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3 stories matching goon

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:goo, good, gook, goos, gooch, gaboon

  1. The Price of Turning Informant

    A Seattle man is targeted for retaliation after allegedly reporting his neighbors to the police for opium use.

    May 19, 1894The Seattle Post-Intelligencer518 Washington Street, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  2. When Seattle First Flew the Philippine Flag

    A six-day Filipino fraternal convention fills Washington Hall, the Eagles Auditorium and the Olympic Hotel—and puts the Philippine flag over Seventh Avenue for the first time in the city’s history.

    Dec 15, 1928Filipino ForumWashington Hall, 153 14th Ave, SeattleStrange But True

  3. A Blind Herb Doctor and the Death of a 14-Year-Old

    An Olympia coroner’s jury found that Clara M. Linton died from the botanical treatments of Dr. William T. Campbell, a blind patent-medicine practitioner who promised her father a cure.

    Oct 21, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountySnake Oil

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