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2 stories matching face

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  1. The Round-Faced Commissioner and the Judge on Trial

    San Juan County's own officials were hauled to Olympia to vouch for a judge's character — and the Seattle papers made sport of them.

    Mar 6, 1891The IslanderOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

  2. The Parson, the Woodpile, and the Five-Dollar Hat

    A skeptical rancher bets the new minister he can't buck two giant butts of firewood before dark. He shouldn't have doubted a frontier preacher.

    Mar 6, 1891The IslanderFriday Harbor, San Juan CountyStrange But True

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