Rainier-Grand Hotel
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- Jan 23, 1895The Globe-Trotter, the Elks, and the $5,000 WagerA Boston telegram called Paul Jones a fake. Seattle's own reporting found a Harvard man circling the world on a wager — and turning a paper suit into a sellout lecture.Seattle, WA
- Feb 16, 1895The Bogus Missionary Who Tried to Work Seattle's Christian EndeavorersA smooth-talking stranger claimed Moody Institute credentials and offered to split the take from a revival. Seattle's Christian Endeavor officers checked the hotels—and caught him in a web of contradictions.Seattle, WA
- Mar 31, 1895Two Black Men Set Out for a Kitsap Farm and Never ArrivedCharles Washington had saved to buy a ranch and marry the woman he left behind. He and friend S. W. Smith sailed from Seattle into Puget Sound—and vanished.Puget Sound, Seattle, WA