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| 1894 | 3 |
| 1915 | 1 |
4 stories matching bunn
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:bunni, bun, bunnel, bunney, bunc, bund
- The Boom Era's Bitter Hangover
New tax assessments reveal that local property values have cratered to one-fourth of their peak as the Grays Harbor economy struggles to adjust to the end of a speculative bubble.
- The Boom's Bill Comes Due: Chehalis County Taxpayers Foot the Cost
An Aberdeen editor tallies a quarter-million-dollar tax burden and blames real-estate speculators who promoted 'fool improvements' during the boom, then slipped out of paying.
- The Narrow Escape of the Elma Hotel
A stove long left unused nearly claimed the town's hotel when it was fired up once too often.
- Benton County's Golden Harvest
Local farmers and producers sweep state and national competitions, proving the region's agricultural dominance in 1915.
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- The Bunco King of Riverside Avenue
A Wisconsin farmer falls for a classic card-sharping trap in downtown Spokane, while local firemen demand more pay for shoveling coal.
- The Bunco Men Convicted
A trio of swindlers who targeted two young Norwegian women finds themselves behind bars, but the local paper blames the victims for their own misfortune.
- The Town's Elite Take Up Knee-Breeches
A satirical poem mocks Aberdeen's socialites for adopting the latest high-fashion trend.
- The 'Top and Bottom' Sting
A traveler is swindled out of his savings by a gang of con artists on a Seattle sidewalk, sparking a city-wide police sweep.
- The End of the Road for the 'Manitot' Bunco Ring
After weeks of shadowing, Spokane detectives cornered three notorious confidence men in a hotel room, closing the book on a string of swindles that had plagued the city.
- A Fatal Feast
A lonely wood chopper, accustomed to 'baching' on meager meals, succumbs to convulsions after being invited to a generous home-cooked dinner.
- The Vashon Machinery Heist
Two men receive three-year sentences for stealing a scow-load of machinery from a Vashon Island brickyard.
- The Bunco Man’s Cold Feet
After swindling a local man out of his savings, a group of confidence men returned the stolen cash in fear of the law.