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| Year | Stories |
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| 1905 | 2 |
2 stories matching weight
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:weighti, weigh, welterweight, weigher, weighman, eight
- Trapped on the Ridge: A Teamster's Harrowing Ordeal
After his wagon tipped on a sharp declivity, a local teamster spent an agonizing night trapped beneath his wheat load before being discovered and rushed to the hospital.
- Steamer Gerome Sinks in Columbia River Rapids
A cargo of wheat is lost after an engine failure leads to a wreck near Pasco.