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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1893 | 1 |
1 story matching genn
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- A Christmas Auction That Fell Short—and a Mother Sent Home
Donations expected to bring $600 fetch only $158.40, but the Bureau of Associated Charities still outfits 100 families and buys a destitute mother a ticket to Kansas City.
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- The Logger's Last Haul: A Runaway Log Kills George Brann on Whidbey Island
A veteran head logger of the Puget Mill Company, who had served in both the army and the navy, was crushed by a log on a steep grade and lived only an hour and a half — leaving a wife and five children.
- The Stockbroker Who Loved Too Many Renton Maidens
A flirtatious stockbroker lands in court over his 'Don Juan tendencies' after bombarding young hotel workers with red-ink love letters and unrequested rings.
- A Section Foreman's Death at Gilman, and the $100 He Sent Home to Ireland
J. G. Caroian, a Lake Shore road foreman, was killed switching cars at Gilman. His Odd Fellows lodge will bury him at Marysville; his aged mother in Ireland will get no more Christmas money.
- Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army Visits Seattle
General Paul Vandervoort receives a hero's welcome at Yesler's Hall as the G.A.R. sees a massive surge in membership.
- The General Who Couldn't Say 'No' to a Bigot
Lt. Col. George Newton’s stinging reply to a letter writer reveals the ugly underbelly of Seattle’s civic elite in 1897.