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6 stories matching pitner

  1. A Heated Dispute Over the Treatment of the Mentally Ill

    A Superior Court Judge and an asylum superintendent trade sharp insults in the press over the quality of care provided to a committed patient.

    May 15, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  2. The Tragedy on the Stump

    James McIlveen, a carpenter, was arrested for making a political speech to a row of stumps on Queen Anne Hill after escaping from a hospital window in just a blanket.

    May 7, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerQueen Anne Hill, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

  3. The Tragedy on the Tide Flats

    A woman suffering from severe mental distress is arrested after attempting to drown her infant near the Seattle stockyards.

    May 5, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGrant Street, Seattle, King County

  4. The Legislators Who Came to See a Ditch—and Left Believers

    A steamboat tour of Smith Cove and Lake Union turns Eastern Washington lawmakers into ship-canal converts.

    Feb 27, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSmith Cove, Seattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

  5. The Fight for Eminent Domain and the Rise of Local Improvement Districts

    The City Council debates a controversial proposal to empower the city to condemn land for public improvements, sparking fears of 'jobbery and corruption.'

    Feb 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  6. Thrown to the Four Winds: A Green Lake Car, a Strawberry Wagon and a Dead Horse

    Clinton Little is hurrying his berries to market when a Green Lake streetcar comes down the grade and strikes his rig — leaving him with a stitched scalp and his load scattered across the street.

    Jun 18, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyDisasters

Also about this, in other words

  1. The Vanishing Grocer of Garfield

    A local merchant leaves on a routine business trip to Spokane and vanishes, leaving his family and neighbors in a state of growing alarm.

    Jul 21, 1903The Evening StatesmanGarfield

  2. A Candidate's Plea for 'Pitiless Publicity'

    Republican commissioner candidate R. E. Pratt argues that county government should be run like a corporation and demands greater transparency in public affairs.

    Nov 3, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanKennewick

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