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| 1889 | 2 |
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10 stories matching marguerit
- Eight Sailors Accuse a Chilean Captain of Flogging and Iron-Pin Beatings
At Port Townsend, seamen from the Chilean bark Marguerite told the consulate they were strung up by the wrists and beaten; the captain says passengers caused the trouble.
- The Altar Society’s High-Stakes Carnival
Seattle society turned out for a church fundraiser that featured fortune-telling gypsies, a 'fishpond,' and one overly enthusiastic patron who nearly pawned his watch for ice cream.
- She Preferred the Name 'Goodlow' — So She Took It, and Now the Insurance Company Won't Pay
A Spokane woman who never married took out two life insurance policies, each under a different name. Now that she is dead, the company is refusing to honor either one.
- A Musical Triumph for Marguerite McKinney
A packed house at the Seattle Theater celebrates the young singer before her departure for Chicago.
- The First Inter-School Field Meet
Youth from Chesaw, Riverside, and Oroville gathered for the county's first-ever organized field sports and oratorical competition.
- Patriotic Policing of the Home Front
A Kennewick teacher resigns under pressure after wearing a Red Cross sweater, sparking a community-wide investigation into her loyalty during the Great War.
- The Swing Chorus: How Seattle’s Elite Turned a Concert into a Tropical Fantasy
At Frye’s Opera House in 1903, the Harmony Club staged a bizarre and beautiful musical revue featuring twenty-six young women swinging on hammocks and teeter-totters, proving that Seattle society was ready for something new.
- The Last Rally: How Seattle’s Republicans Tried to Buy the Vote with Prima Donnas and Quartets
As election day approaches, the Republican party stages its final grand spectacle at the Armory, promising musical entertainment for ladies and a landslide victory for Frank D. Black over the 'mongrel' Populist ticket.
- Ida May Love Went to Sea as 'Dan McArdle'
A Whatcom newlywed walked out on her husband, her skirts and her name to serve seven weeks aboard the warship Monterey — and the Post-Intelligencer tracked her to a Leavenworth dance hall, where she was still talking about 'us boys.'
- A House of Prayer for All the Nations
In 1892, Seattle's Congregation Ohaveth Sholom dedicated the first Jewish synagogue in Washington, filling the new sanctuary at Seventh and Seneca with Jews and Gentiles and with sermons that insisted the building must be more than stone and gold.