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3 stories matching bite

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:biter, bit, biteth, bitt, bitch, bitti

  1. A Critique of Preachers' Neglect of Practical Reform

    A biting editorial calls out local clergy for focusing on the 'unknown future' while ignoring the immediate sanitary crises, poverty, and vice plaguing the streets of Seattle.

    Aug 19, 1876The Northern StarWaterfront, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The Tall Tale of Germantown’s New Arrival

    A young newcomer spins wildly imaginative yarns of buried gold and subterranean earthquakes, charming the neighborhood kids and confounding their parents.

    Oct 21, 1876The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyStrange But True

  3. The Snake Oil of Snohomish

    A century-old miracle cure for man and beast that promised to heal everything from rheumatism to ‘hollow horn’.

    Mar 8, 1879The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountySnake Oil

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