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3 stories matching man

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  1. The Tragic Cost of a Long-Standing Feud

    A fifteen-year-old boy shoots and kills a man in downtown Oakesdale, Washington, following years of harassment.

    Jul 4, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerOakesdale, Whitman County

  2. The Town That Owes Nothing: Oakesdale’s Fiscal Miracle

    While other municipalities drown in debt from the boom years, this small Washington town boasts a cash-rich treasury and zero bonds.

    Apr 4, 1899The Seattle StarOakesdale, Whitman CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

  3. The Preacher, the Deed, and the Burning House

    A small-town minister's affair with a married parishioner ends in arson, a whitewash trial, and an effigy swinging from an electric light pole in the heart of Oakesdale.

    May 31, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOakesdale, Whitman CountyScandal

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