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How two swindlers and a 'Nebraska Cyclone' preacher conned a community with a townsite located entirely in a duck-filled salt marsh.
“The rest of Port Stanley lies mostly in a salt water slough, at present occupied wholly and solely by the ducks and a large government scow.”
A minor property dispute over wandering livestock escalated into a fatal shooting on Lopez Island this week.
“A fight ensued between the two men over the matter, in which Kay got thrashed, when he went to his house, got a gun and, going up to Anderson, fired both barrels into his body, killing him instantly.”
Three young men lost their lives in a sudden, icy maritime disaster off the coast of Lopez Island after a routine trip for groceries turned fatal.
“The boat was found upturned and the hay and groceries drifted ashore... no trace of the occupants was to be found.”
A crafty imposter poses as a Scandinavian official and newspaper correspondent to fleece local islanders and investigate a non-existent murder.
“It will be seen that the payment of $2 by J. Nelson is acknowledged, but what for? This T. M. Mauritzen forgot to state.”
A newly arrived settler loses his life in a freak firearm accident while preparing his homestead.
“He lately came to this Territory with his family and a friend... He was a quiet, peaceful young man of moral character.”
A sailing excursion from Victoria to Anacortes ends in tragedy when an experienced sailor vanishes during a sudden storm.
“In the darkness and confusion, Anderson somehow missed his footing and fell overboard.”
A 70-year-old man, a repeat offender in accidental shootings, is critically wounded after being mistaken for a deer in a fern patch.
“Three years ago this month the victim figured in a similar occurrence, he having mistaken Misses Martha and Etta Blake for deer.”
A satirical warning about the 'sporting' men of the Pacific Northwest who, in their eagerness to bag big game, frequently mistake their own relatives for deer.
“A hunter who does not shoot at least one of his wife's relations... is looked upon with distrust by his neighbors; as rather wanting in the proper spirit of a man.”
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