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- The Great Puyallup Potato Feud
A minor dispute over five trespassing pigs and a potato patch escalates from a neighborhood grievance to the Pierce County Superior Court.
- Police Crack Down on Melon Patch Marauders
Local authorities take action to stop the 'outrage' of systematic melon theft in Kennewick's farming district.
- The Berry Patch Heist
A Highlands family returns from their harvest to find a stranger in their home and their silverware missing.
- Strawberry Industry at a Crossroads
Local inspectors warn that an invasive root weevil threatens to wipe out Kennewick’s strawberry patches unless growers act immediately.
- The Crumbling Capitol Gets a Patch-Up
As legislators prepare for the 1893 session, the barn-like structure in Olympia receives a new roof and a desperately needed expansion.
- A Deadly Error on Lopez Island
A 70-year-old man, a repeat offender in accidental shootings, is critically wounded after being mistaken for a deer in a fern patch.
- The Colorado Beetle Arrives in Benton County
A district horticultural inspector warns local potato growers that a destructive new pest has been identified near Sunnyside.
- Seattle's Potato-Patch Plan for the Unemployed
Seattle's charity board proposes turning vacant city land into potato patches for jobless men, borrowing a Detroit relief experiment that fed nearly a thousand families.
- The 'Graveyard Bug' Threatens Kennewick Berries
Horticultural Inspector warns local growers that a destructive snout beetle is infesting regional strawberry patches and offers advice on how to eradicate it.
- The Price of Friendship in the Melon Patch
A local farmer laments the 'friends' who think helping themselves to his crop is all in good fun, pushing his farm toward financial ruin.
- Battling the Strawberry Root Weevil
Horticultural experts share a rigorous, high-stakes method for saving berry patches from a devastating pest.
- The Cougars of Spangle
Predators roam the countryside, prompting fears for the safety of children and local livestock.
- The Parasitic Weed Threatening San Juan Clover
A local farmer warns neighbors of a strangling weed that threatens to wipe out clover fields across the island.
- Suffragists Patch Up a Convention Fight—After Silencing Washington’s Delegates
A credentials dispute over the Spokane delegation turned a Seattle suffrage convention into a faction fight. The national body restored harmony but stripped Washington women of their votes in the deliberations.
- The Alyssum Mystery
A young man is wrongly accused of the murder of his aunt until a patch of garden flowers reveals the truth.
- Who Killed Zens Mayeda? The Footprints in the Potato Patch
A Japanese man is found murdered in Seattle. A sullen suspect gives little away, and a deputy sheriff finds three sets of hurried footprints — one pair barefoot — leading away from the house.
- The Green Gold Rush: How Kennewick’s Asparagus Boom Became a Local Gold Mine
Local growers are realizing that with the right fertilizer and strict quality control, their valley's asparagus is commanding top prices and opening doors to eastern markets.
- The Cabin Shootout: A Violent Encounter in the Woods
A standoff between a local traveler, a 10-year-old boy, and law enforcement leaves one man dead and another wounded in a remote cabin near Puyallup.
- Grasshopper Plague Threatens Yakima Valley Crops
A rapid infestation of insects on the reservation has farmers fearing for their summer harvest.
- The Strawberry Wars: Can Kennewick Growers Cooperate?
An editorial plea for local strawberry growers and marketing agencies to standardize their pack and stabilize pricing before the season collapses.
- A Mystery in the Garden Tracts
A Kennewick man is found critically wounded in his home garden, leaving police to speculate on a stray bullet from a nearby orchard.
- The Judge's Missing Corn
A local officer of the law advertises a corn crop, only to find that publicity acts as an invitation to thieves.
- Rain Turns Early Seattle's Front Street to Mud
When heavy rains turned downtown thoroughfares into impassable quagmires, residents demanded better engineering than the temporary, 'penny-wise' patch jobs of the 1870s.
- The Silent Epidemic: Diphtheria in 1880 Seattle
A harrowing, vivid account of the early stages of diphtheria, a 'perplexing theme' of illness that terrorized families and baffled medical practitioners in the Washington Territory.
- Drought in the 'Crystal Springs'
Citizens of Walla Walla were sold a dream of mountain water, but a local investigation reveals little more than mud and dried-up holes.