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498 stories matching ticket
- An Indignant Patron
A Chinese man refuses a segregated ticket policy at a local circus.
- Three Tickets and a Saloon Fight in Spokane
A municipal campaign pits Populists, Republicans and the A.P.A. against one another over liquor licenses, Eugene V. Debs and religious intolerance.
- The Case of the Altered Lottery Ticket
Two men sue the Great Northern Express Company for $3,750, alleging their winning lottery ticket was tampered with in transit.
- The Depot Ticket Heist
A theft of transit tickets at the Yakima depot highlights the vulnerability of local agents to company policy.
- A Revolver at the Polls: Seattle’s Republican Primary Erupts
Seattle’s Republican primaries collapsed into shouting, challenged voters, fake tickets and a police chief drawing his revolver to declare the polls open.
- The Dolly Varden Ticket: Seattle's 1894 Scheme to Stitch Together a Political Frankenstein
Disgruntled Republicans and Democrats met in downtown Seattle to plan a hybrid 'taxpayers' ticket aimed at beating the regular Republican slate—if they could keep the seams from splitting.
- Tacoma’s North End Demands Cheaper Streetcar Fares
Local neighborhood club pushes for universal ticket sales on cars to lower costs for daily commuters.
- The 'Citizens' Ticket' Plot in San Juan County
A Friday Harbor editor claims Democrats and Populists will skip their own nominations, then run a fusion slate disguised as a nonpartisan citizens' ticket.
- The Political Machine and the Citizens' Ticket
A bitter look at local political maneuvering in 1894, as power brokers attempt to bypass the Republican ticket.
- The Political Pot Boils Over in Seattle
As the municipal election approaches, local factions scramble to assemble winning coalitions and candidates.
- Dry Forces Name a Ticket and Expect to Run Newport Unopposed
In a caucus at the Lusher & Chrysler office, the Municipal League put up Mike Fox Sr. for mayor and a full Citizens' Ticket for the December 7 election — and nobody expects a rival slate.
- The 'Astonishing Weakness' of the Whitman Democratic Ticket
A scathing critique of local party nomination tactics, accusing the Democrats of poaching 'turncoats' and rejected candidates.
- The Canadian Pacific 'Ticket Scalping' Conspiracy
Federal agents entrap a transcontinental railroad for selling cut-rate tickets, leading to high-stakes indictments in Tacoma.
- The Populist Party's Contentious Bid for Power
A critical look at the new labor-focused political ticket emerging in Grays Harbor, amidst fears of social chaos and questions of candidate competency.
- The Girl Who Was Given a Ticket Out of Town
In May 1903, Walla Walla police released a young woman from jail not because she was innocent, but because they feared her return would cause more trouble. Her destination remains a mystery.
- The Tailor, the Raffle Ticket, and the Entire Afternoon Police Force
A well-dressed Californian sold chances on a $30 suit of clothes to nearly every patrolman in Seattle. Then the drawing night came and went — and the swindled cops hauled him in themselves.
- The Day the Seattle Gold Lottery Fell Apart
A grand public spectacle at Occidental Square took a sour turn when organizers confessed they had sold only half the tickets, forcing a desperate, on-the-spot slashing of prize money.
- Dolly Agnew's Diamonds, Scalped Tickets, and a Seattle Arrest
Arrested in Seattle with William Woodward for larceny, Dolly Agnew told a Portland deputy sheriff a story of diamond theft, a Chicago father, and train tickets turned into cash in Tacoma.
- The Socialist Surge in Everett City Hall
Voters are turning to the Socialist ticket as a protest against rising costs and corporate influence in municipal governance.
- The Price of a Midnight Ejection
After refusing to pay a fare, a passenger was cast into the rain at night, leading to a legal showdown over transit rights and railroad corporate power.
- Temperance and Tax Reform Collide at the Ballot Box
Voters in Prescott and Milton prepare for bitter municipal elections where the primary battleground is the legality of the saloon.
- A Ticket Muddle for the Militia
A breakdown in communication leaves local militiamen feeling spurned at the ballpark gates.
- Ejected from the train and left to freeze
Two men sue the Northern Pacific Railway for $20,000 after being thrown into the woods without tickets.
- The Great Seattle Saw-Mill Gamble
When the city's leading industry, the Yesler Mill, was placed into a grand lottery to boost the local economy and resolve debt, it sparked a frontier frenzy of ticket-buying.
- The 'Ticket-of-Leave' Law: A New Era of Exclusion
New federal legislation mandates that Chinese laborers must register and carry certificates to remain in the country, a move critics denounce as treaty-breaking.
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- The 'Chisel' Game: How Seattle's Working Class Fought Labor Exploitation
A scathing report from 1887 reveals the corrupt 'ticket' system that allowed middlemen to siphon wages from laborers—a century-old echo of modern gig-economy wage theft.