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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1893 | 1 |
1 story matching leister
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:lester, lister, leester, meister, leisi, leiper
- An Umbrella Lesson on Pike Street
A mother tracks her son to a saloon to force him home, wielding her umbrella in a public display of motherly discipline.
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- Mary Stein Feist, 21, Dies by Suicide in Tacoma
A young bride, isolated and grieving for her family in Germany, takes her own life just seven weeks after her wedding in Tacoma.
- Stabbing Over a Woman in Ellensburg
A violent confrontation between former lawman Felix Shaser and William Lee leaves the victim near death, adding to a string of criminal cases in Kittitas County.
- A Young Man’s Fall from Grace
A Colfax native faces justice in Spokane for a jewelry sales scheme, sparking a debate on leniency versus punishment.
- The Smooth Swindler of Springbrook
A serial con artist attempts to swindle hotel keepers and produce merchants with worthless paper.
- A Norwegian Teamster's Last Will: Despair, Disease, and a Sweetheart Left Behind
Fred Syvrud, a 36-year-old teamster, took his own life in a Seattle boarding house, leaving his property to a woman in Norway and blaming an incurable disease.
- A Scandal in the Doctor’s House
Valeska Lueders files for divorce, revealing a household divided by her husband’s infidelity and his insistence that she vacate their home for his companion.