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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1887 | 1 |
1 story matching benfield
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- A Neighborhood Under Siege: The Fatal Feud of Fourth Street
A quiet funeral for Fred M. Hall masks a violent, month-long dispute between neighbors that ended in a fatal shooting and a town paralyzed by fear.
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- A Dispute Over D Street
The Aberdeen Herald criticizes landholder Samuel Benn for attempting to bypass his contractual obligations to open streets.
- Shakespeare Coming to Kennewick
The famous Ben Greet Players will bring classical drama to town after the local Women's Club and lyceum committee secured a rare stop on the company's tour.
- A $2 Promise, a $1.50 Payday, and a Fight at the Tacoma Theatre
Two high-school supers said they were promised $2 for four Ben-Hur performances. When they objected to $1.50, the theater men were arrested for assault.
- A Ladies’ Aid Society Paid to Bring Him Back
When a former Aberdeen resident fled to Wisconsin accused of seducing a young woman under promise of marriage, local women raised the money to extradite him.
- A Tragic Fourth of July on the Hoquiam River
A celebratory weekend ends in the drowning of a local man after a boating accident.
- The Well in the Wenas
A local carpenter, suffering from the effects of alcohol, met a gruesome and solitary end after falling into a spring in the Wenas Valley.
- The Community-Funded Battery
Kennewick rallies to outfit its local volunteer artillery unit with a 'mess fund' as they prepare for the trenches of Europe.