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4 stories matching gin
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:ging, ginn, gindi, gingl, givin, giblin
- The City's Water Problem: A Nuisance in the Making
After the Great Seattle Fire, one man's attempt to build a makeshift shelter leads to a messy public legal battle over fire hazards and sanitation.
- Three Groans, Then Dead at the Yokohama
A young Japanese cook takes two bowls of Chinese gin at a Washington Street restaurant and dies before he can be carried up the stairs of his hotel.
- The Newspaper Imposter of Mount Vernon
A traveling con artist posed as a Post-Intelligencer agent to swindle residents in British Columbia and Skagit County.
- The Vanishing Sidewalks: How Seattle’s Council Cleared the Streets of 'Obstructions'
In a bold move to modernize downtown, the City Council ordered the immediate removal of all fruit stands, bootblack benches, and candy vendors from the city's busiest thoroughfares. The result? A clash between civic order and the livelihoods of informal street merchants.