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4 stories matching restrain
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:restraint, retrain, unrestrain, strain, refrain, rain
- A Mother’s Fight for Her Stolen Child
After allegedly losing her daughter to a charitable mission years prior, a Tacoma woman turns to the district court to force a Seattle couple to surrender the child.
- The Waterfront Property War: A Seattle Legal Standoff
A real estate battle over water frontage reveals the cutthroat competition between rival companies in 1887 Seattle.
- The Great Seattle Oyster War
When Colonel Jim Steel discovered a legal loophole to seize Seattle’s tide flats for private oyster farming, he triggered a chaotic race against a major land company.
- The Political Retirement of M. E. O'Connor
After years of fighting for the workingman, a Seattle figure walks away from political life to find peace in a new business venture.