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2 stories matching cambridg

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:cambria, cambric, cambridgeport, cambrian, cartridg, bridg

  1. The Saloonkeeper’s Final Exit

    W. H. Maquilken died of opium poisoning in a Pike Street rooming house shortly after reporting a major robbery, leaving behind a trail of suspicion and gambling debts.

    Jun 10, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPike Street, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime · Nightlife

  2. John Wiley's Whiskers Steal a 25–15 Ballgame

    A comedian's two-base hit, a 1,000-person crowd, and a disastrous first inning turned a grudge match between the Jacobites and Philistines into Seattle's strangest sporting spectacle of 1894.

    Aug 2, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyNightlife

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