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11 stories matching sanitarium
- A State-Funded Sanitarium for Washington
Dr. J. A. Ghent prepares to bring a bill before the legislature to provide state care for indigent tuberculosis patients.
- The Milk-Drinking Controversy
A late 19th-century public health debate in Seattle challenges traditional wisdom on how, and how often, to feed the city's infants.
- The Great Spokane Stock Forgery Escape
After allegedly forging a million shares in mining stock, a well-connected broker slips out of a sanitarium to evade arrest.
- The passing of a Snoqualmie Valley pioneer
A well-known farmer and early settler has died at the age of 50, leaving behind a legacy in the Snoqualmie Valley.
- A Salt Maker, a Sanitarium and the Fight for Medical Lake's Shore
A Chicago syndicate's $75,000 health resort ran into one stubborn lakefront owner—and a forgotten town plat that threatened to erase his claim entirely.
- Public Official Stricken by Blood Poisoning
Prominent businessman and County Commissioner J. W. Slayden suffers a severe infection after a work-related injury.
- The Calkins Hotel Despoiled
A real estate trust claims tenants of an East Seattle hotel are gutting the building and flooding its rooms in a scorched-earth dispute over a lease.
- The 'Gold Cure' Scam
A medical investigation finds that the popular 'bi-chloride of gold' treatment for alcoholism is actually a mixture of sugar, water, and booze.
- The Disappearance of Charles Gerber
After vanishing from his home in Yakima, a local man is located in Kennewick, shedding light on a personal health struggle.
- The Governor Died Two Days After Taking to His Room — and Never Said Goodbye
Samuel G. Cosgrove, elected to lead Washington in November, died of Bright's disease at a California sanitarium. Olympia draped the capitol in crape, called out the National Guard, and swore in his lieutenant governor before the funeral was over.
- A Legislature in the Homestretch: Saloons, Gambling and a Fight Over Pledges
With days left in Olympia, Washington lawmakers weigh local option, an anti-racetrack law, a sweeping criminal code and a bill aimed at unions and suffragists.