George
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- Aug 23, 1880A Printing Office BlunderA romantic visit to a printing office turns disastrous for a typographer when his fiancée accidentally destroys his hours of labor.Seattle, WA
- Nov 28, 1880The Unlucky Quail Hunt on Squak MountainA teenage outing near modern-day Issaquah ends in a harrowing surgical emergency.Squak Mountain, Issaquah, WA
- Jul 31, 1883The Imaginary InheritanceA young man's prank about a fake Chinese inheritance snowballs into a lucrative, accidental fortune built on social perception.Seattle, WA
- Nov 14, 1885The Expulsion of Tacoma’s Chinese ResidentsA celebratory procession and public speeches in Tacoma mark the return of twenty-seven men indicted for the forced removal of the city's Chinese population.Seattle, WA
- Jul 5, 1888The Greasy Pole Gambit: Seattle’s Summer of Slapstick and SweatOn a sweltering July evening in 1889, thousands gathered at the foot of Madison Street not for politics or protest, but to watch three men fail spectacularly at climbing an oiled pole—a moment of pure, unadulterated civic joy.Madison Street, Front Street, Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Aug 5, 1894The Murder in the Bunkhouse North of AuburnA young Japanese labor contractor was beaten and killed as he slept in a cabin on J.W. Nails's farm; a roommate was jailed while blood trails, a loaded musket and an opium pipe deepened the mystery.Auburn, WA
- Aug 24, 1916The Great Cow-Rescue of FinleyA local farmer’s silo mishap turns into an absurdist tall tale involving a swimming cow and a bucket of milk.Finley, Kennewick, WA
- Jan 25, 1917The Great Finley Hog HuntA routine butchering job turns into a chaotic, nine-shot ordeal that leaves a local hog and a broken axe head in its wake.Finley, WA