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| 1854 | 1 |
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| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 29 |
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3 stories matching eastern
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:easter, astern, easterday, east, etern, northeastern
- The Great Price War of 1878
A Seattle mercantile firm attempts to win over Snohomish customers by slashing prices in the face of local competition.
- The Great Depression of the 1870s Hits Snohomish
Facing a glut of goods and a collapsing market, local merchants slash prices and scramble to entice struggling settlers.
- Walla Walla Wheat Takes Sixteen Handlings
A 1879 editorial exposes the 16-step nightmare of shipping grain down the Columbia River, arguing that Seattle’s rail potential would end the monopoly and the waste.