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3 stories matching dec
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:deck, decad, decay, decca, deced, decid
- The 'No Chinese Employed' Sign at the River Side Hotel
A hotel proprietor in the Skagit Valley advertises his business with a exclusionary labor policy reflecting the era's intense nativist sentiment.
- The Price of a Debt: 400 Acres Up for Auction
A Snohomish County Sheriff’s notice reveals the steep cost of financial failure in the late 19th-century frontier.
- The Man Who 'Bled' His Town Dry: The Rise and Ruin of Eldridge Morse
A 1876 traveler’s letter to the Oregon City Enterprise paints a damning portrait of Snohomish’s most energetic citizen, accusing editor Eldridge Morse of draining public funds for private ambition.