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2 stories matching frei

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:freight, freiman, frea, fred, free, fret

  1. The Denny Hotel: Seattle’s Grand Bet on Itself

    As the city raises nearly $100,000 to build a luxury hotel, workers break ground for excavation, signaling a new era of civic ambition and commercial confidence.

    Mar 17, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWallingford, Seattle, King CountyBoom & Bust · Gone Forever

  2. A Parish Divided in Colton

    A local priest denounces a young couple for their choice of marriage officiant, sparking a revolt among his congregation.

    Jun 3, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColton, Whitman CountyCity Hall

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  1. The Old 'Freight Bill' Con: A Waterfront Warning

    A traveler bound for the Klondike Gold Rush finds himself relieved of his cash by a 'friendly' stranger and a well-timed shakedown.

    Jul 7, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle

  2. The Standard Glass and Crockery Co. Returns to Front Street

    After disaster struck, the local business community rebuilt in the heart of Seattle’s commercial district.

    Jul 3, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFirst Avenue, Seattle

  3. A New 'Monte Carlo' in Fairhaven

    Two entrepreneurs prepare to open a lavish new club and billiard room on McKenzie Street.

    Mar 25, 1890Fairhaven HeraldBellingham

  4. A Young Pioneer’s Tragic End

    A promising life in the Seattle real estate trade is cut short by a workplace accident at the Vulcan Iron Works.

    Jun 7, 1893The Seattle Post-Intelligencer500 Pike Street, Seattle

  5. The Foundry That Rose From Seattle’s Ashes

    Burned out in the Great Seattle Fire, J. M. Frink’s iron works rebuilt on Grant Street and kept supplying the city’s machinery.

    Jan 1, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  6. The Fatal Feats of the Fire Fiend

    A traveling variety performer dies of consumption in Victoria after years of swallowing molten lead and red-hot iron.

    Mar 19, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  7. A Fatal Tiller Blow on the Sound

    A pioneer fisherman faces manslaughter charges after a tragic, unintended killing of a close friend.

    Mar 27, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend

  8. The Iron Foundry vs. The Anti-Chinese Movement

    A vigilante mob of Seattle ironworkers forces the departure of Chinese laborers on a steamer to San Francisco.

    Mar 27, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle waterfront, Seattle

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