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| Year | Stories |
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| 1900 | 1 |
1 story matching storer
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:store, storey, storeroom, stori, stork, storm
- The Warehouseman’s Betrayal
A legal dispute over the embezzlement of wheat highlights the fragile trust of the Palouse agricultural economy.
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- The Storekeeper's Trap
A local clerk manages to outwit a thief in a high-stakes standoff at a country store.
- The Clerk Who Pocketed the Change
A grocery clerk is caught red-handed by a private detective after being suspected of skimming from the till.
- 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.
- A Furniture Store Fisticuff
A social slight between families led to a curse-filled brawl inside a Second Street furniture shop.
- Nightmare in the Storeroom
Local merchant J.N. Scott endured a terrifying night of captivity after being surprised by armed intruders in his own shop.
- The Safe Crackers of La Conner
In a town unaccustomed to such violence, burglars blast open a general store safe, signaling a new era of criminal sophistication.
- The 'Dead Line' at the San Francisco Store
Before it became a retail hub, the basement of the San Francisco store in Seattle served as a federal jail where prisoners waited for trial while playing cards and bartering for tobacco.
- The Tinsmith Who Dug His Way Into a Dry-Goods Store
A Spokane tinsmith allegedly tunneled under a neighboring store to steal merchandise, in a caper that rivaled the era's famous bank robberies.