Research the archive
Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1894 | 1 |
4 stories matching threadbar
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:thread, threat, threaten, three, threw, thresh
- The Sad Procession of the Snohomish Bachelors
A local scene captures the quiet, threadbare dignity of three men moving house, offering a rare, human glimpse into the isolation of frontier bachelorhood.
- The Price of a Title: A Satirical Pitch for Yakima Bachelors
After a socialite’s marriage bargain with a French nobleman falls through, a local editor makes a cheeky, patriotic offer to find her a better—and cheaper—husband in North Yakima.
- The Great 'Deep Water' Lie: Seattle vs. Tacoma
A leaked conversation between a Northern Pacific Railroad agent and a local editor reveals the cutthroat, manufactured rivalry over which city would become the true terminus for the wheat trade.
- The Preacher, the Actress, and the Seattle Theatre Feud
Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew packed the Seattle Theater—then found themselves denounced from a Portland pulpit by a preacher they insisted they had never gone to hear.