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3 stories matching nun

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:nunc, nunn, nunw, nunan, nunez, nunnal

  1. The Nun on the Fire Escape

    A delirious man, a locked bedroom, and a nun’s desperate climb up a high-rise fire escape to deliver medicine.

    Jun 4, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Child of Contention

    A twelve-year-old girl is caught in a legal tug-of-war between her struggling mother and the House of the Good Shepherd.

    Aug 29, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKing County Courthouse, SeattleScandal

  3. The Fight for Hattie Graham

    A teenager locked away in the House of the Good Shepherd finds herself at the center of a legal and domestic tug-of-war.

    Dec 15, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

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