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| Year | Stories |
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| 1892 | 1 |
| 1894 | 1 |
2 stories matching barger
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:barg, bargetown, badger, bagger, barber, barker
- A Child Hero Killed in Hunting Accident
A fourteen-year-old boy, famous for fighting off a cougar as a child, is shot after being mistaken for a deer near Shelton.
- A New Refuge for Working Women
The YWCA opens its doors in Seattle, offering a haven for women workers with a lunchroom, reading room, and employment bureau.
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- The Deadly Rivalry at the Bargetown Lake
Two farmers, blinded by their competition for the hand of a local woman, met at daybreak for a fight that ended in blood and arrest.
- Aberdeen’s Shipbuilding Ambitions
The steam barge Clan McDonald slides into the harbor, signaling the town’s growing industrial influence.
- The Unlikely Enforcer of a Party Game
A jealous husband at a frontier social insists his young wife receives equal attention—or else he will settle the matter with his fists.
- The Automatic Suitor-Smacker
A fed-up father builds a booby-trapped gate to drive away his daughters' persistent suitors, turning a domestic headache into a mechanical triumph.
- The Bolters: Disappointed Office-Seekers Tried to Hand King County to the Populists
An editorial savages the Republican 'insurgents' of King County — a slate of men who wanted nominations, didn't get them, and now threaten to bolt the ticket and throw the county to the Democrats and Populists. It names names.
- The River Giant: A Record-Breaking Log Boom
The steamer Beaver successfully navigated a massive log raft into the harbor, a logistical feat that left the waterfront stunned.
- Waitsburg Farmers Bet on Thoroughbred Power
Prominent farmers have formed a new association to import a champion French Percheron stallion, signaling a major investment in regional agricultural prestige.