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3 stories matching marten
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- The Power Fight at City Hall
Tacoma business owners demand a stay on new electric franchises, fearing a private monopoly over the city's municipal light plant.
- Tragedy at the Humboldt House
A young immigrant worker loses her life in a horrific lamp explosion, highlighting the everyday dangers of domestic life in 1890s Tacoma.
- The Seal-Skin Obsession: Why Seattle Ladies Wear More Fur Than Any Other City
A local furrier reveals that the city's obsession with expensive sealskin sacks is driven by climate, fashion, and a secret supply chain from London.
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- The Nahcotta Bear Fighter
A meat market man from the coast fends off an angry mother bear using only his boot.
- The Unwieldy Name of a Ballard Merchant
A local businessman petitions the court to shed his Norwegian patronymic in favor of a simpler moniker.
- The Fight for the Stevens County Magnesite Market
Local miners face renewed economic uncertainty as Austrian firms petition for a sharp reduction in import tariffs, threatening the fragile recovery of the regional mineral industry.
- They Planned to Pull Iron Out of Columbia River Sand
A Hanford inventor and the Great Western Iron Company claimed the Columbia Valley's sand held high-grade magnetite worth $90 a ton.
- A Held-Up Housewarming
A friendship turns sour when a woman allegedly uses a revolver to reclaim jewelry and clothing from a neighbor.
- A Dual-Purpose Building Rises on West Second
Construction begins on a new block that promises to house both a modern meat market and a cultural auditorium for the town.
- Undertaker and Brewer Clash Over Maiden's Affection
A romantic rivalry in a Seattle-area suburb descends into a bloody duel with swords.
- An Anonymous Threat in Everett
A local bank janitor receives a typed, skull-and-crossbones threat to leave town or face accusations from his past.