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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1916 | 1 |
1 story matching rick
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:rickh, rickl, rickseck, rarick, ricker, ricket
- The Colonel’s Campaign Roadshow
Roland H. Hartley kicks off a seven-week statewide tour, bringing a university quartet to belt out campaign ballads and challenging the power of organized labor.
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- A Jailhouse Denunciation
A man awaiting trial for robbery tells a reporter that the authorities arrested the wrong person and the real mastermind is still free.
- The Unwanted Guest of Providence Hospital
A 'harmless crank' in 1885 Seattle exposes the gaps in the city's social safety net.
- A Night at the Labor Temple
Everett teamsters hosted a night of boxing, wrestling, and brotherhood for their counterparts from Seattle and Bellingham.
- A Christmas Eve Killing in the Woods
A railroad foreman is murdered in a Pe-Ell camp, sparking a failed attempt by a lynch mob to claim the shooter.
- A Deadly Shift at the Clark-Nickerson Mill
A young laborer is crushed to death by a falling load of timber, marking a tragic end to his shift in the Everett lumber yards.
- The Ploy to Oust the Poundmaster
A political machine allegedly attempts to abolish the office of poundmaster to fire an unwanted Union veteran.
- The Horseshoe King of Moscow
A Seattle blacksmith's apprentice wins a lucrative international contract to shoe royal horses in Russia.
- The Unwelcome Guest in the Banana Crate
A Black Diamond baker discovers a live stowaway from the tropics in his pantry.