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2 stories matching blower

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  1. The Glass Blower’s Death Sentence: How Machinery Turned a Skilled Trade into a Fast Track to the Grave

    In Washington state, glass blowers are earning less and dying younger as machines replace men. A union president tells an industrial commission that the 'pace that kills' has turned a once-respectable craft into a brutal struggle for survival.

    Mar 21, 1899The Seattle StarSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

  2. The Man Who Borrowed $500 to Chase Gold

    William Jensen returns from the Klondike with nothing but 60 cents and a story of survival, proving that in the Yukon, credit is worth more than gold.

    May 6, 1899The Seattle StarPalouse, Whitman CountyStrange But True

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