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288 stories matching weight
- The Traveling Show at Yesler’s Hall
A rare Seattle appearance of the Lilliputian Comic Opera Company promises a spectacle of stature—from 28-inch performers to a 600-pound giant.
- Spate of Counterfeit Gold Coins Hits Central Washington
Prosecuting Attorney Hnively warns Yakima business owners to exercise extreme caution as light-weight gold coins flood the region.
- A Heroic Rescue in Kent
A young boy was saved from being crushed by a heavy engine flywheel when a local woman lifted the massive weight off his chest.
- A Costly Slip at the City Dock
Thousands of dollars in railroad spikes plunged into the bay after a dock stringer gave way under the massive weight of materials.
- An Editor Assaulted in Friday Harbor
A local editor was struck down by a county auditor with a heavy lead weight after a tense meeting in the commissioners' court.
- The Peril of the Eleventh Street Grandstand
A foreman's decision to add weight to an already overloaded scaffold leads to a dangerous collapse at the Tacoma baseball grounds.
- The Nutrition Audit of White Bluffs
In an era of public health advocacy, the local Woman's Club helped slash childhood malnutrition rates through school-based monitoring.
- The Weight of the Mill: A Logger’s Victory on Puget Sound
For years, loggers were cheated by mill-owned scales that rigged the weight to keep pay low—until the Papal Mill Company broke the cycle.
- Twenty-Ton Cable Sinks into Pioneer Place
A massive power-house cable falls through a street-level planking, requiring hours of heavy lifting to recover.
- New Water Infrastructure Fails Foundation Test
A newly completed 50,000-gallon standpipe in Isaacs' Addition begins to lean under its own weight, leaving residents without service.
- The Silver Question and the Workingman's Wage
A political maneuver in the House of Representatives forces a debate on whether wages and savings should be paid in gold or silver.
- Spanning the Wishkah
A new bridge contract connects Young Street in North Aberdeen to Second Street in France's Addition.
- Brutal Saloon Brawl Leaves Man with Fractured Skull
A card game dispute at a Seattle saloon escalated into a violent attack, landing two brothers in police custody.
- The Snowfall That Nearly Wiped Out Spokane Falls
Heavy winter snows caused the near-collapse of two public buildings in Washington Territory, sparking a debate over the need for stricter building oversight in a growing Seattle.
- The Five-Gallon Pickle Jar That Held Three, and Other Cheats of 1907
Washington's pure food commissioner reports that the milk of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane is clean — but the packages on the shelf are not what they claim, and he wants the legislature to make him inspector of weights and measures too.
- A Ghastly Discovery on Samish Island
A decomposed body found on the shores of Samish Island reveals signs of a brutal, weighted murder.
- The Fight Against 'Canned Water'
Everett labor organizers inspect local grocers to expose deceptive packaging and short-weighting in the canned fruit industry.
- Aberdeen’s New Gateway Across the Wishkah
Construction begins on a crucial Howe truss drawbridge to link Heron and Front Streets, signaling rapid urban growth.
- Bridge Collapse Kills Seven Great Northern Railroad Workers
A temporary construction span on the Wenatchee River failed under the weight of a heavy train, plunging workers sixty feet into the water.
- The Great Greenback Tug-of-War
A Seattle reader squares off against national editors over the power of the government to define the value of money itself.
- Shingle Weavers Say Railroads and Brokers Are Gutting Their Pay
A Mount Vernon letter warns that a fight over state shingle weights is really a fight over whether workers get a fair price.
- The Death of the Egg Law
A peculiar piece of legislation from 1875 mandating the sale of eggs by weight is finally repealed after years of being a 'dead letter'.
- The City's Short-Sighted Employment Plan
Everett's leaders wanted to combine the city's employment office with the mundane task of weighing store scales, a move that critics argued would doom the city's ability to help working people find jobs.
- The Automatic Suitor-Smacker
A fed-up father builds a booby-trapped gate to drive away his daughters' persistent suitors, turning a domestic headache into a mechanical triumph.
- Betrayal in the Coal Fields
Widows and orphans lose their savings as a local bank collapses under the weight of alleged fraud.
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- The Weight of Little Things
A century and a half ago, a Seattle writer mused on how the smallest details of life—a penny, a word, a drop of water—shape our massive, often overwhelming destinies.