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1 story matching lesher

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  1. Three Hundred Olympians Pack Columbia Hall to See Who Takes the Cake

    A novelty dance craze two weeks in the gossiping arrives at last: one hundred couples, a flag, a pair of clashing cymbals, and a ten-cent ticket for every march — all to raise money for the YMCA's women's auxiliary.

    Mar 2, 1892The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyNightlife · Strange But True

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  1. Seven Years of Sagebrush

    A Highlands farmer transforms raw desert land into a productive bungalow estate.

    Jul 20, 1916The Kennewick Courier-ReporterHighlands, Kennewick

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