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2 stories matching trap

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:tra, trapes, trapez, trapmen, trapper, tram

  1. The Legal Trap of Unsurveyed Land

    A legal clarification reveals that heirs of homesteaders on unsurveyed land in Washington may lose their claims entirely upon the settler's death.

    May 15, 1903The RanchSeattle, King CountyHousing & Rent

  2. Samuel Hill Warns Seattle Would 'Die Like Rats in a Trap' Without Highways

    As Congress weighs the Latimer and Brownlow road-funding bills, the Seattle utility magnate and son-in-law of James J. Hill makes the case that paved highways out of the city are a matter of survival, not comfort.

    Mar 15, 1904The RanchSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust · City Hall

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