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- Humane Society Intervenes in Balloon Stunts
A local organization moves to stop the dangerous practice of forcing animals into high-altitude balloon stunts.
- Vaccination Orders in Franklin
The Oregon Improvement Company mandates vaccination for all employees and school children to curb a smallpox threat.
- The Sheriff’s Shabby Costume: A Prisoner’s Trick to Escape the Penitentiary
In a bizarre twist of early Washington Territory justice, a sheriff attempted to smuggle a prisoner into the territorial penitentiary by disguising him in shabby clothes. The trick failed, but not before the warden made a memorable quip.
- The Myth of the 'Frozen' Northwest
An 1877 dispatch to a San Francisco newspaper explains the 'warm belt' of air—the Japan Current—that kept Puget Sound from being a frozen wasteland.
- Serial Burglar Hits South G Street
A thief continues a spree of residential robberies, leaving watches behind while taking others.
- A Family Pattern of Criminal Charges
After pleading guilty to horse theft, a local woman is sent to a reformatory while her mother faces time in the state penitentiary.
- The High Cost of the Seventh Street Tunnel
A jury awards $1,000 to a property owner for damages caused by a railroad tunnel project in Olympia.
- The Temperance Movement Comes to the Territory
A new petition arrives in Olympia calling for the total prohibition of liquor sales in the Washington Territory.
- Hail, Snow, Thunder and a Shock Down the Telephone Wire
For two and a half hours Seattle gets a storm almost no climate can produce — and a businessman on Second Street gets knocked against the door by lightning on the line.
- Quick Verdict in Waterfront Dock Holdup
A jury finds a man guilty of a robbery near the Commercial Dock in just ten minutes.
- The Shadowy Traffic of the Northern Coast
Authorities mobilize as reports emerge of a vessel smuggling Chinese nationals and opium into the Pacific Northwest.
- A Fire Trap in the Making
Carelessness with ashes and exploding lamps threaten to consume a downtown business block.
- The $4,800 School Lot in the Wilderness
Seattle taxpayers cry foul as school directors eye block 14, Central Seattle—land with no families within half a mile and a price twice what similar property fetched.
- Railway Accidents Plague the Northern Pacific
Repeated train wrecks near Yakima raise questions about the quality of the railroad's equipment.
- The Battle Against 'Charivari' Noise
When the city council of Vancouver, Washington, decided that raucous wedding serenades were 'disgraceful' to the public order, they took a stand against the tradition of the charivari.
- Blind Pig Raid at American Lake
Police seize evidence of illicit liquor sales near the rural retreat of American Lake, landing a local man in legal jeopardy.
- The Great Hop Correction: A Merchant’s Penny and the Price of Truth
In a rare moment of journalistic humility, local merchants publicly corrected a previous error regarding hop prices, revealing the volatile nature of Seattle’s agricultural trade in February 1903.
- Prehistoric Tooth Found Near Clarkston
Work crews excavating a pipeline near Clarkston stumble upon a six-pound mammoth tooth buried in the earth.
- The Mysterious Fire on Second Avenue
A Spokane shopkeeper finds herself behind bars after a suspicious blaze tears through her dress shop.
- Spokane City Council Scraps Saloon Reform
A controversial ordinance aimed at removing 'boxes'—secluded rooms in saloons often used by women—was defeated in an acrimonious session.
- The River's Grimmer Secrets
A gruesome discovery near the Coyote pumping station finally provides a clue to a year-old riverside mystery.
- Judge Hanford Shields Northern Pacific Wages From the Garnishment Knife
Receivers win authority to issue certificates and pay employees directly, blocking creditors from attaching railroad paychecks.
- The Missing Wheat Case
A local mill manager is arrested on charges of selling 1,270 sacks of wheat that didn't belong to him.
- The City Cracks Down on Unlicensed Saloons
Three women and a Frenchman are fined by Judge Cann in a sweep of Washington Street’s unsavory quarters.
- The Fight for Private Ballots
Spokane voters are demanding an end to the era of 'ward heelers' peering over their shoulders at the polls.