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4 stories matching arlington

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  1. A Libel Trial Among Ministers Promises a Scandal in Open Court

    Rev. M. H. Nichols faces a criminal libel charge over accusations against Rev. T. B. Ford, and a California witness has arrived to testify about old “irregularities” in Arkansas.

    Jan 29, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSuperior Court of Washington for King County, SeattleScandal

  2. Fifteen Thousand for Dinner: The Butchers Roast Seattle a Whole Ox

    The trade closed the shops, marched from Pioneer Place to the Yesler dock to meet Tacoma, and hauled the whole town out to Madison Park for four solid hours of carving, a ball game against Arlington, a greased pig and a dance under the lanterns.

    Jun 21, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMadison Park, Seattle, King CountyNightlife

  3. Fifteen Minutes and the Whole Town Core Was Gone

    A flue fire in the Hotel Sedro kitchen took the Pioneer Block with it — the council chambers, the bank, the druggist and the newspaper, all in one afternoon.

    Apr 27, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSedro-Woolley, Skagit CountyDisasters · Gone Forever

  4. A Whole Ox on a 30-Foot Trench: The Butchers' Free Feed for Ten Thousand

    Six beeves, sixteen sheep, one ox and 45 boiled hams — roasted overnight over open coals at Madison Street Park and handed out free on pasteboard plates, with a greased pig, a greased pole and dancing until daybreak.

    Jun 20, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMadison Street Park, Seattle, King CountyNightlife · Strange But True

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