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  1. The Black Diamond Wrestling Grudge

    A boastful challenge leads to a bizarre wrestling match in the Black Diamond mining camp, resolved in mere seconds.

    Dec 7, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBlack Diamond, King CountyNightlife

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  1. The Pan Tans: Spokane's Secret Order of Judges, Cops and Councilmen

    A police commissioner's confession exposes a sworn club that counted three superior court judges, four councilmen, a deputy prosecutor and a police judge among its members — and the recall petitions start the same week.

    Aug 12, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentSpokane

  2. A Fatal Feast

    A lonely wood chopper, accustomed to 'baching' on meager meals, succumbs to convulsions after being invited to a generous home-cooked dinner.

    Jan 20, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  3. The Boom Town of Allyn Gets Its Mill

    A new industrial settlement on the North Bay peninsula prepares for a rapid expansion with a steam-powered sawmill and hotel.

    Sep 13, 1889The Mason County JournalAllyn

  4. A Tense Welcome at the Pier

    Tacoma celebrates a new trans-Pacific trade route, but the arrival of Chinese passengers aboard the Phra-Nang serves as a dark reminder of the city's history of expulsion.

    Jun 18, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  5. The Great Nooksack Potlatch

    Hundreds gather near Lynden for a traditional gift-giving feast and solemn reburial of ancestors.

    Dec 10, 1908The Lynden Tribune (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-CurrentLynden

  6. The Shadow of a Workplace Grudge

    A Public Works Commissioner pleads for police protection as he fears a discharged laborer may seek a violent revenge.

    Dec 22, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  7. A Wedding Feast and a Racehorse Victory

    A matrimonial celebration in the Baird country concludes with a high-stakes horse race featuring a mare named Pantages.

    Jun 16, 1916Coulee City DispatchBaird

  8. The Human Cargo in the Ash Pan

    A steamship captain reveals the desperate lengths to which his crew went to smuggle Chinese laborers past authorities in the Puget Sound.

    Oct 5, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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