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3 stories matching fryer

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:frye, frys, dryer, flyer, foyer, freer

  1. A Steamship Picnic on the Sound

    A summer excursion by local youth captures the social pulse of Seattle in 1891.

    Sep 2, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  2. A Whaleboat Vanished in the Surf Off Grays Harbor

    Lieut. Freeman H. Crosby and four seamen from the survey steamer McArthur were lost trying to land through the surf at Joe Creek, fifteen miles north of Grays Harbor.

    Aug 20, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCopalis Beach, Grays Harbor CountyDisasters

  3. The Great Chicken Crackdown of Tacoma

    A local crime spree left Tacoma poultry-less until an arrest at a YMCA service broke the case.

    Mar 24, 1886Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer18th Street, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

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