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2 stories matching succumb
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:succul, succor, succeed, success, succinct, suck
- The Passing of a Pioneer Merchant
James Crawford, who helped build Seattle's mercantile reputation, dies at age 46 after a struggle with consumption.
- The Day the Doors Closed on Commercial Street
A Seattle merchant's overextended dry-goods empire collapses under $23,000 in attachments, and a North Seattle store falls with it.