iron Works Moves Into a Concrete Palace of Machines
The local machine shop shifted from its old frame building into Mr. Miner's new concrete plant and was turning iron again before nightfall.
- Too Rough for a Horseless Carriage
An early automobile entrepreneur throws in the towel, blaming the rugged state of Walla Walla's streets.
- The Slot Machine King's Secret Life
A brutal divorce trial exposes the illicit gambling empire and domestic violence hidden behind a Tacoma marriage.
- The Shadowy Business of the Slot Machine King
A divorce trial involving a Tacoma slot machine operator reveals a hidden world of illicit gambling and domestic abuse.
- The Shadow Ledger of Tacoma’s Police
A secret cash book reveals how police collected 'fines' from gamblers and protected a slot machine monopoly.
- The Political Machine and the Perjury Case
A witness linked to a local political machine waives his hearing just days before the city election, allegedly to protect prominent figures from being implicated in a naturalization scheme.
- The Walla Walla Election Shakeup
Local 'Boxer' faction deals a major blow to the Ankeny railroad machine in municipal vote.
- The Great Nickel Counterfeit Bust
A local slot machine monopolist calls in the Secret Service to stop a gang from minting slugs to cheat his own gambling machines.
- The Nickel-in-the-Slot Return
Following a court ruling, Walla Walla's gambling machines reappear on city streets, leaving police and officials at odds over enforcement.
- The Local Rebel Taking On the Political Machine
Frank W. Bixby, a Lynden attorney, is making waves by refusing to bow to Whatcom County’s political establishment.
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- A Quarter-Century of Farming Ends in a Seattle Trade
Columbus B. McAlpin, a pioneer of the Richland valley, trades his 200-acre ranch for a Queen Anne apartment building.
- Narrow Escape at the Ballard Mill
A machinist miraculously survives a terrifying entanglement with a revolving shaft at the Seattle Lumber Company mill.