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4 stories matching fool

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  1. 'As Cold as a Barn': The Olympia Theater Fight That Spilled Into Print

    When the Tribune panned the Olympia Theater, the rival Standard accused it of kicking without reason. The rebuttal names icy dressing rooms, one-dollar seats and a manager in over his head.

    Oct 12, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia Theater, OlympiaNightlife

  2. The Feather-Pillow Pregnancy That Fooled Centralia

    A couple's plea for train fare ends with the town out the money and both travelers gone.

    Oct 22, 1891The Olympia TribuneCentralia, Lewis CountyStrange But True

  3. The Healing Lake That Hid a Walking Fish

    On the Columbia plateau near Spokane lies a strange saline lake with no inlet and no outlet — credited with curing rheumatism, foaming like soap in the wind, and home to an axolotl that fooled the naturalists.

    Oct 9, 1891The Olympia TribuneMedical Lake, Spokane CountySnake Oil · Strange But True

  4. The City Was Broke. The Paper Wanted the Mayor and Council to Quit.

    With Olympia's finances in a muddle and a bond election already doomed by irregularities, the Tribune pressed Mayor Kerr and three councilmen to resign early so the newly elected government could take charge.

    Dec 12, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

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