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| Year | Stories |
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| 1877 | 1 |
1 story matching mocha
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- The Gambler’s Gamble: How a Frenchman’s ‘Little Bit’ Sparked a Seattle Riot
In the early days of Seattle, a dispute over a small sum of money at a boarding house escalated into a violent brawl involving three gamblers and a local resident, highlighting the volatile nature of frontier justice.
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- A Breakfast Tragedy at Pacific Avenue
A local woman’s accidental encounter with a cable car turns the intersection into an omelette station.
- Midnight Mugging on South D Street
A streetcar conductor fights off two assailants after being ambushed on his walk home.
- The Modern Moloch
An editorial from the Tacoma Times examining the startling surge in child labor and the human cost of industrial 'progress.'
- The Murdered Japanese Cook Known as Charley
A hatchet, a wages quarrel and a suspect who answered every question 'I don't know'—the killing near Auburn that drew Seattle's Japanese community into the hunt for a murderer.
- The Maid Who Stole the Hidalgo’s Gold
A young woman’s romantic deception in Quiggletown backfires when her maid decides to take the suitor, the dowry, and the partnership for herself.
- The Tea That Fed a City: How One Woman’s Lunch Saved Seattle’s Newsboys
In the winter of 1903, Mrs. M.E. Handsaker didn’t just throw a party; she provided a full hot lunch to hundreds of street children, revealing the harsh reality of child labor in the Pacific Northwest.
- Public Disorder at Third and Main
A local man, fueled by liquor, faced municipal court after an aggressive display of affection toward women returning from a Salvation Army meeting.
- Tacoma Shippers Fear for the Shawmut
Global tensions from the Russo-Japanese War reach Tacoma as merchants worry about a local steamship being intercepted.