Research the archive
Narrow 25,724 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1876 | 2 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 1 |
| 1889 | 2 |
| 1892 | 2 |
| 1893 | 1 |
| 1894 | 2 |
| 1895 | 1 |
| 1903 | 2 |
| 1916 | 1 |
16 stories matching sexton
- The Parson’s Secret Ringer
When a local sexton entered a decrepit, bony carriage horse into a high-stakes town race, nobody expected the old animal to outrun the finest steeds in Snohomish.
- The Mother in the Front Pew
A sermon on appearances and the judgment of the wealthy, as observed in a Seattle church.
- The Mystery Grave in Masonic Cemetery
Sexton D.P. Metz discovers a tiny, unmarked grave, reviving memories of a haunting trend of abandoned burials.
- A Close Call in Colfax
A dramatic report of a lightning strike on the Sexton farm, featuring early electrical-medical treatment.
- The Stranger in His Own Hometown
After four decades away, Walla Walla's city sexton finds that returning home is a bittersweet encounter with lost time.
- Age Technicality May Free Convicted Youth
A young man sentenced to reform school for burglary finds a path to freedom after it is revealed he is over the legal age for juvenile detention.
- The Perilous Climb of St. Peter's Lantern
A daredevil’s afternoon of ‘roof climbing’ in 1876 Seattle turns into a life-or-death struggle when a simple stunt leaves him dangling a hundred feet above the pavement.
- Carried Out of Church, Then Found Reading Luke
Already expelled for 'lack of moral rectitude,' Dr. Everett O. Johnson returns to a revival service at First M.E. Church and is removed by police and ushers. His open Bible offers the episode's strangest coda.
- The Heir Who Sold His Parents' Grave
A young Seattle man's inherited fortune was gone, and a request to move his mother and father to a smaller plot exposed a family rupture at the health office.
- Seattle Claims Victory in the Gridiron Mud
A rainy, sludge-filled football clash at Madison Park sees Seattle avenge its previous defeat against Tacoma.
- The City Council Clears the Slate
In an era of rapid expansion, Seattle's city officials scramble to fix the city's plumbing and define a new vision for local governance.
- Populists Told: Stay Off the Street Corners or Get Arrested
With a promised debate opponent a no-show, Seattle's Fourth Ward Populists argued among themselves about unity, the Pullman strike and whether corner speeches win votes or just fill the police blotter.
- Sacred Vessels Stolen from St. Mark's
Thieves desecrated the altar at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, leaving the sanctuary in ruins and stealing holy silver.
- Forging a Life in the Pilchuck Valley
A look at the rapid expansion of settler life and the struggle to build roads into the rugged Washington backcountry.
- Kennewick Wins the Northwest's Great Livestock Clearing House
Packers and stockmen from four states organize a $100,000 company and pick a triangle of land by the depot to turn Kennewick into the feeder market between Canada and the Rockies.
- The Terminal Standoff: How Seattle’s Business Elite Forced a Railroad Compromise
In January 1899, the city’s Board of Trade and leading merchants intervened in a bitter dispute between the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad and the Puget Sound Shore Railroad, demanding the construction of vital terminal warehouses to save freight from the elements.