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3 stories matching paulsen
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- The Nine-Hour Day: Seattle Carpenters and Contractors Strike a Deal
In a rare moment of labor harmony, the Seattle Building Trades Union and local contractors have agreed to reduce the workday from ten to nine hours while maintaining wages, setting a precedent for the city's construction industry.
- The Great Thaw: Mountain Snows Turn Every River Into a Rampage
An unusually cool spring held a winter's worth of snow until a few hot days sent it all down at once, flooding the Skagit, Cowlitz and Columbia, drowning farmland and putting Portland under water.
- A Crate of Sweet Potatoes to Sell the Desert
Land agents pack up the valley's finest produce — mammoth sugar beets, honeydew casabas, and one 250-pound potato crop — and ship it to Chicago to convince Eastern buyers that this sagebrush country is a garden.
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- The Tragedy of a Heartbroken Immigrant in North Seattle
After his sweetheart ended their three-month courtship, a young Icelander attempted to take his own life in a ravine-side garret.
- Fatal Shooting in the Auburn Woods Ruled Justifiable
A jury exonerates John North for the killing of Charles Paulson after hearing testimony that the act was carried out under the direction of the city marshal.
- Vigilante Justice in Auburn Leaves Logger Dead
A citizen posse chasing three men over a property dispute ended in a fatal shooting, with local authorities absolving the shooter of any wrongdoing.
- The Tragedy of a Lonely Laborer
A Norwegian laborer, recently arrived in Port Townsend with a large sum of money, commits a desperate act of self-strangulation while in city jail.
- A Pierce County Senator Switches Sides in the Temperance War
Political alliances shift in Olympia as Senator Paulhamus reportedly abandons the 'dry' faction, causing ripples in the local option fight.
- An Anonymous Threat in Everett
A local bank janitor receives a typed, skull-and-crossbones threat to leave town or face accusations from his past.
- The Senator and the Prisoner
A political jab at U.S. Senator Levi Ankeny highlights a local man's sentencing to McNeil Island Penitentiary, linking corporate influence to the justice system.