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10 stories matching winni
- Woman Admits to Fraud, Past Life Investigated
Winnie Moter Daniels pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses in Judge Hinkle's court last week. Sentencing was delayed while authorities look into her background.
- A Close Encounter with a Cougar
Two young boys on a hunting trip in the Deschutes River valley survive an unnerving standoff with a massive mountain lion.
- Prohibitionists Debate Women's Suffrage
A state convention becomes a battleground over a pro-suffrage plank.
- The Disappearing Postmaster of Columbia City
Dr. J. Henry Johnson leaves his wife, his post office, and his medicine practice behind, citing a life that was 'a perfect torment.'
- The Women of Seattle Organize for Social Change
In an era of rapid growth, the King County W.C.T.U. gathered to hold the city's power brokers accountable for the moral and social decay they saw gripping the port city.
- The Great Washington Women’s Convention: A Sea of Green and White
Delegates from across the state gather in Tacoma to debate education, manual training, and the power of organized female civic life.
- The Great Fourth of July Exodus: Tacoma’s Streets Empty as Seattle Claims the Holiday
While Tacoma lay quiet and deserted on Independence Day, its residents flocked to Seattle for steamers, picnics, and political meetings, leaving behind only a few 'pocket pickets' and a marching army of women.
- The Many Lives of J. S. Howell: Gold Miner, Town Founder, Tacoma Broker
A Tacoma pioneer dies at his Twelfth Street home. His obituary is a tour of the nineteenth-century American West — Wisconsin lumber, Colorado gold, an Iowa townsite he platted and owned, and finally real estate in a rising Tacoma.
- A University Built on Cold Water—and a Fight Over the Collection Plate
Seattle prohibitionists incorporate a “temperance university” at Olympia, then a leading Good Templar editor calls it a scheme to tap the movement’s pocketbook.
- The Darkest Hour: Temperance Leader Declares Cause 'Dead' Amidst Political Corruption
At the State Temperance Alliance meeting in Seattle, Rev. Clark Davis delivers a scathing indictment of the liquor industry's grip on politics and religion, while Rep. De Steiguer rallies support for Watson Squire.