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2 stories matching rap

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:rape, rapi, rapp, rapt, rapac, rapid

  1. The Schoolhouse Reunion: A Grandmother’s Reflection

    A grandmother visits her granddaughter's rural school and finds herself transported back to her own youth, struggling to reconcile the modern fashions of schoolchildren with the enduring traditions of the classroom.

    Mar 15, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Mob That Tore Through Chinatown

    Testimony from an acting police chief details the systematic expulsion of Chinese residents from Seattle during the violent anti-Chinese riots of February 1886.

    Feb 19, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance

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