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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1894 | 1 |
1 story matching zerlin
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:berlin, kerlin, merlin, oberlin, interlin, waterlin
- The Woman on Her Sister's Grave
A young woman shoots herself at Lake View cemetery and gives her name as Mrs. Whitney. Two families then arrive at her hospital bed, and neither can agree on who she is.
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- A Candy-Shop Front, a Church Shadow, and a Vice Conviction in Downtown Seattle
Rose Zetler was found guilty of running a disorderly house near Third and University, with testimony tying her husband to a tar-and-feathering in Winnipeg.
- The Gambler of University Street
A Seattle woman turns the tables on a local gambler who used threats of violence to bankroll his craps habit.
- An Elopement to Tacoma
Defying her parents, a young woman boards the Zephyr to marry her suitor in Tacoma.