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3 stories matching bess
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- She Kept Her Feet on the Ledge: A Former Kennewick Woman Pulls Three Swimmers Out of the Palouse
Two girls and a young man went down in a hidden hole in the Palouse River, and one rescuer after another failed — until Mrs. George A. Fairchild waded in and hauled all three to shore.
- Violence in the Blue Front Saloon
A jealous confrontation over a woman leads to a stabbing in Seattle's historic Whitechapel district, highlighting the dangerous intersections of social life in the 1890s.
- The Great Finley Hog Hunt
A routine butchering job turns into a chaotic, nine-shot ordeal that leaves a local hog and a broken axe head in its wake.
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- The Terrier Who Took His Bedtime Seriously
When his mistress tried to teach a pet a lesson in discipline, the dog showed he was two steps ahead.
- The Last Stand of Bebe Low: A Saloon Keeper’s Final Plea
In August 1876, Seattle saloon owner Bebe Low publicly demanded his debts be settled before disappearing from the city, leaving behind a cryptic notice and a legacy of vanished frontier commerce.
- "Great Scott! Is That Dr. Mary Walker?" — Two Seattle Clerks Ditch Their Skirts on a Dare
A druggist's cashier and stenographer appear on Front Street in bifurcated skirts, betting their boss they'd do it. The town stares; the women report no other inconvenience.
- A Heartbreaking Departure for Reform
A teenage girl thanked the judge who sentenced her to a reform school in Chehalis for stealing clothes.
- A Whitworth Student's Despair
After reading 'trashy' novels, a 16-year-old student attempts suicide twice in one day.
- Tragedy on Sixth Avenue
A young child dies after a tragic accident at home while her father was working at his pharmacy downstairs.
- Police Chief Declares War on Women
A sweeping raid by Tacoma's Chief of Police forcibly targets Black women, marking the start of a local purge.
- 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.