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23 stories matching resound
- The Electrified Rescuer
A Ballard grocer and a constable lose their suspect when a woman claiming to be possessed by electricity intervenes.
- The Great Umbrella Dispute of Mercer Island
A school election dispute turns into a physical altercation, highlighting the intensity of local politics.
- Puyallup Team Beats Tacoma
A Fourth of July baseball game sees a resounding victory for the Puyallup team over their white opponents.
- The Street Brawl Over a Chinese Opium Den
A morning disturbance on Washington Street reveals the city's hidden world of opium dens and the swift, often brutal, efforts to police them.
- The Acme Opera House Opens Its Doors
Aberdeen debuted its grand new theater with a local production of 'Held by the Enemy,' a performance that proved the town had cultural ambitions far exceeding its size.
- The Apple Orchard Convention
A political showdown in the grove defines the Law and Order party’s rise in 1884 Seattle.
- The Garden City's Grand Harvest
A vivid account of the 1898 Walla Walla Valley Fruit Fair, where local farmers showcased the agricultural bounty of the Inland Empire.
- The Final Act for Seattle's Oldest Theater
Once the grand stage for Fourth of July orations and legal battles, Yesler’s Hall is being gutted to make room for offices.
- The Midnight Feed Store Hold-Up
A Spokane night watchman is tied up by intruders using a sledgehammer and miner's drill in a tense room robbery.
- The Hungry Brethren: Seattle’s Post-Election Feeding Frenzy
Fresh off a resounding election win, Seattle’s incoming Democratic administration is besieged by a desperate army of office-seekers, while power brokers maneuver to clear the path for the next gubernatorial bid.
- The Citizens' Sweep of 1887
Seattle's municipal elections conclude with a resounding victory for the 'Citizens' ticket, as labor candidates suffer a crushing defeat in the rain-swept streets.
- The Automatic Suitor-Smacker
A fed-up father builds a booby-trapped gate to drive away his daughters' persistent suitors, turning a domestic headache into a mechanical triumph.
- The Chinese Laborers Building Seattle’s Railroad
A reporter visits the line of the Northern Pacific railroad to find the massive, hidden workforce extending the tracks into the city.
- The Magic City of Puget Sound
A booster’s portrait of 1890 Fairhaven, capturing a boom town fueled by speculation, deep-water access, and massive infrastructure projects.
- Seattle’s New Year Outlook: A Refuge from the Gilded Age
An 1877 editorial contrasts Seattle’s frontier promise with the labor riots and extreme inequality ravaging the rest of the nation.
- The Mother Who Was Left Behind
A tragic railway accident reveals a painful divide between a social-climbing daughter and her neglected mother.
- A touring tragedian tells Seattle's schoolgirls to put down 'Trilby' and read Shakespeare
Frederick Warde, in town to play Julius Caesar at the Seattle Theater, spends a Friday afternoon lecturing a packed house for the high school library — and is sent off with flowers and a standing ovation from the pupils.
- The Actress Who Became an Evangelist
At Seattle's United Presbyterian Church, Edith L. Peake recounted a life of books, unbelief and stage acting before a Moody and Sankey revival changed her course.
- Paint the Town for the Last Spike
With the Northern Pacific about to close the continent, Spokane Falls is told to clean its streets, whitewash its houses, and prepare for a wealth-laden excursion.
- Loaded to the Rails: Seattle Sends Its First Alaska Steamer
Crowds packed Schwabacher’s wharf as the Willapa left for the north with 79 passengers, horses, sleds and more freight than it could carry.
- The Desperado Who Vanished Into the Brush
A King County manhunt closes in on escaped murderer Thomas Blanck—until a dark ambush near Black River Junction lets him slip away behind his partner’s raised hands.
- Guns at the Polls: Seattle’s First Ward Primary Erupts in a Street Brawl
Sheriff Woolery and saloon man John Considine tried to seize a Republican primary by arresting the election judges; Chief Rogers and his police fought back with warrants, clubs and drawn revolvers.
- Snohomish, 1898: A Ferry Claim Becomes a Booster's Dream City
A promotional tour of the inland Puget Sound town traces its founding by I.C. Ferguson, its lumber and fishing wages, and the railroad that turned a river landing into a self-described city of homes.