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4 stories matching hovel
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:hove, hover, hovey, shovel, hov, hova
- The Shadow Side of the Frontier City
City officials and charity workers uncover a desperate scene of poverty, illness, and institutional failure in the city's waterfront shanties.
- The Sermon on the Grass
A populist gathering at the university grounds turns into a political critique of the land system.
- The Tragic End of a Lonely Immigrant
A German immigrant, once prosperous and educated, dies by suicide in a lonely cabin on the Grant Street Bridge after years of decline and heartbreak.
- The Hidden Cruelty of Early Seattle
A visit to a Chinatown tenement reveals a harrowing reality of human suffering, sparking a volatile debate over labor, poverty, and local morality.