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7 stories matching setter

  1. The Great Dog Show Chaos

    Seattle's second annual bench show ends in prize-winning confusion, a Newfoundland's identity crisis, and a Great Dane's dramatic escape.

    May 18, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Day Justice Went Mad: A Proprietor’s Threat and a Drunkard’s Triumph

    In a Tacoma courtroom in January 1890, the owner of the Lomar House threatened to kill a man accused of drunkenness. The court watched, entertained, and ultimately acquitted the accused after witnesses proved he was sober.

    Jan 11, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyNightlife

  3. Two Hunters Left Clinging to the Bottom of Their Boat in Lake Washington

    After an energetic Irish setter caused their rowboat to capsize, two men spent two chilling hours adrift on the lake before being rescued by passing boys.

    Feb 8, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMadison Street, Front Street, Yesler Avenue, Seattle, King CountyDisasters

  4. The Petty Feuds of Walla Walla's Elite

    A satirical chronicle of the local political war between 'Ankeny' and 'Boxer' factions.

    Aug 4, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  5. Camp Kelpie: A Seattle Hunting Party in the Last Great Bear Country

    In 1895, Seattle sportsmen pitched camp on Hood Canal between the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma rivers and found a wilderness thick with black bear, salmon, and one very unlucky tenderfoot.

    Mar 3, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

  6. The Kennel Club's Howling Success

    High-society dog shows in 1891 Seattle were noisy affairs, complete with terrier rat-killing matches and stolen St. Bernards.

    May 19, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  7. The Terrier Who Took His Bedtime Seriously

    When his mistress tried to teach a pet a lesson in discipline, the dog showed he was two steps ahead.

    Jun 27, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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  1. The Logging Camp Grifter

    A teamster is caught by a deputy sheriff after allegedly swindling a saloon owner with a forged time check.

    May 23, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSauk City

  2. A Deadly Labor Dispute Over Wages

    A trap-line worker is killed in his cabin by his stepson following a quarrel over unpaid labor.

    Nov 14, 1924White Bluffs SpokesmanPe Ell

  3. The Landlady of Cherry Street

    A Seattle lodging house keeper is hauled into court after an altercation with a troublesome tenant—a minor dispute that reveals the grit of a changing city.

    May 12, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  4. The Automatic Suitor-Smacker

    A fed-up father builds a booby-trapped gate to drive away his daughters' persistent suitors, turning a domestic headache into a mechanical triumph.

    Jan 19, 1878Puget Sound DispatchSeattle

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