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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1898 | 4 |
4 stories matching pass
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pas, passag, passer, passiv, passov, passabl
- Ritzville's Patriotic Send-Off
When two hundred soldiers passed through on a troop train, the town dropped everything to feed them.
- Brawl at Skip Lee's Saloon Leaves Bystanders Maimed
A violent late-night fight involving billiard cues and brass knuckles forces a call for better police protection in the growing town.
- The Vagrancy Question in Ritzville
Business owners and locals grow increasingly hostile toward transients passing through on the railroad.
- The Bessie K. Lost at Sea
A steamship overdue from Alaska is discovered shattered against the rocks north of Victoria, with no signs of survivors.