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2 stories matching wheez

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  1. The Patent Medicine Hustle on Front Street

    A Seattle reporter investigates the miraculous 'medical inhalations' of an advertising physician, uncovering a trail of dubious health claims and desperate patients.

    Jun 28, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFront Street, Seattle, King CountySnake Oil

  2. The Forest Empire That Built Washington

    A sweeping 1900 survey of the state's lumber industry counted billions of feet of standing timber, 250 sawmills, and $7 million a year in wages—proof that the trees, not the cities, came first.

    Jan 1, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay · Follow the Money

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