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3 stories matching rob

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:robb, robe, robl, robt, robbi, robel

  1. The Recluse of the Woods

    A haunting account of a man driven into isolation by the cruelty of his own kin.

    Nov 18, 1859Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyLocal Legends

  2. The Night a Soldier Robbed the Editor's House

    While the Puget Sound Herald's proprietor and his wife were away, a soldier slipped into their home—then walked back through the kitchen into the sitting room.

    Dec 10, 1858Puget Sound HeraldFort Steilacoom, Steilacoom, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  3. A Settler's Plea for Too-e-pi-ti

    An old Pierce County resident says a white man, Jim Riley, shot an Indigenous man without cause—and asks voters not to let the case die.

    Apr 29, 1859Puget Sound HeraldPuyallup, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance

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