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2 stories matching strap

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:strav, straw, stray, satrap, strain, strait

  1. The Mule-Mounted Howitzer Fiasco

    An ambitious Army experiment at a Western fort goes hilariously and dangerously wrong when a cannon-strapped mule decides to take matters into his own hooves.

    Mar 21, 1872Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Confidence Men of the Steamer Route

    A trio of swindlers fleeing Seattle justice find their match in a wary traveler on the Puget Sound steamship line.

    Mar 9, 1878Puget Sound DispatchMill Street, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

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