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2 stories matching hobb

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  1. The Groom Who Didn't Exist

    A jilted lover's lawsuit in the Lewis River country unravels a bizarre family scheme to pass a son off as a different man to save the family farm from seizure.

    May 5, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKalama, Cowlitz CountyScandal

  2. The Mother Who Faced Down a Lynch Mob

    When a gang of miners prepared to hang a young drifter, the town laundress did the unthinkable: she claimed him as her own son.

    Apr 3, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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