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  1. The Mother Who Faced Down a Lynch Mob

    When a gang of miners prepared to hang a young drifter, the town laundress did the unthinkable: she claimed him as her own son.

    Apr 3, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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  1. A Young Hero of the Sound

    While canoeing near Tacoma, a young boy risks his life to rescue his brother and a friend from drowning in the icy waters of the Sound.

    Sep 13, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  2. A Diamond-Studded Celebration for the Selah Ditch

    Foreman Dan McDonald is honored with a costly gift as the ambitious irrigation project reaches the summit, opening vast new tracts for agriculture.

    Mar 3, 1892The Yakima HeraldYakima Club, Yakima

  3. The Tragic Confinement of a Settler

    A young woman is committed to the hospital for the insane after a period of profound distress.

    Mar 31, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSnohomish

  4. The Squeaky Delegate from Everett

    A state labor convention in Spokane comes to a screeching halt when a delegate's artificial limb runs dry.

    Jan 19, 1912The Labor JournalSpokane

  5. Burning Oil, a Shattered Shanty, and a Logger Who Threw Two Men to Safety

    Chester LaChapelle rescued his cousin and a roommate after a gasoline stove exploded near Kapowsin, sacrificing his own face and hands to the flames.

    Feb 4, 1909The Tacoma TimesKapowsin

  6. The Tailor-Made Confidence Man

    A clever grifter leaves a trail of unpaid bills and stolen suits across North Seattle.

    Nov 25, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerNorth Seattle College, Seattle

  7. A Section Foreman's Death at Gilman, and the $100 He Sent Home to Ireland

    J. G. Caroian, a Lake Shore road foreman, was killed switching cars at Gilman. His Odd Fellows lodge will bury him at Marysville; his aged mother in Ireland will get no more Christmas money.

    Dec 19, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerIssaquah

  8. A Community Effort to Save a Young Life

    Local residents pool their own money to send a young man struggling with addiction to the Keeley Institute for treatment.

    Mar 21, 1892The Olympia TribuneOlympia

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