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257 stories matching method
- From a Blacksmith Shop to a Million Members: Seattle's AME Centenary
Rev. Allen W. Whaley traced 100 years of African Methodism from a Philadelphia blacksmith shop to a global church—and named the race prejudice that forced its founders out.
- The Great Washington Stump-Blowing Contest
State experts launch a high-stakes competition to find the most efficient way to clear the massive fir stumps left behind by the logging industry.
- Judge Rebukes Police for Secret Dungeon Methods
A citizen is released after being held incommunicado for days, sparking a public outcry over lawless police tactics.
- A Seattle Utopia Sold in One-Cent Shares
A society of unemployed men pools its wages and plots a Bellamy-style commonwealth of railroads, coal mines and common tables — starting from $5 of capital and 500 one-cent shares.
- Seattle's 1895 Warning: Secure Cedar River Water Before Private Speculators Do
City Engineer R. H. Thomson says Seattle's overworked pumps cannot survive another summer and urges the city to buy the Cedar River watershed, dams and reservoir sites while it still can.
- City Hall Showdown: Council and Reformers Clash Over Charter Revision
A heated joint meeting of the city council and civic organizations debates whether to call a special election for a new city charter, with accusations of bullying and claims of wasted taxpayer money.
- The 1883 Classroom Reform
Before the public school system in Washington was fully established, teachers gathered in a Seattle church to debate the future of education, temperance, and the radical idea of 'character' over rote memorization.
- Seattle Voters Topple the 'Tammany' Machine in a Republican Landslide
A sweeping 1894 municipal election repudiates a corrupt city government, a boss named John Collins, and a looted treasury — with Democrats joining the revolt.
- The Navy Preferred British Coal. Seattle Wouldn’t Let It Go.
When the Bering Sea fleet was ordered to take Comox coal instead of Puget Sound fuel, Senator Squire and local coal men forced a test—and threatened to take the fight to the Senate.
- The Struggle to Survey Washington’s Wilds
A historic circular reveals the bureaucratic and financial hurdles homesteaders faced to prove their land claims in 1883.
- Precinct Politics and Dirty Tricks
A look at the chaotic and sometimes fraudulent methods used to select delegates for the upcoming Democratic county convention in Seattle.
- The Garbage Crisis: Seattle’s ‘Primitive’ Streets Demand a Permanent Solution
As the City Council debates the fate of the city's waste, officials warn that makeshift disposal methods are turning neighborhoods into health hazards and driving down property values.
- The Inspector Walks: Seattle’s Port Officer Cleared After a Five-Day Fight
A Treasury report finds the charges against Inspector Bryant were rooted in personal ill will—and praises him as “a very efficient officer.”
- The Captain, the Donated Groceries and the Missing Clothes
A former corps member tells Seattle police that goods given for the poor were eaten by the officers living at headquarters and the clothing sold off — while the 'captain' calls the whole thing spite.
- The Milk Scientist
A breakthrough in chemical detection methods brings local scientists together to test the deadly effects of formaldehyde in the food supply.
- A Seattle Sermon Asks Capital and Labor to Read Scripture Together
At St. Mark's Church, Rev. D. C. Garrett blames class friction on a Christianity forgotten by rich and poor alike—and imagines employers and grievance committees studying Paul side by side.
- The Man Who Would Make Seattle Beautiful
A landscape architect from Cleveland arrives in the Pacific Northwest with a radical proposal: tear down the ugly retaining walls and let nature take over.
- The Strange Lottery of Seattle’s 1889 Democratic Primary
While Republicans held conventional district conventions to nominate candidates for the constitutional convention, Seattle’s Democrats opted for the 'novel' method of picking delegates by lottery.
- Seattle Voters Break the Boss's Grip
An Olympia editor tells Republican boss John H. McGraw that Seattle's election was a rebuke to machine politics, not a Democratic triumph.
- A Creameryman Confesses: 'Our Business Conditions Are Rotten'
In an unusually candid letter to The Ranch, the manager of the Rockwood Creamery Co. says reckless price-cutting and smooth-talking rivals are cheating Washington dairy farmers and quietly ruining the state's butter.
- Washington Dairymen Declare War on a Seattle Butter Dealer
At a dairy convention, producers accuse a Seattle dealer of cold-storing eastern butter and mislabeling it to break the market—and call for an organized, public fight.
- The Bug Inspector Who Called Himself a Crank — and Warned That Japanese Oranges Could Wreck Washington's Orchards
A King County insect inspector accuses the state horticultural commissioner of botching a fumigation order, then warns that the scale insects riding in on imported Japanese oranges could become "a curse to one of Washington's greatest industries."
- The Professor Who Gave Colour Photography Away for Free
An Oregon experiment-station scientist stumbles on a way to fix true flower colours permanently in a photographic print — then walks into Seattle and refuses to patent it.
- The Income Tax Comes to Seattle: Men of Means Ordered to Report
Deputy Collector S. P. Gleason is preparing to summon about 100 Seattle-area individuals and corporations for sworn income returns under the new federal tax.
- British Co-operative Building and the Goal of Homeownership
Before the age of the modern mortgage, Seattle’s early pioneers looked toward international cooperative building societies to help working citizens plant roots in the city.
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- Planting the Seed in 'Germany'
A century-old account of missionaries in Japan and their long-term project to shift the cultural landscape of the East.
- The Art of Student Management in 1876
Before high-tech school discipline, a Seattle professor resorted to canine bait and geometry to manage his unruly charges.
- A Father Returns from the Skagit to Claim His Own
A man arrives from the mining camps to marry the woman he fathered a child with, hoping to secure their future after she was jailed for an alleged act of desperation.