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- Tiny Performers Wow at Yesler’s Hall
A kindergarten concert by the Baptist Sunday School brings down the house to fund a new library.
- The Bottomless Pit of Rainier Street
A fed-up resident petitions the city to fix a dangerous, muddy depression that has become a local hazard.
- The day Seattle broke Stanford's baseball winning streak
In an underdog victory at Madison Park, the S. A. C. baseball team finally ended Stanford’s long winning run during their Northern tour.
- The Lumber King of the Snohomish Valley
Before he became a titan of industry, A.J. Pope navigated the rugged, uncertain life of an early Washington settler.
- The Pioneer Missionary Who Built a Frontier Education
Rev. Cushing Eells, a man who devoted his life to raising the moral standard of the Pacific Northwest, is laid to rest after a lifetime of labor in the wilderness.
- The Diphtheria Menace in Pioneer Seattle
A century and a half ago, Seattle residents faced a terrifying invisible contagion, with the newspaper urging 'sanitary' precautions that eerily mirror modern public health guidance.
- The Devil-Fish of the Chehalis
Two local fishermen survive a terrifying encounter with a massive, tentacled monster in the waters of Grays Harbor.
- The passing of a pioneer who helped tame the West
Donald C. Cresswell, who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1852, dies at 86, leaving behind a legacy of resilience and old-fashioned independence.
- The Last Ride of the 'Paper Railroad'
When Seattle’s homegrown lifeline, the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern, was absorbed by the Northern Pacific, the city lost its independence—but gained its seat at the table of transcontinental commerce.
- The Perilous Journey of the Little Brown Jug
A logger's desperate, tipsy attempt to retrieve his prized whiskey jug from the Seattle harbor makes for a chaotic afternoon on the waterfront.
- The Girls Who Couldn't Be Moved
When two sisters refused to budge for a fishing trip, a bizarre and prolonged standoff ensued involving a heavy door and a very frustrated brother.
- The Great Asparagus Betrayal: Why Kennewick Farmers Are Shipping to Seattle
A local grower exposes the hypocrisy of civic pride, revealing that 'local loyalty' is a myth when Seattle pays more for produce than Kennewick brokers.