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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
1 story matching gerah
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:gerald, gerard, gerb, geri, germ, geraldin
- The Sad Tale of the Professional Mourner
A gray-haired swindler working Seattle's Second Street cigar shops finds that his heart-wrenching sob story—and his prop bandana—only work once per merchant.
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- A Local Merchant’s Grand Tour of China
Gee Hee, a prominent local Chinese capitalist, returns to Seattle after three years abroad, bringing tales of Chinese industrialization and failed railway schemes.
- The Town Rallies for a Destitute Family
After surviving three years of crop failure, horse deaths, and injury, a family arriving in Paha receives an outpouring of community support.
- The Prophet's $50 Debt
A modest Snohomish farmer's estate attempts to collect an unpaid loan from the self-proclaimed 'Elijah III.'
- A New Life for Zadi
An Armenian refugee finds a permanent home in Seattle through a legal adoption in King County.
- A Local Intellectual Heads to Ancient Lands
Dr. John C. Sandberg, once a fixture of Seattle’s literary and medical scene, is appointed U.S. Consul to Baghdad.
- The Germ War on Washington’s Wheat-Field Squirrels
A state bacteriologist in Seattle tested whether a contagious germ could turn Eastern Washington’s crop-destroying ground squirrels into agents of their own destruction.
- The Feast of Lots: Seattle's Jewish Community Celebrates Purim with an Auction of Sacred Letters
At the Hinckley block, the Orthodox congregation dedicated a new Torah scroll and auctioned off its letters to fund education.
- The Steamer Gerome Opens a New Era for River Trade
A historic steamboat navigates the treacherous rapids of the Columbia River, bringing a new lifeline of commerce to Kennewick.