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| 1858 | 2 |
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| 1877 | 27 |
| 1878 | 29 |
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| 1889 | 103 |
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| 1895 | 92 |
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| 1898 | 4 |
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1,216 stories matching store
- The Farmers' Own Store: Stanwood's Answer to the Butcher's Price
A correspondent from Florence reports that cooperative Rochdale stores are spreading down the West Coast — Stanwood's has been open six months, and its shareholders have just voted to add a butcher shop rather than keep selling cattle at a loss.
- Nineteen Buildings Gone Before Breakfast
With no fire department and only buckets, the Kitsap County seat of Sidney watched its entire business district burn to the ground in three hours — then promised to rebuild as Seattle had.
- The 1888 Crusade Against '13-Hour Days' in Seattle
When local shopkeepers refused to close their doors at 8 p.m., the Clerks' Union launched a public campaign to boycott the stores that kept their workers trapped in a cycle of exhausting, long-hour shifts.
- The Mysterious Death of Abe Gross
A 28-year-old Tacoma dry-goods partner was found shot through the mouth in his bed. His brother's grief, a coroner's open verdict, and a city's disbelief turned a private tragedy into a public mystery.
- A Lamp Explodes and Firemen Are Trapped in a Third Avenue Blaze
An oil lamp exploded in a picture-frame shop at 1908 Third Street, burning its owner and trapping firefighters in a re-ignited wall of flame.
- Holiday Tragedy in Olympia
A local automobile dealer was fatally shot while pursuing a robber who had held up the J.C. Penney store during the Christmas shopping rush.
- The Boy Who Vanished Into the Dirt
A contractor’s chilling account of a six-year-old who fell into an open trench and was buried alive—only to be dug out just in time.
- Midnight Fire Wipes Out Fall City's Store and Lodge Rooms
A blaze that began in D. N. Taylor's store destroyed three buildings, including the Masonic lodge room, with losses estimated at $7,000.
- The Midnight Watch Transfer That Split a Seattle Courtroom
A judge dissolved an injunction against J.K. Basye & Co. but kept a receiver in place after a night-time removal of goods from Simon Rumpf's watch store.
- Retail Clerks Demand 6:00 PM Closing Time
Unionized clerks in Everett are threatening action against merchants who refuse to close their stores by 6:00 PM on weekdays.
- Burglars Clean Out the Kennewick Clothing Store
Thieves forced the back door of the Kennewick Clothing store with a crowbar and made off with suits, overcoats and shoes; a patrolman may have passed the store while they were still inside.
- Caught Red-Handed: A Midnight Grocery Heist
A burglar's attempt to crack open a downtown Seattle grocery store was thwarted by an alert clerk sleeping just upstairs.
- The Price of Company Towns
A reporter sneaks into a Washington logging camp to expose how the company store system trapped workers in a cycle of debt and misery.
- Work for a Meal: The Salvation Army’s ‘Elevator’ Opens in Seattle
The Salvation Army opened a combined shelter, soup kitchen and workshop near Third and South Second, offering hundreds of meals and 130 beds—provided able-bodied men earned their keep.
- Seattle's Building Boom Hits the Streets
High rents and a rapidly growing population drive a citywide rush to build one-story retail stores.
- Mistaken Identity Leads to Shooting on Grant Street Bridge
A nervous guard mistakes a resident for a burglar, resulting in an armed struggle and an arrest in the shadow of the bridge.
- The Tinderbox of the Waterfront: Fire Chief Warns of Seattle’s Oil-Fueled Doom
Chief Collins warns that Standard Oil’s wooden warehouses along the waterfront are a 'match away' from destroying the city, while overcrowded lodging houses threaten the poor with similar fates.
- The Pioneer Drug Store Fire
A mysterious warehouse fire tests the mettle of the local fire department and leaves a shopkeeper with a significant, uninsured loss.
- A Doctor Traded His Drugstore for a ‘Level Bottom’ That Wasn’t
Dr. Van Dyke sued R. K. Latimer, claiming a Green River land swap was built on false promises about acreage worth far less than the store.
- The Day the Doors Closed on Commercial Street
A Seattle merchant's overextended dry-goods empire collapses under $23,000 in attachments, and a North Seattle store falls with it.
- Steilacoom Builds Before the Crowd Arrives
Warehouses on pilings, a new store and a brick jail: the town's 1853 building boom was a bet on growth.
- A Night of Ruin: Olympia’s Business District Ravaged by Fire
A catastrophic blaze tears through a full city block in Olympia, leaving shopkeepers and residents devastated in its wake.
- The Town That Went Up in Smoke
A major fire at a general store and post office cripples a local business hub in Tonasket.
- Late-Night Burglary Ends in Foot Chase
A drug store break-in at Commercial Street leads to a wild foot pursuit across downtown alleys.
- The Collapse of a Workingman's Dream
A bold attempt at worker-owned enterprise in Tacoma ends in financial failure and legal recriminations.
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- The Department Store Revolution in Pioneer Square
Before the mall, there was the 'mercantile establishment'—a 19th-century retail behemoth that promised the modern consumer everything from tailor-made suits to beaded capes under a single Seattle roof.
- The Pioneer Variety Store's 'Clearance' Sale
A shopkeeper at Seattle's Pioneer Variety Store announces an urgent clearance sale to avoid 'carrying' his current stock into the coming year.
- The Pioneer Variety Store: A Snapshot of Commerce in Early Seattle
Before the age of big-box retailers, local general stores like T. P. Freeman’s served as the essential hubs for hardware, furniture, and household needs on the frontier.
- The End of an Institution
Seattle's iconic Arcade dry goods store closes its doors, marking the end of a remarkable partnership.
- The Pioneer Discount Marketplace of Seattle
In an era of high prices, the Seattle Variety Store promised relief by flooding the local market with affordable, second-hand household goods.
- The Price of Survival: The Rise of the Cash-Only Store
In an era of credit-heavy frontier commerce, a Snohomish general store forces a shift to a 'cash-only' economy.
- The Price of a Business Failure
A telegram from creditors forces a frantic, 'regardless of cost' liquidation sale of R. Simon's men's clothing store in downtown Seattle.
- Late Night Hold-Up Near 26th Street
The proprietor of a local drug store is intercepted by an armed robber who spent time casually chatting while searching his pockets.