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3 stories matching wake

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:waken, wakeman, wakefield

  1. The Beast on the Bluff: Hunting a Panther in White River

    A Seattle neighborhood turns out with dogs to track a predator that decimated a local farmer's livestock.

    Jun 23, 1876The Daily IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  2. The Infant Glee Club of 1878

    Before the city’s grand theaters were established, a neighborhood girl organized Seattle’s first children’s choir in her mother’s parlor.

    Aug 3, 1878The Daily IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  3. The Midnight Butcher of Seattle

    A traveler stops for the night at a remote fisherman's hut, only to find himself terrorized by the sound of steel scraping against stone.

    Nov 23, 1876The Daily IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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