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| 1854 | 3 |
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| 1861 | 5 |
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| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 64 |
| 1877 | 54 |
| 1878 | 28 |
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| 1882 | 11 |
| 1883 | 69 |
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| 1886 | 38 |
| 1887 | 46 |
| 1888 | 28 |
| 1889 | 105 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 70 |
| 1892 | 171 |
| 1893 | 156 |
| 1894 | 170 |
| 1895 | 237 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 45 |
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| 1903 | 99 |
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| 1923 | 10 |
| 1924 | 8 |
| 1925 | 5 |
1,890 stories matching short
- The City That Forgot How to Ride: Seattle’s Battle for Short-Term Streetcar Franchises
In May 1899, the Seattle Star warned that granting long-term monopolies to street railway companies would leave the city trapped with obsolete technology and inflated prices. The paper argued fiercely for short-term grants to keep corporations accountable—a debate that echoes in today’s transit infrastructure battles.
- A Church Scandal Erupts in a Seattle Libel Trial
M. H. Nichols stood accused of criminally libeling Presiding Elder T. B. Ford. The defense spent the day trading rumors, old grudges, and one complaint about the prosecutor's booming voice.
- The Midnight Debauch at Mahogany Hall
A night of champagne, revolvers, and brawls in Seattle's waterfront dives leads to a questionable arrest.
- The Wig and the Wire: How a Tacoma Newspaper Owner Tried to Destroy a Judge
In the sensational Wickersham trial of 1889, prosecutor R.P. Radebaugh’s own past and his alleged conspiracy to frame Judge Wickersham for 'immorality' were laid bare in court.
- The Railway War for the Snake River
A brutal corporate chess match plays out across the wilderness as the Union Pacific and local navigation companies fight for control of the Pacific Northwest's lifeline.
- The Man Who Couldn't Be Named: A Mysterious Suicide on Pike Street
In the early hours of a Seattle morning in 1902, a barkeeper discovers a stranger dead in his room with no ID and a note addressed to 'Joe.' The city is left with a body, a mystery, and a morphine bottle.
- The Imaginary Mine of Seattle's Would-Be Count of Monte Cristo
A charming elderly German claimed a Mexican mine, a California ranch and a German inheritance—then paid for gifts with checks no Seattle bank would honor.
- The Circus Crooks Meet Chief Rogers' Shadow
Seattle police pair a detective with every known short-change and gim-flam man at the circus, but not before an old islander is nearly taken for $60.
- The Chief's Daughter in the Shadow of the City Named for Her Father
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent visits Princess Angeline in her Seattle shack and finds the city proudly carving her father's face on a new business block while his daughter lives on charity.
- The Great Seattle Streetcar Franchise Fight: Why Short Leases Save the City
As city councilors debate a controversial 40-year lease for street railway operations, The Seattle Star argues that short-term concessions are the only way to prevent corporate greed from strangling public transit.
- The Soldiers Who Refused to Ride With Scabs
During the Pullman strike, a Washington National Guard company mutinied rather than travel on a train crewed by non-union men—and the colonel who disarmed them said the whole unit should be disbanded.
- Ida May Love Went to Sea as 'Dan McArdle'
A Whatcom newlywed walked out on her husband, her skirts and her name to serve seven weeks aboard the warship Monterey — and the Post-Intelligencer tracked her to a Leavenworth dance hall, where she was still talking about 'us boys.'
- The Engineer Who Found Stevens Pass Drowned in the Columbia
C.F.B. Haskell, who carved the pass’s name on a tree for his boss, was caught in a whirlpool with W.A. Barton and Mrs. Powell. Wenatchee went into mourning.
- Monopoly on the Rails
Tacoma shippers fight against Northern Pacific's refusal to grant access to competing railroads, stifling the city's trade.
- The City's Ladder Was Too Short
When the volunteer fire company staged a demonstration at Frye's Opera House, the Mayor found the equipment wanting—and the resulting public spat was published in full.
- The Seattle-Tacoma Rivalry Hits the Rails
An editorial critique of a Northern Pacific Railroad official's visit reveals deep-seated local resentment over the company's blatant favoritism toward Tacoma.
- A Near-Fatal Jolt at the Haystack
A routine day of farm repairs turned into a brush with death when a derrick cable made contact with a power line near Finley.
- The Man Who Robbed Seattle's Fire Relief Fund Walked Out of Prison on Friday
Five years after the great fire of 1889 turned Seattle to ash, the secretary trusted to hand out relief money — an inspector who forged checks to invented men — finished his sentence and went free, his full take never known.
- Seattle's $100,000 Night: The Armory Meeting That Sold the Ship Canal
Boosters packed the Armory in 1895 and pledged a fortune for locks and bridges on a Lake Washington canal—payable only after a ship made the passage from Elliott Bay.
- The Bunko Men, the Norwegian Sisters, and the Saloonkeeper's Revenge
A shell-game gang swindles two Norwegian sisters out of $300 on the Seattle waterfront; Frank Hart is convicted in three minutes, then a saloonkeeper assaults one of his accusers outside court.
- Spokane Dressed for a Railroad King—and Waited Until Midnight
Spokane Falls spent a week building arches and hanging evergreens for Henry Villard's Northern Pacific excursion, but delayed trains turned the grand reception into a series of after-dark whistle-stops—and Ulysses S. Grant drew the crowd that the railroad had promised.
- When Seattle's Mayor Took on Poverty: The 1895 Charity Bureau Meeting
At the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Byron Phelps and local leaders discussed unemployment, aid to families, and the growing demand for relief during a depression year.
- A Counterfeit Paper Trail Runs Through Seattle
Seattle customs officials insist no forged Chinese registration certificates have surfaced here, while the stories of two men tied to a San Francisco counterfeiting ring spill into Tacoma and Port Townsend.
- The Crooked Streets and Forested Hills of 1874 Seattle
A Pittsburgh visitor who lived here when Seattle had about a thousand people returns after twenty-one years and barely recognizes the city.
- The Woman Who Bet $20,000 She Could Walk Around the World
Champion pedestrian Zoe Gayton stops in Seattle before a globe-circling wager—armed with walking shoes, two revolvers, and a cocker spaniel.
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- The Shortest Divorce Case on Record
Following a tragic loss in the family, a quarreling couple returns to court to finalize their separation with surprising speed.
- The Man Who Stopped the Train
A landowner takes matters into his own hands by tearing up railroad tracks after failing to receive payment for his property.
- The Short, Lavish Reign of a Newsboy King
After finding a purse filled with gold and bills on a Seattle street, a young newsboy went on a spending spree that briefly transformed him into the wealthiest, most generous kid in the neighborhood.
- A Close Call on the Road to Town
A passing train frightens a horse, leaving a local woman injured after a harrowing fall into a rock pile.
- The Unkindest Cut
A young boy's poignant question about inclusion and dignity sheds light on the treatment of people with disabilities in our community.
- A Brutal Hazing at the High School
A young boy narrowly escapes death after being trapped in an outhouse by older students.
- A White-Haired Husband's Thousand-Mile Hunt for the Wife Who Vanished
Since his wife eloped with another man last August, J. B. Small has crisscrossed the country and now reaches Seattle with nothing but a clue and a broken heart.
- A Spokane Forgery Case Stalls
A lawyer for a Spokane man accused of forging his mother's name asks for a delayed trial, citing the summer heat.