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| 1859 | 1 |
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| 1884 | 5 |
| 1885 | 5 |
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224 stories matching presum
- A Tragic Afternoon at Whatcom Creek
A seven-year-old boy drowns while playing on log booms, sparking a somber community funeral.
- The Double Life of a Murdered Man
A homicide in Tacoma reveals a bigamist's secret life and a potential fight over his estate.
- The Strange Disappearance of George Clark
A local merchant vanishes from Steilacoom, leaving behind $5,000 in debts and unpaid laborers.
- Smallpox Quarantine Lifted in Garfield
After weeks of isolation, local health authorities announce that the threat of smallpox in Garfield has subsided.
- The Beer Hall Heist: A Busted Scheme on the Waterfront
A would-be thief’s plan to float stolen kegs to an Indian encampment ends in a cell.
- The Mysterious Port Gamble Heist
A bold robbery at Port Gamble sparks a frantic search for suspects believed to have fled toward Seattle.
- The Unsanitary Mystery of Wilson Creek
Town residents are fouling the local water supply by dumping horse carcasses near the public school.
- The 'Crusher' Strikes Again
The steam collier San Pedro continues its destructive streak on Puget Sound.
- The Poet and the Plagiarized Verse
A Tacoma man discovers his own lines in a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, sparking a debate over the poet's 'clipping' habits.
- Tragic Drowning at Port Townsend Logging Camp
A Canadian laborer is presumed drowned at a local camp, highlighting the inherent perils faced by workers in the timber industry.
- Squatter Killed in Massive Railroad Slide
A catastrophic hillside failure near Monroe Street buries part of a shantytown; a local man is missing and presumed dead.
- A Friday Harbor Citizen Tells a Rival Editor to Pack His Bags and Go
When the San Juan Graphic blamed saloons for driving settlers to Orcas Island, a letter-writer fired back: if the moral air is so pure over there, why not start your paper there—we'll see you off with a band.
- The Herald's Scathing Feud with the P.-I.
When North Yakima was scolded by Seattle’s 'royal' newspaper for suggesting a statehood convention, the new local paper hit back with a venomous letter and a call for better manners.
- Prehistoric Tooth Found Near Clarkston
Work crews excavating a pipeline near Clarkston stumble upon a six-pound mammoth tooth buried in the earth.
- A Final Leap in Snohomish
A railroad laborer ends his life in a moment of despair at a local saloon.
- The Fight for the Nitrate Plant
Federal engineers scour Priest Rapids, scouting a location for a massive $20 million government facility.
- Drilling in the Rattlesnakes
Speculators on the Knudson ranch pause drilling as they hunt for a gas strike deep beneath the Benton County soil.
- Jailbreak in Walla Walla
Emil Bordeneuf escapes county jail, leaving behind a bizarre, rambling farewell letter.
- Tragedy on the Puyallup Line
A logger named T. J. Sullivan was struck and killed by a motor car while sleeping on the tracks near his camp.
- An Unusual Early Warning Saves a Ranch Barn
When a midnight fire threatened a local ranch, it wasn't a smoke alarm, but the persistent cries of farm animals that alerted the sleeping family.
- The Great Blaine Trousers Heist
A group of burglars target a local drug store owner’s home with a very specific, bumbling objective: stealing the guests' pants.
- The Boodle Battle: Political Corruption and Vagrancy in Tacoma
As local politicians fight for control of city offices, Tacoma's Populists take aim at 'boodlers' and the importation of vagrants to influence local elections.
- The Mysterious Woman Passing Forged Checks
A woman allegedly defrauded five Ellensburg businesses using stolen identities before vanishing.
- A Hearth Turned to Ash
A family breakfast was interrupted by a devastating chimney fire that consumed their home ten miles outside of town.
- Massive Waterfront Real Estate Transfer
Nearly 650 acres of land, including parts of the tide flats and Brown's Point, are transferred to private hands.