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2 stories matching hedrick
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- The San Jose Scale Was Already on Stage in Yakima
A state fruit inspector warned that infected nursery trees displayed for a pruning demonstration could have seeded orchards across the valley.
- The Assistant City Clerk's Gambling Debt
Tacoma’s Assistant City Clerk F.D. McCain has fled after allegedly forging thousands in city warrants to pay off gambling debts.
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- The Heifer-Hunting Beast of Kamilche
A two-year-old cow goes missing, and a hunting party tracks a massive cougar to its end.
- A Tragic Discovery in the Eatonville Woods
A former Tacoma resident is found dead in the woods near Eatonville, leaving behind a family and an unresolved question of how he died.
- Tragic Accident at Heacock's Mill
A popular young man from Fairhaven loses his life while attempting to retrieve a hat.
- The Deadly Cost of a Logging Contract
A rancher kills a man he claims attacked him after a long-standing dispute over pay.
- The Tacoma Fishing Fleet's Diplomatic War
Tacoma’s Chamber of Commerce takes on the British Empire to protect local halibut profits in the Hecate Strait.
- The Bunco King of Riverside Avenue
A Wisconsin farmer falls for a classic card-sharping trap in downtown Spokane, while local firemen demand more pay for shoveling coal.
- Vigilante Attack in Snohomish County
A rancher involved in a homestead dispute is brutally beaten by a 'White Cap' mob near Arlington.
- A Near-Fatal Jolt at the Haystack
A routine day of farm repairs turned into a brush with death when a derrick cable made contact with a power line near Finley.