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2 stories matching sluggish
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:slugger, slug, slush, waggish
- The 1895 Plan to Straighten the Sammamish River
A petition from H. K. Kelsey and forty others asked King County to drain, deepen and straighten Squak Slough, reclaiming 3,000 acres of overflowed land.
- Two Dead at Franklin: A Foreman's Heroic Death and a Verdict That Cleared the Company
A King County coroner's jury blames three miners for the gas explosion that killed Charles Anderson and foreman Park Robinson — and explicitly exonerates the owners, praising Robinson for a rescue attempt he 'could have avoided.'