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7 stories matching indel

  1. The Spokane Racket Over Male Attire

    When an amateur actress faced a local scandal for wearing pants on stage, the press stepped in to defend the choice as both traditional and modest.

    Jan 14, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSpokane, Spokane CountyScandal

  2. The Scandal of the Stage Tights

    A Spokane socialite faced a moral crusade for daring to play a male role in a light opera.

    Jan 13, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSpokane, Spokane CountyScandal

  3. The Forgotten Safety Practice of 1885

    A century and a half before GPS trackers, a Snohomish County editor offered a simple, low-tech solution for the perennial heartbreak of a lost child: use indelible ink.

    Jul 15, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  4. The Shadow of the Noose: The Murder Trial of O.B. Miller

    A gripping courtroom drama unfolds in Seattle as O.B. Miller faces his third trial for the 1887 murder of two men on Lake Washington.

    Jun 3, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  5. The Man Who Vanished Into the Fog: A Barber’s Final Journey

    Coroner Cross and Dr. Root piece together the identity of a decomposed body found near Salmon Bay, linking it to a boarder at the Commercial Hotel who may have taken his own life with morphine.

    Jan 25, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  6. An Irish Martyr’s Memory

    A fiery speech at the Seattle branch of the Irish National League draws parallels between the American Revolution and the Irish struggle for independence.

    Mar 8, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  7. The Boy Who Wanted a Gun: Seattle’s Satirical Take on Sunday School Prizes

    A local columnist mocks the absurdity of juvenile weekly papers offering .32-caliber revolvers to boys who recruit eight subscribers, arguing that this 'philanthropy' teaches murder rather than morality.

    May 25, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

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  1. The Morning a Tow Rope Nearly Cost Appel Bros. a $600 Raft

    A launch propeller seized, the boom was waiting, and a raft of poles was suddenly drifting toward disaster on the Pend Oreille.

    Mar 31, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport

  2. A Three-Year-Old Lost to the Pend Oreille

    Marvin Fewel slipped into the river while his father built a fence nearby; the community mourned a child gone in minutes.

    Sep 9, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentDalkena

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