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4 stories matching gnat
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:gnar, gnaw, gnagi, gnarl, gnash, cognat
- The Christmas Confidence Game
A crafty drifter in a small town orchestrates a social and financial coup by fabricating the death of his friend's wealthy uncle.
- The Fight for Tacoma’s Public Market
A citizen letter protests the impending removal of market booths, accusing city officials of prioritizing developer interests over public access.
- The Unlucky Fisherman of Seattle
A satirical poem from 1878 chronicles an angler who spends a week sitting by a local sawmill, only to become a living piece of landscape architecture for the local insect population.
- Seven Hundred Miles on Horseback: Two Seattle Men Ride the Raw Edge of Eastern Washington
C. W. Loomis and E. D. Manning return from a month in the saddle — snow-choked passes, waterless deserts, blasting on the Great Northern grade, a mining camp on edge after a killing, and a Colville reservation not yet legally open to whites.