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8 stories matching samaritan
- Tragedy at the Sinnott House
A waiter at a variety theater is arrested and charged with manslaughter following the death of a domestic worker.
- The Unsolved Mystery at Front and Taylor
A dock worker found unconscious and dying on a Seattle street corner leaves behind a trail of unanswered questions.
- The Well in the Wenas
A local carpenter, suffering from the effects of alcohol, met a gruesome and solitary end after falling into a spring in the Wenas Valley.
- The Vashon Island Cornerstone
On a Tuesday in May, island residents gathered to lay the foundation for the first Methodist Episcopal Church on Vashon Island, embedding a time capsule of 1886 history into the earth.
- A Widow, Two Children, and a Town That Passed the Hat
When Mrs. H. P. Fox arrived in Spokane Falls to find her husband dead of an accidental gunshot, strangers raised money for his burial and her passage home to South Carolina.
- A Rough Ride for Pleasure Seekers
A buggy ride through Spokane ends in a tumble when a team of horses takes fright.
- A Good Samaritan’s $10 Went Straight to the Bar Tab
Woodinville’s A. G. McLean stepped between a bully and a smaller man at a Seattle hotel saloon. The bully thanked him by lifting a $10 bill and buying the house a round.
- A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to Open
In 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.