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- The Great School Door Standoff
Tacoma’s Building Inspector and the Board of Education clash over fire safety ordinances and classroom door configurations.
- A Green Lake Home Lost to Flames
A handsome residence near Green Lake is destroyed by fire while the family is away, leaving behind only the memory of a swing in the backyard.
- Bridging the Wishkah: Aberdeen’s New Gateway
A municipal franchise authorizes a new iron-and-wood swing bridge to connect Second Street to the north side of the river.
- Twenty Rounds, No Knockout: Jack Dempsey Outlasts Billy McCarthy in Seattle
A large crowd at the Athletic Club watches the former champion carry a rugged Australian the full distance, splitting a $1,000 purse after twenty punishing rounds.
- The Swing Chorus: How Seattle’s Elite Turned a Concert into a Tropical Fantasy
At Frye’s Opera House in 1903, the Harmony Club staged a bizarre and beautiful musical revue featuring twenty-six young women swinging on hammocks and teeter-totters, proving that Seattle society was ready for something new.
- The Playground Liability Panic
When a legal ruling turned the simple joy of school swings into a site of municipal fear, the school board in North Yakima moved to tear it all down.
- The Day the Hammock Betrayed George
A classic tale of a lover's spat and a very literal bit of karmic justice.
- Fatal Leap from a Moving Train
A young, enterprising contractor met a gruesome end while attempting to jump from a moving freight train near Wallula.
- Longshoreman Injured at Commercial Dock
A dock worker is rushed to the hospital after a workplace accident involving falling lumber.
- Fisticuffs at the Ballpark
The competition for the Kitsap County championship descends into a chaotic brawl.
- The Ahtanum Creek Prize Fight
A covert Sunday morning bout between a local black man and a white opponent draws a crowd of Yakima's 'sportively inclined' citizens.
- The Pendulum Swings to the Gallows
Angus McPhail, convicted of murdering a Darrington saloonkeeper, is sentenced to death at the state penitentiary.
- Playground Liability Lawsuit Threatens School Equipment
A $5,000 jury verdict for a child injured on school apparatus has sparked fears that playgrounds across North Yakima will be stripped of their play structures.
- A Four-Vote Swing Turns an Election
An official canvass overturns a preliminary count, leaving County Commissioner J.B. Clements as the Democratic nominee by the thinnest of margins.
- Tragedy in Old Tacoma Boathouse
A member of the Salvation Army was found dead, ending a life that seemed to possess both discipline and family ties.
- The Great High Line Irrigation Dream
Engineers are scouring Northern Pacific Railway data to see if a massive canal can bring water to 170,000 acres of arid land near Kennewick.
- The Day Fall City Danced: A July 4th Celebration in the Shadow of War
While General Howard debated tactics against Native tribes elsewhere in Washington Territory, residents of Fall City gathered in a cedar grove to celebrate the nation's birthday with speeches, picnics, and swings.
- A Shingle War on the Frontier
A landowner's wife in Whatcom faces down armed men after a dispute over wood theft.
- North Yakima School Playground Accident Leads to $5,000 Judgment
A court ruling finds a school district liable for injuries sustained on modified playground equipment, sparking concerns about the future of school recreation.
- The Great Heron Street Pony Stampede
A frightened pony dragging a halter tied to a signpost caused a chaotic scene for a young boy in downtown Aberdeen.
- The Last Swing at Madison Street Park
A hard-fought benefit game for the local professional baseball team draws a crowd to say goodbye to the season.
- They Burned Letters to the Dead on Ayer's Hill
Olympia's Chinese community gathered at a hillside cemetery in 1891 to honor eight departed countrymen with roast pork, red candles, wine and paper messages sent into the next world.
- Bicycle Feats and Gymnastics at the Armory
Champion W. S. Maltby dazzles Seattle crowds with daring cycle stunts and comedy routines.
- The Great Vote Fraud Scandal: How Federal Officials 'Colonized' Portland Voters to Steal Washington's Delegate Seat
In the wake of the 1876 presidential election, a local Democratic paper exposes a brazen scheme by Republican Governor Frederick Ferry and Collector of the Port William Scott to ferry voters from Vancouver, WA, across the river to Portland, OR, to swing the territorial delegate race in favor of Judge Jacobs.
- A Toddler, an Axe, and a Sister's Terror at South Union
Left at play, a three-year-old swings an axe and maims her infant sister in a Thurston County farm accident that sends the child to the doctors and the older girl into hiding.