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2 stories matching riordan
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- The First Annual Tacoma High School Cross-Country Run
High school athletes brave snowy conditions to set new records in the city's first cross-country race.
- A Counterfeit Paper Trail Runs Through Seattle
Seattle customs officials insist no forged Chinese registration certificates have surfaced here, while the stories of two men tied to a San Francisco counterfeiting ring spill into Tacoma and Port Townsend.
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- Team of Horses Nearly Plunge Into The Bay
A local expressman is injured after his runaway team bolts through railroad yards and narrowly misses a deadly drop from a coal bunker.
- The Political Shapeshifter of Seattle
Joe Rohn, a man of shifting loyalties and convenient principles, finds his true partisan home—just as long as the patronage keeps flowing.
- The World-Famous 'Nonpareil' Comes to Fairhaven
Jack Dempsey, the legendary middleweight champion, brings a high-profile glove contest to the local Casino Theatre, electrifying the town.
- The Theatrical Manager and the Victoria Elopement
Democratic party leader and theater manager John W. Considine marries his partner in Victoria shortly after his divorce, sparking a local scandal.
- Tragic Death on the South Park Tracks
After celebrating Independence Day with excessive alcohol, a young farmhand met a gruesome end on the electric car trestle.
- A City Councilman Fights Back After Late-Night Arrest
Alderman Dr. J. Eugene Jordan demands that his colleagues condemn the ‘un-American’ manner of his recent police apprehension.
- The Administrator, the Heir, and the Living Dead Man
General R. G. O'Brien faces a court showdown after a legal battle over an inheritance that traveled all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- A First Day at Moran Bros. Ends Under a Cogwheel
Sherman Scott, out of work and newly hired, was helping hoist pumps for a government dry dock when a donkey engine caught his foot. His coworkers raised money for his family.