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4 stories matching pious

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:piousli, piouf, pio, copious, impious, piteous

  1. The Mother’s Rescue: A Seattle Reconciliation

    A mother succeeds in retrieving her daughter from a local bagnio, seeking a new life away from the city's 'lilies and languors.'

    Jan 15, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyNightlife

  2. The Gospel-Ship Scam on Puget Sound

    How a pious Olympia minister raised international funds to build a missionary vessel, only to pivot it into a lucrative towboat business.

    Jan 13, 1884Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerPuget Sound, Seattle, King CountyFollow the Money · Snake Oil

  3. Tacoma Blasted Seattle’s Sin—Then Got Its Own Saloons Counted

    A letter to the Post-Intelligencer turns a morality fight back on New Tacoma, where the writer counts seven brothels, twenty-eight saloons and ministers barring non-Christians from church.

    Aug 17, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

  4. The Schoolroom Rebellion

    A student faces expulsion for daring to recite Robert Ingersoll in class.

    Jul 19, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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