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- Labor Unions Demand Political Pledges
Seattle labor organizations unite to demand that city political candidates pledge support for a labor commissioner and the initiative.
- The Ghost of the Sound: A Swindler’s Vanishing Act
A glib salesman charms his way into the good graces of a prominent Seattle firm, only to disappear with their funds and a trail of aliases.
- City Charter Committee Member Resigns in Protest
W. G. Armstrong quits the charter revision committee, accusing the city council of flagrantly ignoring the interests of working people.
- Seattle's World's Fair Exceeds All Expectations
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition closed with record attendance, a profit for stockholders, and a lasting gift to the University of Washington campus.
- The Sawmill Strike That Never Happened
When mill workers in Seattle banded together for a small wage increase, they didn't need to walk out to get it.
- Crew of Steamer Idaho Sues for Unpaid Wages
Fourteen mariners file a federal libel suit against their own vessel, alleging the ship's owners failed to pay their wages.
- The Promised Land of Ross Station
A speculative 1888 land advertisement promises a bustling future of manufacturing and homeownership at Salmon Bay, enticing Seattle laborers to invest in a 'suburban' boom.
- Shopping Day for the Indigenous Visitors
A bustling Saturday in Seattle as Indigenous visitors from the bay fill the city's stores with goods and dry items.
- The Decoration of the Fallen in 1884
Thousands gathered in the university grove to honor the Civil War dead and reflect on the changing definition of loyalty in a young, healing nation.
- The Tea That Fed a City: How One Woman’s Lunch Saved Seattle’s Newsboys
In the winter of 1903, Mrs. M.E. Handsaker didn’t just throw a party; she provided a full hot lunch to hundreds of street children, revealing the harsh reality of child labor in the Pacific Northwest.
- The Dream of a Working-Class Suburb at Palatine Hill
Promoters marketed the new Palatine Hill addition near Salmon Bay as the ideal, affordable commuter retreat for the city's growing workforce of laborers and mechanics.
- The Dream of 'Palatine Hill': A Real Estate Fever Dream of 1888
Before Seattle grew into the metropolis we know, developers promised a suburban utopia just a ten-minute walk from 'Salmon Bay'—complete with rail access and schoolhouses.
- The Professor Who Escaped the Shackles: A Seattle Spiritualist’s Audacious Escape
In July 1876, Professor S.S. Baldwin drew a crowd at Yesler’s Hall not for his spiritualist tricks, but for his daring escape from handcuffs and leg irons—a feat that left the audience gasping and proved he was no fraud.
- The First Direct Shipment from China
The arrival of the American ship Mercury in Puget Sound signals the start of a massive new trade route.
- The Sleeping Thief of the Lake View
A lodging house guest thinks a quick snooze is the perfect cover for a crime.
- The Abduction and Drugging of Lody Wirt
A young girl is kidnapped at a local depot and transported to Seattle, sparking a criminal investigation.
- Tragedy at the Coal Bunkers
A tailor from a local ship was found dead on the railroad tracks in what authorities labeled an accidental death.
- The Strange Impostor of the Secret Societies
A concerned member of a legitimate Victoria-based lodge warns Seattle that a grifter is posing as an I.O.O.F. organizer to swindle local recruits.
- The Great Seattle Tax Delinquency List
A vast, published ledger of delinquent property owners across Seattle's emerging neighborhoods exposes the precariousness of early land ownership.
- The Great Seattle Jailbreak of 1878
Sheriff Lewis V. Wyckoff offers a reward for the capture of five men who vanished from the King County jail in the dead of night.
- The Forced Exodus of Seattle's Chinese Community
In February 1886, local vigilante committees pressured Seattle’s Chinese residents to abandon their homes and businesses under threat of violence, forcing a mass departure from the city.
- The Price of 'Protection': Seattle’s Managed Vice in 1892
A rare glimpse into the city's early, transactional relationship with sex work, where police collected 'license fees' under the guise of liquor violations.
- The Skeleton Key Gang
A trio of young boys is arrested for a string of lodging-house thefts using stolen keys.
- A Women-Only Hotel for the 1909 Seattle Fair
Clubwomen, churches and the Y.W.C.A. planned a 100-guest refuge for unescorted women visiting the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
- The Mayor Fires His Police Commissioner in a Fight Over a Den
A vice dispute between Seattle's police chief and one of his commissioners ends with Mayor Phelps wielding the axe.