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4 stories matching parcel
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:parch, marcel, parnel, parrel, parsel, par
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Maggie McDevitt
A teenager vanishes from her home near the Snoqualmie River, leaving family in distress and the local community speculating on a secret marriage.
- The Widow and the Land Graber
An Indian widow and her children reclaim their land after being defrauded by a prominent guardian.
- Bertha Jarvis Wants Out
A widow who remarried in Renton in 1885 asks a Seattle court for divorce and a share of the property, cataloguing years of abuse, thrown food and threats against her children.
- The Single Tax: A Seattle Paper Takes On Henry George
In 1894 the Post-Intelligencer mounts a full-throated attack on Henry George's land-value tax, warning it would 'rob labor' and hand the ground itself to the rich.