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2 stories matching mendel
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- The Palouse Professor Who Helped Rediscover Heredity
Before Mendel's laws were famous, an agriculturist at the Washington State Experiment Station stood alongside three European scientists as a co-discoverer of them — and proved the principle with velvet-chaffed wheat.
- The Untamable Columbia
Army engineers dismiss dreams of a navigable river highway, citing fatal drops and impossible terrain.
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- The Unlucky Menomonie
A top-heavy ship bound for the coal mines meets an unfortunate fate at the wharf.
- Razor Attack at Lynn's Sawmill
A studious sawmill worker turned on his coworkers, slashing a man in a dispute over a poker game.
- Abandoned Mill Consumed by Fire
A high-wind blaze at the old Mentzer mill threatened nearby homes in the North End.
- The Forbidden Book That Survived the Fire
A rare, centuries-old volume of Martin Luther’s 'Table Talk' was miraculously salvaged from the ashes of the Great Seattle Fire, having been smuggled across the ocean and hidden away by generations to escape religious persecution.
- The 'Messiah' of North Tacoma
After his arrest for assault, police uncovered a stash of love letters from women across the country who believed Joshua Klein was a spiritual master.
- The Perils of a Dandy in Snohomish
A South End man discovers that his wife's penchant for artistic interior decoration on his favorite pair of trousers has left him with more than just a fashion statement.
- The Collapse of a Great Western Land Empire
A Minneapolis financier’s ambitious plan to build a 'manufacturing town' north of Seattle implodes, revealing a labyrinth of fake mortgages and hollow companies.
- Narrow Escape at the Ballard Mill
A machinist miraculously survives a terrifying entanglement with a revolving shaft at the Seattle Lumber Company mill.