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- The 'Plant Scurvy' Plague
A state official claims a revolutionary cure for orchard blights, blaming soil chemistry rather than disease.
- The Hop Harvest: A Seasonal Tug-of-War
As hop growers in the Puyallup and White River valleys race to harvest before the rains, a debate stirs over the reliance on Indigenous and migrant labor versus the desire for white, school-aged workers.
- Richland Women Mobilize for the War Effort
As World War I dominates civic life, Richland residents rally to establish a local Red Cross auxiliary and raise funds for the front.
- The Great Log Jam: How a River of Timber Threatened to Wash Away Snohomish
A massive tow of logs broke loose near Priest Point, sparking fears of a disaster that could have swept away the town's waterfront—and highlighting the precarious nature of life in the logging boomtown.
- The Forgotten Fight for Proportional Representation
In 1891, a Walla Walla thinker proposed a radical 'preferential system' to break the grip of party bosses and end the buying and selling of votes in Washington.
- Fremont's Dark Streets
The Seattle City Council faces a standoff with the electric company over street lighting for the neighborhood.
- The Clam-Seller and the Street-Car: A Seattle Reckoning
When a man was killed by a train on a Seattle street, a bystander's callous comment sparked a confrontation that exposed the deep-seated tensions of the city's growing industrial landscape.
- A Farmers’ Paper Warns: Don’t Ship to This Commission Firm
Ranch and Range says the Washington Fruit and Produce Union left Tacoma accounts unsettled and is now trying to do business in Seattle.
- The Persistent Promise of Easy Money
A classic 19th-century 'work from home' pitch promises Snohomish laborers a fortune for minimal effort.
- The $12,000 Gamble: Seattle’s Plan to Woo the East with a Car Full of Dirt and Fruit
In 1889, local booster George Storrs proposed a radical marketing stunt: load a railroad car with Puget Sound’s minerals and produce, tour the Eastern U.S. for six months, and pay for it by charging every resident $0.10.
- The Promised Land of the Skagit Valley
A booster’s vision of Fairhaven as the essential gateway for the vast mineral and agricultural wealth of the Skagit Valley.
- Seattle Nearly Buys Its Canal, One Subscription at a Time
With $21,181 left to raise, the $500,000 Lake Washington Waterway fund is within reach — bankrolled by saloon keepers, a fireman and a hospital sister's $150.
- The City Treasury Scandal
Seattle sues former treasurer Adolph Krug and his bondsmen after a massive public funds deficiency is uncovered.
- The Lumber Boom of 1887
Seattle's bustling mills are running night and day to keep up with the frantic demand for timber, driving labor wages and export prices to new heights.
- Peniel Mission Struggles to Feed Tacoma's Growing Unemployed Population
After launching a daily free meal service that is already overwhelmed by 200 hungry men nightly, a local mission considers opening a free shelter to address the deepening city crisis.
- The Salmon Run's Surprise
Fishermen were caught off-guard as the silver salmon return bucked historical two-year cycles, resulting in a heavier pack than anticipated.
- The Theatre’s Grandest Night
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry bring Shakespeare to an overflowing Seattle audience.
- The Tailor's Revolt: Seattle Shops Defy Union Wages
As the local tailors' strike enters its second week with shops shuttered, merchants import labor from abroad to break the union, sparking fears of violent confrontation.
- Puget Sound Out-Sailed Every U.S. Port but New York in 1894
Customs records showed a young Washington district building an Oriental trade from scratch, even as falling wheat and lumber values masked the boom in raw tonnage.
- Clallam County's Books Are So Tangled the Schools Can't Tell What They Have
A Seattle accountant has been hired to untangle ex-Treasurer Clump's records in Port Angeles — and the school districts are footing the bill themselves while an injunction threatens to stop them.
- The Bureaucracy of Abandonment
Olympia’s land office is paralyzed by backlogs, leaving settlers and their titles in legal limbo while officials in Washington, D.C. ignore local pleas for help.
- Critics Question Government’s Failure to Save Stranded Mariners
A local editor slams the inaction of the revenue cutter Wolcott after a sealing schooner wrecks near Vancouver Island.
- The Price of Progress: Aberdeen’s Fight for the Rails
City boosters push for a free right-of-way for the Northern Pacific, demanding local property owners contribute their fair share.
- A Candidate's Pitch for 'Efficiency'
Practicing attorney D. V. Morthland visits White Bluffs to promote his campaign for State Senator, promising government reform.
- The County Surveyor’s 'Sweating' Scheme
King County Surveyor F.F. Ames faced official charges for systematically stealing a portion of his employees' wages.