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2 stories matching secondhand
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- Late-Night Blaze Nearly Consumes Third Avenue Shop
A swift response by Seattle firefighters prevents a major conflagration at a secondhand goods store.
- Newport's $300 City Hall Was a Secondhand Newspaper Office
The council accepted the Idaho Washington Northern's offer of the old Miner building, then appointed a committee to move it to Washington Avenue for use as fire apparatus storage, council chambers and police court.
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- Pawn Shop Under Scrutiny Over Early Sale of Goods
A local second-hand merchant was arrested for selling a suit that had not yet reached its redemption date, sparking a test case for local consumer rights.
- Kennewick's Paper Trail for Second-Hand Goods
New city ordinance demands detailed records of every junk transaction to curb local theft.
- The Second-Hand Sleep Economy
Before the age of big-box furniture, T.P. Freeman’s 'Variety Store' turned reclaimed bedding into a thriving trade in 1870s Seattle.
- Gasoline in the Second-Hand Store
A fire at the Great Western second-hand store on South Third Street was ruled incendiary after two fire chiefs detected gasoline; the stock carried $3,000 in insurance.
- The Watches, Pipes and Toothbrushes of the Unclaimed Dead Go Up for Auction
Two years of the coroner's unclaimed effects — purses, cuff buttons, knives and one gold timekeeper — will be sold at the courthouse door on July 7. Their owners died violently, died poor, or were pulled from the bay and written down as 'unknown.'