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3 stories matching goate

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:goat, gate, goad, goal, goar, grate

  1. The Zoo Proprietor and the Imaginary Beast

    A skeptical showman gets a lesson in 'scientific' bluster from a tall, blue-spectacled visitor.

    Mar 9, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyLocal Legends

  2. John Wiley's Whiskers Steal a 25–15 Ballgame

    A comedian's two-base hit, a 1,000-person crowd, and a disastrous first inning turned a grudge match between the Jacobites and Philistines into Seattle's strangest sporting spectacle of 1894.

    Aug 2, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyNightlife

  3. The Pastor, the Circular, and the Hung Jury

    For three days a Seattle courtroom heard accusations of adultery, an illegitimate son, and a pastor’s libelous circular. At 12:35 a.m., the jury was still deadlocked.

    Feb 2, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

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