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2 stories matching pas

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:paso, pass, past, pasco, pasha, pasaou

  1. The Funeral Faux Pas

    A daughter’s confusion during a somber Seattle funeral creates a moment of awkward levity in the midst of mourning.

    Aug 25, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Church Usher Who Mistook a Fedora for a Faux Pas

    A Sunday evening service at North Baptist Church ended in laughter after an overzealous usher attempted to enforce decorum on a woman in a Derby hat.

    Jun 7, 1880Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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