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  1. The Horseshoe Saloon Robbery

    A young ranch hand’s night out ends in a courtroom drama after his money and watch vanish in the back of a saloon.

    Jun 15, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyTrue Crime

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  1. The Minister and the Mob

    A Marysville clergyman faces a near-drowning at the hands of an angry crowd after attempting to enforce strict Sunday-closing laws against a local baseball game.

    Jul 29, 1903The Evening StatesmanMarysville

  2. A Missionary, a Forged Petition, and the Fight Over a Puyallup Church

    Rev. M. G. Mann was suspended for slander after questioning a document that put a new missionary in charge of Native church affairs at the Puyallup Reservation. He appealed to the Presbyterian synod, and the case became a local cause of comment.

    Sep 18, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerVancouver

  3. The Miser of Komo

    A local man who distrusted banks is robbed of his hidden savings, highlighting the precarious nature of wealth in a frontier town.

    Feb 23, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSedro-Woolley

  4. A New Bank Opens on East Main

    Local business leader J.L. Elam expands his empire with a new private banking institution.

    Aug 3, 1903The Evening StatesmanEast Main Street, Walla Walla

  5. Tumwater's Mass Meeting Cast 65 Votes With Only 50 Voters in the Room

    A local nominating meeting for council seats turned harmonious—and hilarious—when the ballots outnumbered the attendees.

    Nov 28, 1891The Olympia TribuneTumwater

  6. The Whatcom Million-Dollar Bet

    Citizens of Bellingham Bay pledge their own wealth to lure the railroad, hoping to transform their sleepy coastal town into a Pacific terminus.

    Jun 15, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerBellingham

  7. Presbytery Suspends Minister for Slander

    A long-running ecclesiastical dispute concludes as Reverend M. G. Mann is convicted of slandering his successor using hearsay from the Puyallup reservation.

    Jun 24, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuyallup reservation, Tacoma

  8. The Bold Ambitions of Bellingham Bay

    A committee of local leaders assembles at the Whatcom Hotel to plan a regional future of railroads, universities, and industrial growth.

    Jan 20, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerBellingham

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