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5 stories matching boaster

  1. The Great Land Grab: How Speculators Stole Washington's Public Lands

    A new federal ruling threatens to invalidate thousands of land claims in the Pacific Northwest, exposing innocent buyers to ruin and revealing a system rigged by attorneys and speculators.

    Jun 24, 1876The Northern StarSnohomish, Snohomish CountyFollow the Money

  2. A Midnight Knock, a Bloody Hat, and the Farmer Who Vanished

    Charles Gloystein joined an oath-bound farmers’ society near Mica, tried to leave, and disappeared. A bloody hat was all searchers found.

    Aug 20, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaCity Hall · True Crime

  3. The False Evangelist

    A traveling preacher who claimed a massive inheritance is locked up in Seattle on charges of forgery.

    Jul 16, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

  4. A Football Scandal Roils Whitman College

    Coach Knight of the University of Washington accuses Wiley Lasater of dirty play, and the campus erupts as students and President Penrose weigh in.

    Oct 27, 1903The Evening StatesmanWhitman College, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County

  5. Lawyers vs. Insurance Men: A Charity Ballgame and a Mock-Biblical Declaration of War

    Seattle's bar association answers the 'tribe of Insurance Men' on the diamond at Madison Street Park, with the gate money going to the Bureau of Associated Charities.

    Aug 15, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyNightlife

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  1. The 'Wild Man' of Kearney Street

    A profile of Leonor Borcharts, known as 'Oofty Goofty,' a performer who made a living by enduring physical abuse for public entertainment.

    Jun 20, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. The Roller-Skating Rink Disaster

    A grocery man's customer describes the catastrophic attempt of his father, a self-proclaimed former skating expert, to navigate the local roller rink.

    Feb 24, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  3. A Homesteader’s Cattle, a Neighbor’s Feed, and Sick Children

    A LeClerc Creek homesteader says a neighbor poisoned his cattle, then his children fell ill after drinking the milk.

    Aug 12, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport

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