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2 stories matching self

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  1. The Price of a Drunken Brawl

    Two men were fined and held for trial after a violent, alcohol-fueled assault on a passerby outside Seattle.

    Sep 6, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerWhite River, Seattle, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  2. A Seattle Preacher Tells Society Women They Are Marching Their Children to the Gallows

    Preaching to women only on "Dying Mothers and Starving Children," Rev. M. A. Matthews calls society "the emptiness of emptiness" — and blames card parties, prizes and maternal neglect for juvenile crime.

    Nov 24, 1903The Evening StatesmanFirst Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Pierce CountyNightlife

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