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5 stories matching milki

  1. The Invisible Milky Way in a Glass of Wine

    A scientific lecture from 1878 explores the 'vital ether' and the microscopic life forces that drive fermentation.

    Nov 23, 1878The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyStrange But True

  2. They Climbed Rainier First—and Slept in a Sulphur-Scented Ice Cave

    In 1870, Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump reached Mount Rainier's summit after a brutal 10½-hour climb, then spent a freezing night beside volcanic steam vents.

    Jan 6, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  3. The 'Miraculous Devil' Seed

    A local curiosity exhibit features strange, jumping seeds from Mexico, rumored to be poisonous and charged with mysterious 'electric fluid.'

    Sep 19, 1863Washington StandardOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

  4. The Mountain Tacoma Tried to Take

    A railroad president's marketing decree put 'Tacoma' on maps of the great peak across the East — while Seattle refused to surrender the name of a British admiral who never saw it.

    Dec 5, 1891The Olympia TribuneTacoma, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  5. The Porch Light Intervention

    A romantic evening on Snohomish's Piety Hill is brought to a splashy, unceremonious end.

    Dec 15, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyScandal

Also about this, in other words

  1. Chehalis Bets on Condensed Milk

    A Tacoma company picks Chehalis for a new milk-condensing factory, and local farmers get a pitch to supply it.

    Apr 1, 1903The RanchChehalis

  2. The Milk Route Aristocrat of Archer Avenue

    A satirical social drama involving a milk route heiress and a love triangle, printed as news filler in 1881.

    Apr 28, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  3. The passing of a world-famous dairy legend

    Segis Pietertje Prospect, the world champion milker of the Snoqualmie Valley, passes away at twelve.

    Mar 27, 1925White Bluffs SpokesmanCarnation

  4. The Milk That Made Kent Grow

    Kent's condenseries turn White River Valley milk into Carnation and baby food, and a struggling village becomes a dairy boomtown.

    Apr 1, 1903The RanchKent

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