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| Year | Stories |
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| 1889 | 2 |
| 1890 | 2 |
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6 stories matching fool
- The Garden Prank That Sour-Ed a Marriage
A husband’s elaborate scheme to fool his wife with gilded pebbles backfires, leaving the household in a state of icy tension.
- The Perfect Counterfeit
Spokane police investigate a sophisticated operation producing high-quality gold fakes that fool local businesses.
- A Farmer’s Scathing Critique of the Economic Machine
A North Yakima farmer writes a letter to the census bureau expressing his outrage at the plight of the working class versus railroads and trusts.
- The McKinley Tariff Sham
A political critique on how proposed protectionist duties on farm goods served industrial monopolies rather than the rural population.
- The Steamboat Battle for the Okanogan
Ellensburg’s attempt to challenge Spokane for the lucrative Okanogan mining trade is dismissed as a fool’s errand by regional competitors.
- The Traveling Salesman’s Clever Ruse
A skeptical livery stable owner meets his match in a traveling drummer who refuses to pay for his own horse.