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1 story matching donelson

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  1. The 75-Year-Old Whistling-Buoy Inventor Comes to Fit the Navy's 600-Ton Gate

    James Bigler, who has built the giant steel caissons in every government dry dock in the country, arrives on Puget Sound to assemble the mammoth gate for the Port Orchard dock — a 600-ton steel vessel shipped in pieces around Cape Horn.

    Jul 29, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Orchard, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay · Local Legends

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  1. The Con Artist Who Played Barber on Marion Street

    A fake detective who swindled his way through Seattle with a short-lived barber shop is now wanted for attempted murder in New York.

    Jan 11, 1892The Seattle Post-Intelligencer270 Marion Street, Seattle

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