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  1. The Fight Against Classroom Brutality

    After the conviction of two teachers for beating a student in Chewelah, the P-I condemns corporal punishment as a 'relic of a dolorous age.'

    Mar 24, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerChewelah, Stevens County

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  1. The Bear That Bit Back: Deputy Collector’s Narrow Escape from Tax-Collecting Felines

    In a bizarre twist of frontier justice in Toledo, Washington, two tame bears were unleashed on a deputy revenue collector after their Italian owner refused to pay taxes.

    Apr 25, 1899The Seattle StarToledo

  2. The 'Bear of Third Street' Prank

    A group of rowdy boys in 1880s Seattle found a cruel way to terrorize women walking home alone at night.

    Nov 2, 1880The Daily IntelligencerThird Avenue, Seattle

  3. The Pit and the Claw: A Tacoma Man’s Terrifying Tale of Surviving a Bear Attack

    Larsen describes the agony of being pinned in a bear trap, his arm crushed by the beast's jaws, and his desperate fight for survival in the woods near Schomaker.

    Mar 7, 1899The Seattle StarTacoma

  4. The Nahcotta Bear Fighter

    A meat market man from the coast fends off an angry mother bear using only his boot.

    Sep 24, 1903The Evening StatesmanNahcotta

  5. The Salmon Wars of Boundary Bay

    Canadian officials move to counter American trap nets with their own, escalating pressure on the Fraser River's dwindling salmon runs.

    Apr 8, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBlaine

  6. A Close Call in the River Bottoms

    A hunter's routine expedition turns into a desperate struggle for survival against a wounded bear.

    Aug 27, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  7. The Cosmopolitan Hotel's Escaped Bear

    A bear cub makes a frantic dash through the streets of Seattle, smashing mirrors and leading his pursuers on a wild chase.

    May 31, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerFront Street, Seattle

  8. The Great Hoquiam Bear Hunt

    A group of local hunters brings home a bear, but nobody can agree on who actually landed the shot.

    Jul 30, 1891Aberdeen HeraldHoquiam

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