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2 stories matching comic

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  1. The Hay Thief, the Bathtub, and the Shotgun Out of Repair

    A Westside barn alarm turns into a comic opera of nightshirts, a borrowed shotgun and one stolen bale of hay.

    Nov 9, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyTrue Crime

  2. Expelled for a Poem About Jonah: A Davenport Boy Takes On His School Board

    Henry Selde recited a comic verse hinting the whale never swallowed Jonah. His teacher cut him off mid-recitation, the board backed her, and a secular union carried the case all the way to the state superintendent — who said he had no authority to act.

    Mar 14, 1892The Olympia TribuneDavenport, Lincoln CountyCity Hall

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