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2 stories matching sapp

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  1. A Nighttime Confrontation at the Brooklyn Lodging House

    A woman tracks her husband to a rooming house, smashes a door, and claims to have caught him in a scandal—while the husband insists he was simply a victim of mistaken identity.

    May 26, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

  2. Gas Engine Blast Injures Local Man

    A gasoline engine exploded in Ralfe Anderson's face on a ranch near Mrs. R. D. Sapp, burning him badly.

    Sep 29, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs, Benton CountyDisasters

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  1. The False Solution to Homelessness

    A radical critique of the 1909 railroad industry's plan to solve unemployment by mass imprisonment.

    Mar 9, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma

  2. The Professional Tramp and His Seven Languages

    A recurring visitor to the Post-Intelligencer office earns his keep with tall tales, Shakespearean quotes, and a refined taste for cocktails.

    Mar 6, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  3. The Political 'Tramp' Hits the Streets

    A new reform journal emerges in Seattle, embroiled in the bitter factionalism of the People’s Party and the city's complex political machinery.

    Aug 7, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMain Street, Seattle

  4. The A.P.A. Sermon at the Seattle Theater

    A local pastor uses his pulpit to incite against the Catholic Church, claiming a secret war for the nation's soul.

    Mar 21, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Theater, Seattle

  5. The Bodega Saloon Heist

    Two former A.D.T. messenger boys used their old badges to trick a saloon into handing over free liquor.

    May 4, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFront Street, Seattle

  6. The Prohibitionists Embrace the Single Tax

    A Seattle convention of the Prohibition party breaks with tradition, adopting a radical platform that includes municipal reform, open employment bureaus, and the single-tax system.

    Feb 23, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOlympic Hall, Seattle

  7. The 'Virtuous Spasm' of 1876: Seattle’s Early Critique of Political Greed

    An editorial from the Puget Sound Dispatch captures the simmering public outrage over a government scandal in Washington Territory, drawing parallels between national corruption and the mismanagement of local university land grants.

    Mar 30, 1876Puget Sound DispatchSeattle

  8. A Scantling Scuffle at the Boom

    A simmering dispute over local timber booms erupts in violence at Chenoise Creek.

    Jul 26, 1894Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen

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