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1 story matching snake
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:snaki, snakehead, nake, sake, snag, snap
- The 'Water Nymph' of the Northwest
At only 19 years old, Marie Arant, daughter of a Seattle lumber king, has rescued five drowning victims from the region's most dangerous waters.