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2 stories matching stab

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:stabl, sta, stabil, stabber, stabler, staf

  1. The Chinese Doctor’s Radical Revival

    A Seattle man, presumed dead after two weeks of typhoid fever, was brought back to life by a doctor’s unconventional intervention.

    Apr 11, 1872Puget Sound DispatchJackson Street, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Tyrant of the High Seas: A Sailor’s Knife vs. a Mate’s Revolver

    In a dramatic trial before U.S. Commissioner D.S. Smith, witnesses describe how the first mate of the brig *Sampson* beat a sailor into paralysis with an iron bar and revolver, sparking outrage over maritime abuse.

    Aug 1, 1872Puget Sound DispatchPort Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay · True Crime

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