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| 1858 | 2 |
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2 stories matching eighti
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:eight, eighth, eightieth, weighti, eighteen, eighterl
- The Tragedy at Cle Elum
A head-on collision between a work train and a locomotive leaves construction workers dead and local physicians scrambling in the wake of the worst accident on the Northern Pacific line.
- The Hermit of Salmon Bay
After thirty years living in a cave and eating skunk cabbage, an elderly recluse is finally convinced to leave his Pacific Northwest woods for a quieter life in Kentucky.