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- Senator Squire Intervenes to Reopen Spokane Bank
After the 1893 financial panic, political pressure from Senator Watson Squire helped the Citizens' National Bank of Spokane resume operations.
- Railroad Workers Plan Co-op to Survive Pay Cuts
Facing a 10 to 15 percent salary reduction, Northern Pacific employees in Tacoma consider starting a cooperative store to lower the cost of living.
- Major Store and Rail Office Destroyed by Fire at Kamilchie
A blaze in a frame building swept away a general store and the local railroad company office, resulting in a significant financial loss.
- The Biting Boxer of Aberdeen
A middleweight bout at the local theater turns ugly when a local fighter resorts to cannibalistic tactics.
- The Price of Parched Earth
Irrigation users in White Bluffs vote for another tax to cover ballooning debts.
- The Ghost of the Printing Contract
A standoff between rival city newspapers turns the Seattle City Council into an empty room.
- The Case for Statehood and Scientific Farming
In an 1876 address to local farmers, W.M.T. McNeill argues that Washington Territory's path to prosperity lies in statehood, agricultural colleges, and the modernization of rural industry.
- Deforestation and the Cost of Disaster
An editorial reflection on Everett’s regional flooding, linking unchecked industrial logging to the destruction of homes and property.
- The Tenderloin Primary: How Tom Humes Won the City
Corruption, colonized voters, and the struggle to reform Seattle's municipal government at the turn of the century.
- Gridiron Showdown at West Seattle
The University of Washington takes on the Tacoma Athletic Club in a highly anticipated football match.
- A Dispute Over Highway Specifications
The local Commercial Club pushes to stretch a highway project budget to cover seven miles rather than three, prioritizing the immediate needs of pioneers over future durability.
- City Council Proposals for Austerity
A budget-cutting proposal seeks to shutter streetlights and dismiss night watchmen to offset the costs of a bridge to North Aberdeen.
- The Right to Offset Benefits in Land Seizures
A landmark Washington Supreme Court decision settles a heated dispute over whether the city can lower compensation for seized land by claiming the public improvement adds value to the owner's remaining property.
- Merchants Declare War on Trading Stamps
Local business owners organize to reject the popular, yet controversial, loyalty program system.
- The Bank of Shelton Collapses
Creditors force closure of the Mason County institution following reports of bad management and dwindling public confidence.
- The County's $75,000 Gamble
Yakima County proposes a major bond issuance to clear floating debt and modernize public financing.
- The High Cost of Packaging
Yakima Valley fruit shippers consider a major shift to marketing apples without paper wraps to offset rising production costs.
- The Shipyard of the World
In 1876, a local editorial argued that Puget Sound’s immense timber wealth and strategic harbor position would inevitably make it the global hub for shipbuilding, urging Seattle business owners to subsidize the relocation of Eastern industry.
- The Struggle for the Northern Pacific Rails
As Congress debates extending the deadline for the Northern Pacific Railroad, local settlers face the double-edged sword of promised prosperity versus the loss of homestead land.
- The Streetcar Line That Paid Its Way—Until the Bonds Came Due
Seattle’s consolidated street railway reports that fares cover operations but not mortgage interest, while receivership leases and a city council refusal reshape the young transit network.
- Seattle Throws Its Hat in the Ring for a Federal Gun Works
Washington, Oregon and California are all angling for the new Pacific coast ordnance factory, and Seattle is already lobbying — with Senator Squire arguing that Puget Sound's new dry dock settles the matter.
- The Struggle to Launch Seattle’s Shipbuilding Future
A century and a half ago, Seattle’s local editors argued that the city’s vast timber resources should have made it a global marine power, but capital and labor were held back by East Coast monopolies.
- Tacoma's Richest Taxpayer Warns the Boodlers Are Eating the City
W. H. Fife, the city's largest taxpayer, says boodle government is eating his property alive—and warns Tacoma will fall behind Seattle if the machine is not driven out.
- The City That Refused to Drink: Seattle’s Water War of 1876
When the local water company demanded a quarter-century monopoly and the power to seize private springs, Seattle’s leaders said no. Now, with fire risks mounting and growth accelerating, the city faces a stark choice: build its own system or wait for disaster.
- Four Wooden Buildings to a Quarter-Million: Whitman College Counts Its Decade of Growth
President Penrose's tenth-year report to the trustees charts enrollment rising from 93 to more than 320, an endowment grown from $4,500 to $236,652.92 — and a debt that prompts a demand for half a million dollars and a new academy building.