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| 1858 | 1 |
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| 1877 | 10 |
| 1878 | 2 |
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2 stories matching tear
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:tea, teak, teal, team, teas, teat
- The Great Gale of 1878
A rare, unprecedented windstorm tears through downtown Seattle, rattling the nerves and rooflines of the city’s early pioneers.
- In Defense of the Old Hat
A Snohomish resident offers a defiant, humorous ode to a battered, three-year-old hat that refuses to quit.