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  1. A Body in the Bay: The Cryptic Note Left in a Dead Man's Skiff

    An unidentified man is found adrift in Admiralty Bay, and the only clue is a strange note in his pocket about a neighbor, a house, and cloth nailed to the walls.

    Mar 31, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusAdmiralty Bay, Port TownsendTrue Crime

  2. The Parade Ground Is Now a Ward: A Visitor Walks the Territory's Asylum

    Where the 4th Infantry once drilled to fife and drum, a correspondent finds sagging fences, two overworked keepers to a men's ward, and a lone matron holding the women's department — all on an appropriation he calls 'a shame to our people.'

    Sep 1, 1876Puget Sound Weekly ArgusFort Steilacoom, Lakewood, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Gone Forever

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