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15 stories matching scurril
- Black Leaders Break with 'The Standard'
Prominent citizens issue formal resolution against a local newspaper they claim has turned scurrilous and divisive.
- A Diplomatic Disaster in North Yakima
A diplomatic incident erupts after Olympia visitors leave behind a scathing pamphlet mocking the residents of North Yakima.
- Defending a Local Leader from Slander
The Post-Intelligencer defends L. H. Booth against accusations of financial corruption tied to his past work as a public official.
- The Mail-Order Crank of Seattle
A local mining broker faces prison for years of threatening and scurrilous letters sent to the Post-Intelligencer and national leaders.
- The Bank President and the Federal Judge
When the federal government began investigating his failing bank, a Tacoma business owner launched a public crusade against the judge presiding over the case.
- The Reverend Who Hated Grays Harbor
A disgruntled preacher trashed Aberdeen in a Minnesota paper after he failed to find success in the Pacific Northwest—and local editors didn't take it lying down.
- The Newspaper Feud of 1876
A local editor’s blistering public breakdown of an auditor who dared to write letters to the editor.
- The Atheist of Sixth Street
A Seattle man is arrested for sending threatening, anti-religious letters to a local clergyman while attempting to frame his prosecution as a political attack.
- Three Votes Kill Washington's Eight-Hour Day for Women—Then a Fight Nearly Breaks Out
A bill to shorten women's workdays from ten hours to eight died in the Olympia house after a cannery exemption and a corridor confrontation between two lawmakers.
- Police Crack Down on Local Gambling Den
After ignoring illegal banking games for some time, the city police force raids a gambling operation and arrests the dealers.
- The Unwritten Laws of Seattle’s Press
When a local paper targeted young women in its columns for 'assuming social superiority' at a dance, a vigilante citizen took matters into his own hands.
- The Schoolteacher Who Came to Montesano Looking for a Fight
After a bitter newspaper exchange, Thomas F. Adams attacked two men and drew a revolver on a third before a marshal disarmed him.
- The Newspaper Letter That Nearly Started a Fight in the Washington Senate
With the U.S. Senate election deadlocked in Olympia, a Pierce County senator read a rival’s letter aloud — and the chamber erupted over money, lobbyists, and borrowed favors.
- The Preacher, the Presiding Elder, and the Typewritten Screed
An obscure minister accuses a Methodist leader of seduction and embezzlement, setting off a Seattle church scandal and a criminal-libel warrant.
- The Mayor Fires Two Police Commissioners to Keep Blackchapel Shut
In a single day, Mayor Phelps removed two police commissioners, accused them of conspiring to protect a red-light district and oust Chief Rogers, and installed replacements before the House of Delegates could slow him down.