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2 stories matching rath

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:rat, rather, rathol, rathbon, rathbun, rathray

  1. The Ballard Sewer Standoff

    A local contractor and city engineer lock horns in a heated public council meeting over the technicalities of neighborhood infrastructure.

    Oct 12, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBallard Avenue, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The Olympia Pianist Who Claimed Franz Liszt Taught Him Through a Window

    A local musician known as the sage of Sherman Valley told a Tribune reporter that as a boy in Westphalia he stole piano lessons from the great Franz Liszt—until Liszt pulled him through the window and set him on his knee.

    Feb 27, 1892The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyLocal Legends

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