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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
1 story matching goar
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:goad, goal, goat, goate, gorar, goliar
- Forty Young Olympians Become Company A — and Veto the 'Governor's Guard'
A new National Guard company musters at the capital, elects its officers, and then debates what to call itself — until one young soldier warns that a governor might someday misbehave.
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- A Home for Working Women
Seattle's new boarding house, The Anaxogora, provides a safe harbor for the city's growing class of professional women.
- Father and Son Arrested After Violent Family Dispute
A domestic conflict in the Walla Walla addition results in the arrest of a father and his son following allegations of abuse against a pregnant woman.
- The Great Goat Gambit: Seattle's First Angora Import
A local merchant imports the territory's first genuine Angora goats from Mexico, betting that their mohair will be worth more than the meat.
- A Hotel Room, a Gas Jet, and a Fight for One Young Life
George McLaughlin was found unconscious in room 43 of the Queen City Hotel. Doctors worked into the night.
- A Frontier Discovery: Quicksilver in the Hills
A routine spring cleaning by a settler’s wife in Clallam County leads to a potentially major discovery of mercury ore.