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6 stories matching demijohn

  1. The Opium Smuggler of Second Street

    A diligent customs officer tracks a young man and his illicit cargo to a local rooming house.

    Oct 30, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSecond Avenue, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  2. The Chief and the Demijohn: Napoleon Whatcom Dies on the Tracks

    A former chief of the Puyallup, remembered for wit and wisdom, is struck by a freight train near the Puyallup depot — with a jug of beer at his side.

    May 29, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuyallup, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  3. A Saloonkeeper's .32 Ends a Masked Raid on Old Town

    Three masked men with Winchester rifles walked into the Dougherty & Wilcox saloon at eleven o'clock Saturday night. One of them never walked out.

    Oct 28, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport, Pend Oreille CountyTrue Crime · Nightlife

  4. The National Theater Manager Skipped Town With the Glassware

    H. H. Kline vanished from Olympia's National Theater, leaving unpaid salaries, a bar tab, and empty beer bottles—while police took charge of the building.

    Nov 9, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyTrue Crime · Nightlife

  5. Tragedy at Point Defiance

    A young fisherman vanishes after a struggle with his sail in the currents off Tacoma.

    Mar 30, 1904The Tacoma TimesPoint Defiance, Tacoma, Pierce CountyDisasters

  6. The Unchecked 'Firewater' Trail

    A rash of bootlegging and theft at the Lakeside saloon forces a local reckoning with the lack of law enforcement near Chelan.

    May 19, 1899The Seattle StarLakeside, Chelan, Chelan CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

Also about this, in other words

  1. Police Clamp Down on Seattle’s Demimonde

    City officials arrest several women managing houses of ill repute, marking a routine effort to enforce liquor licensing laws.

    Dec 20, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. A Dramatic Arrest and a 'Whisky Fit' at the Police Station

    A suspect arrested for jumping a boarding house bill and passing bogus checks collapses in his wife's arms while in police custody.

    Feb 9, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma

  3. Clairvoyant Wins Divorce Suit

    A woman who supported her family as a fortune teller successfully petitions the court for an absolute divorce.

    Sep 23, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla

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