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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1892 | 1 |
1 story matching aber
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:aberr, abe, abel, abet, abey, abercorn
- The Mystery of the Double-Wound Suicide
A grain dealer is found dead in his office with a bullet in his head and another in his chest, raising questions of how a single gun could be responsible.
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- Rescuing 2,500 Tons of Steel from the Sea
A massive engineering project is underway to salvage thousands of tons of steel rails from the wreck of the Abercorn.
- They Burned Letters to the Dead on Ayer's Hill
Olympia's Chinese community gathered at a hillside cemetery in 1891 to honor eight departed countrymen with roast pork, red candles, wine and paper messages sent into the next world.
- A Revolver in the Marriage: Minnie Ober's Divorce
A Seattle court grants Minnie G. Ober a divorce from Harry Ober after testimony that he threatened to shoot her and once pointed a large revolver at her.
- Railroad Worker Maimed in Chehalis
A young laborer loses an arm after being forced from a moving freight train by a company employee.