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3 stories matching mender

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:mendel, meander, mend, ender, mendenhal, bender

  1. The Lonely End of an Umbrella Mender

    After refusing medical aid and struggling in solitude, an elderly man dies in his downtown shop.

    Feb 17, 1904The Tacoma Times1530 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce CountyLocal Legends

  2. A Tinker's Alibi: How Tumwater Witnesses Overturned a Tacoma Murder Conviction

    George Stowe was serving twenty years for shooting Enoch Crosby on a Tacoma street. Then residents of Tumwater swore they had watched him mend tinware miles away on the day of the murder.

    Dec 2, 1891The Olympia TribuneTacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  3. The Disappearing Jeweler of Shelton

    A local partnership ends in a hurried exit, leaving a business partner high and dry and a town searching for a fugitive.

    Jul 5, 1889The Mason County JournalShelton, Mason CountyTrue Crime

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