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2 stories matching agar

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:agam, agat, agatz, algar, augar, hagar

  1. The Boom That Wasn't: 350 Workers Stranded in Newport

    As the Idaho & Washington Northern extension stalled, contractors shipped in men before camps were ready; saloons fed and sheltered the stranded workforce.

    Dec 17, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport, Pend Oreille CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust

  2. 1,500 Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Builds the Metaline Line

    The Idaho & Washington Northern extension turns Newport into a construction boomtown, with subcontractor camps, mule trains, dynamite barges and a temporary hospital.

    Dec 24, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport, Pend Oreille CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust

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  1. The State Germ Lab in the Burke Block

    Seattle's new bacteriological laboratory tested city water, hunted typhoid and tried to make diphtheria antitoxin—while its doctors covered the rent.

    Feb 19, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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