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3 stories matching tailor
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:tailoress, tail, taili, bailor, jailor, nailor
- The Day Seattle Marched: Labor, Liberty, and the 1887 Fourth of July
A massive parade of unionized labor, from shipbuilders to coal miners, takes over Seattle’s streets for a patriotic Fourth of July that doubles as a fierce critique of land monopoly.
- The Horror on South Eighth Street
A brutal incident in the outskirts of Seattle leaves a neighborhood in shock after a domestic attack.
- The Governor’s Secret Gift to Seattle’s Newsboys
A surprise act of philanthropy transformed the cold winter of 1887 for Seattle’s most vulnerable young workers.