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10 stories matching uncleanli
- A Thousand Women Are About to Storm City Hall Over Filthy Food
Organized Tacoma clubwomen, claiming a thousand members behind them, have investigated the city's kitchens and markets and found them unclean — and on Monday they march on the health committee to demand a pure-food ordinance.
- City Council Targets 'Disorderly' Tenements
A new ordinance aims to clear out homes deemed a public nuisance based on the 'customs and habits' of residents.
- The Struggle for Access in Seattle's Night Schools
When immigrant students sought an education in 1892, they faced exclusionary sentiment from school officials who labeled them 'untidy' and 'dishwashers.'
- A Social Break at Black Diamond
A local church breaks with 'sepulchral' tradition by hosting a social gathering that crosses racial and social lines.
- The Bananas Scandal
A small-town preacher faces calls for his resignation after being spotted sharing a piece of fruit on a sofa with his wife.
- The True Cost of Living
A haunting poem from the era exposes the impossibility of supporting a family on a mill worker's starvation wage.
- A Minister Takes a Geologist's Hammer to Genesis
Rev. Napoleon Hoagland tells a packed hall that the rocks do not show six days of creation, and that reason — not an infallible book — is the believer's best authority.
- A Filthy Milk Trial, a Lenient Judge, and a Convention's Disgust
The state dairy commissioner lost his Tacoma case against two milkmen whose cows were caked in manure — and the delegates wanted to know what kind of milk the judge kept on his own table.
- The Union Label as a Weapon for Economic Justice
Everett workers are urged to boycott 'sweatshop' products and prioritize union-made goods to protect their own livelihoods.
- A Sanitary Sermon for Kennewick
City Health Officer F.M. Crosby issues a biblical-style list of ten ordinances to combat filth and disease.