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6 stories matching willison
- The Skunk of the Press
A bitter 1877 public feud erupts in the Seattle Weekly Dispatch between an editor and a physician accused of editing a scandalous rival paper.
- The Tragic Death of Katherine Paetz
A young woman is found dead in a shack after fleeing home following a family dispute over her romantic choice.
- The Third Time: A Port Townsend Hotelkeeper Takes Poison
J. J. Hunt — twenty years behind the bar of the Townsend saloon, four marriages, a founder of territorial Democracy — is found insensible in his back room, and the doctors have given up.
- The Tragedy of a 'Model' Citizen
A wealthy man's obsession with his wife's supposed infidelity leads to a dramatic, morphine-fueled insanity trial.
- Seattle Lost the Ship Canal Fight in One Olympia Night
The 1892 Democratic state convention rejected the Lake Washington ship canal, humiliated King County's delegates and nominated Henry J. Snively for governor — setting off a political feud over Seattle's waterfront future.
- Democrats Battle Tides to Reach Aberdeen Rally
A political campaign team's water-logged journey across the bay highlights the rough reality of travel in the harbor era.
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- A Scantling Scuffle at the Boom
A simmering dispute over local timber booms erupts in violence at Chenoise Creek.
- A Tree, a Right of Way, and a Man From Ontario
A hired hand clearing the Idaho & Washington Northern grade is crushed by a falling tree; his body comes home to Newport for burial before the long ride back to Walkerton.
- The Tax Man’s Efficiency Drive
Assessor A. H. Wheaton attempts to modernize property tax record-keeping to save the county thousands.
- The Irrigation Promise
Democratic congressional candidate C. W. Masterson rallies voters in Kennewick, attacking the incumbent's record on federal irrigation and drought relief.
- The Expert Turns Farmer
A county agriculturalist who has spent three years advising local farmers decides to test his own theories by homesteading land.
- The End of an Era for Dayton's Timber
After twenty years of supplying local lumber, a veteran mill operator packs up for the Coast as the region’s timber supply dwindles.
- Community Rallies for Stricken Homesteader
Neighbors in Washtucna raise funds to send an afflicted young man to a Walla Walla hospital.
- Hot Fish, an Iron Fork, and a Second Divorce
Olive and Thomas Rogerson remarried after a Minneapolis divorce. In Seattle, a judge heard dueling accounts of fists, a thrown dinner, and a $1,300 mortgage—and granted her a second divorce.