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A young man looking for a way out of a paternity suit finds himself wedded to an Indigenous bride instead of boarding a train to Kansas.
“Young Robert Hayes, who was a single man this morning, is a married man this evening, much against his expectations and inclination.”
At the close of their annual institute, local educators highlight the gender wage gap in the public school system.
“All the teachers, especially the ladies, were emphatic in the idea that lady teachers should receive the same wages as men receive for similar work.”
A saloon lamp explosion causes a total loss for a hotel and bar in Burlington, forcing a guest to leap from a second-story window to survive.
“Within an instant he found the stairway cut off and he was forced to jump through the front window to the street.”
A charismatic conman charmed his way through Skagit County, leading church hymns and social teas before vanishing with the town’s funds.
“Sometimes he would pose as a preacher and would lead the Sunday-school and the good sisters in song and praise.”
A Skagit County hunter recounts a harrowing, split-second encounter with a pack of cougars while stalking deer in the snow.
“He stood alone in the silent forest with his bleeding trophies.”
Forty laborers left behind in Burlington after the Great Northern railroad’s stone quarry abruptly shut down without paying their wages.
“The men claimed to have struck because their pay had not been forthcoming.”
Fifty-five delegates, a hall full of converted Republicans and Democrats, and two competing sets of resolutions in Mount Vernon — the new People's Party of Skagit County almost wrecked itself before it named a single candidate.
“There was much feeling, and it was evident that a bitter fight was on, and all expected to see a disgraceful scene.”
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