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6 stories matching sweater
- Patriotic Policing of the Home Front
A Kennewick teacher resigns under pressure after wearing a Red Cross sweater, sparking a community-wide investigation into her loyalty during the Great War.
- The Flagpole Mystery at Whitman College
A red and green sweater displayed as an effigy on the conservatory flagpole has students speculating on freshman-sophomore rivalries and campus politics.
- The War on Rumors: Why Your Knitting Still Matters
Military officials and the Red Cross pushed back against malicious rumors that soldiers didn't want, or were even discouraged from using, knitted goods from home.
- The Girl Who Chopped Wood to Beat the Doctors
A young woman defying a terminal diagnosis by living in the Olympic Mountains is winning a battle against consumption.
- Seattle Lawyers Turn a Charity Baseball Game Into a Biblical War
Rival teams of Courthouse Hill lawyers announced themselves Philistines and Jacobites, issued mock proclamations, and promised a 500-pound batter—all to sell tickets for the Associated Charities.
- Search Underway for Missing Fifteen-Year-Old
A Puyallup teenager has vanished, and police suspect she may have run off with a young man.
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- The Solitary Tailor’s Winter Plea
A brief, wistful moment in 1884 Seattle captures the isolating struggle of early frontier life through a tailor’s longing for a coat.
- The Iron-Molded Suit: When Tailors Pressed Clothes Onto Your Body
A bizarre new fashion trend in Seattle has women wrapping themselves in hot irons to 'mold' their suits into shape.
- The Kennewick Red Cross Mobilizes for War
Local women open new headquarters at the Commercial Club to begin a massive knitting effort to support troops in the trenches.
- The Roller-Skating Rink Disaster
A grocery man's customer describes the catastrophic attempt of his father, a self-proclaimed former skating expert, to navigate the local roller rink.
- The Price of a Pioneer Wardrobe
A look at the retail landscape in 1886 Seattle, where department stores were the primary civic meeting grounds and symbols of progress.
- The Vanishing Tailor
A charismatic salesman bilks local businesses out of hundreds of dollars before fleeing the city, leaving his manager and creditors in the lurch.
- The Tailor-Made Confidence Man
A clever grifter leaves a trail of unpaid bills and stolen suits across North Seattle.
- The Town's Elite Take Up Knee-Breeches
A satirical poem mocks Aberdeen's socialites for adopting the latest high-fashion trend.