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4 stories matching err
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:errat, erron, error, errand, errora, era
- The Jailer's Hospitality
Skagit County prisoners find their incarceration is surprisingly comfortable.
- The Great Jury Debate: When Washington Women Fought for the Bench
A landmark 1888 legal dispute threatened to strip women of their newly won right to vote and serve as jurors in Washington Territory.
- The Dangerous Habit of Ignoring Contagion
An 1886 editorial warns Seattle residents against the 'criminal' practice of visiting neighbors and public schools while carrying the germs of diphtheria and scarlet fever.
- The Clerk Who Stole Everything to Run Away
A young Seattle clerk, blinded by a whirlwind romance at a Washington Street boarding house, betrayed his own mother to fund a desperate escape to San Francisco.
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- The Perils of the Telegraph
A look at the chaotic and often hilarious errors produced by local telegraph operators.