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6 stories matching alberta

  1. The Alberta Dream Turns to Ice

    Washington farmers lured to Canada by immigration agents find only misery, frozen stock, and a desperate desire to come home.

    Mar 13, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColfax, Whitman CountyBoom & Bust

  2. The Clallam Tragedy: A Honeymoon Cut Short

    A husband watches helplessly as his bride vanishes into the stormy seas during the sinking of the SS Clallam in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

    Jan 12, 1904The Evening StatesmanPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyDisasters

  3. The Night Olympia Went to War — and Nobody Shed a Drop of Blood

    A touring tragedian closes his engagement with six acts of Shakespearean murder, and the army court-martial in town turns out in force to watch.

    Nov 7, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyNightlife

  4. A Packed House Watches a Dying Cardinal Bring Down the Curse of Rome

    Touring tragedian Keene fills the Olympia Theater with Bulwer's 'Richelieu' — and promises Shakespeare's Richard III for tonight, with 'but a few seats left.'

    Nov 6, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia Theater, OlympiaNightlife

  5. The Sudden Loss of a Young Mother

    A community mourns a young woman taken by appendicitis just as she was building a new life in Kennewick.

    Sep 8, 1905The Kennewick CourierKennewick, Benton County

  6. The Storm That Shook Seattle: Winds Howl at 50 MPH as Center Moves to Montana

    A powerful weather system swept through the Pacific Northwest on Sunday night, delivering heavy rain and gale-force winds that rattled windows from Tacoma to Port Townsend, before shifting its focus northward.

    Feb 27, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle, King County

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