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2 stories matching hal

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:hale, half, hali, hall, halm, halo

  1. A Saw Blade, a Slipped Foot, and a Surgeon's Race to Save a Worker's Arm

    A worker's foot slipped against a circular saw, severing the artery and nerve in his right arm; doctors ligated the artery and stitched the nerve.

    Nov 28, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyWork & Pay

  2. The Gold Cure Club: Olympia's Reformed Drinkers Form a Society of Their Own

    Veterans of the Keeley Institute organize a mutual-aid club — president, sergeant-at-arms and all — to pull other men with "the drink disease" back from the brink.

    Jan 5, 1892The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyNightlife · Strange But True

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