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4 stories matching saver

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  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. The 'Water Nymph' of the Northwest

    At only 19 years old, Marie Arant, daughter of a Seattle lumber king, has rescued five drowning victims from the region's most dangerous waters.

    Mar 23, 1909The Tacoma TimesSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  3. Sell the Bonds, Build the Furnaces: Seattle's Steel Gamble

    A 1902 prospectus asks ordinary Seattle savers to finance a Pacific Coast iron and steel empire — a furnace at Irondale, open-hearth works on the West Seattle waterfront — with a hundred dollars of stock thrown in free with every hundred-dollar bond.

    Oct 1, 1903The RanchSeattle, King CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

  4. An Agricultural Innovation Takes Root in Walla Walla

    The Talbot Brothers expand their successful farm implement business into a city factory to meet regional demand for their labor-saving cultivator.

    Dec 17, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla County

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  1. A Heroic Rescue on the Tracks

    A longshoreman narrowly saves an Indigenous child from an oncoming switch engine near the Northern Pacific dock.

    Aug 31, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma

  2. River Rescue at Pasco

    Captain Brown of the Hanford Flyer saves a drowning child from the Columbia River.

    Jun 9, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanPasco

  3. A Near-Drowning at the Mill

    A young man is saved from the water by a mill employee who has a reputation for bravery.

    Nov 1, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  4. Heroic Rescue at Newport Steam Laundry: Quick Thinking Saves Worker's Hand

    When Mrs. O'Connor's hand was caught in a mangle, Miss Margaret Ripley sprang into action, stopping the machine and preventing a worse injury.

    May 6, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport

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