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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1886 | 1 |
1 story matching strase
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:strap, strav, straw, stray, strassner, strain
- The Opium Thief of Port Townsend
A worker entrusted with thousands in opium decides to sell the cargo and flee, setting off a frantic, brief escape that ends in a Seattle jail cell.
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- A Street Fight Over a Package of Meat
A man attempted to steal a package of meat off the steps of the Golden Gate building, only to face a vigorous drubbing from his victim.
- The Logger Who Waited in Silence
A brutal ax wound and a stoic patience define the daily risks of Puyallup Valley labor in 1876.
- Tragedy at the Stoecke Home
A peaceful household is shattered when a violent dispute ends in a fatal shooting.
- A Scantling Scuffle at the Boom
A simmering dispute over local timber booms erupts in violence at Chenoise Creek.
- Tragic Drowning at Squak Slough
A laborer loses his life while attempting to secure a log boom near Derby.
- Millworker Killed by Planer Blade
A young sawmill worker loses his life after attempting to clear a board in a hazardous industrial accident.
- The Chain-Gang’s Shovel Symphony
In the heart of Olympia, a group of convicts turned Pacific Avenue into their personal construction site, wielding pickaxes and shovels with obstinate pride.
- The Estray Swindle: A Rural Confidence Game
A clever ruse targets farmers by using public notice requirements to set up a rigged animal sale.