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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1894 | 1 |
1 story matching kerron
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:kerr, erron, kerri, herron, kerrer, perron
- Seattle's Unemployed Organize for the March on Washington
Members of the local 'Industrial Army' parade through Seattle, while local women rally to form an auxiliary and raise funds for the cross-country trek.
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- The Hypnotist of Renton
A domestic dispute involving a 'hypnotist' neighbor turns violent, leading to arrests and a strange day at the local courthouse.
- The Unholy Row at the Pool Hall
A local hothead turned a Sunday game of billiards into a brush with death after a botched pistol shot.
- The Minister and the Saloonkeepers
A traveling revivalist successfully riles up the town of Renton, resulting in the first Sunday-closing arrests in three years.
- The Renton Addition: Seattle’s 1889 Speculative Gold Rush
As property developers paved the way for Seattle's expansion, one man's high-stakes sale of the 'cream' of Beacon Hill real estate signaled a city-wide frenzy for land and infrastructure.
- A Gold-Headed Cane for the Man Who Stayed on the Phone in a Burning Mine
Newcastle honored C.C. Anderson, who kept giving orders to trapped miners as the roof burned above him.
- The Renton Addition Land Grab
A 1889 real estate advertisement lists the city's power brokers as buyers in a new development, telegraphing a future windfall ahead of infrastructure expansion.
- Brutal Knife Attack in East End Alley
A man is hospitalized with a severe head wound after a harvest-time brawl breaks out behind a local saloon.
- The Renton Addition Gold Rush
Before the neighborhood existed, Seattle land speculators stoked a frenzy for 'prime' lots along Madison Street, capping sales to prevent a total buyout on the first day.