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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 1 |
| 1893 | 2 |
| 1894 | 1 |
| 1895 | 1 |
6 stories
- A Patient Fell to His Death. Then the Asylum Went Silent.
A Spokane informant says a patient at the Medical Lake asylum died after a third-story fall—and that no coroner’s inquiry followed. Old employees, meanwhile, were being pushed out.
- The State's Printing Troubles
New reports allege political corruption and financial mismanagement within state institutions.
- The Healing Lake That Hid a Walking Fish
On the Columbia plateau near Spokane lies a strange saline lake with no inlet and no outlet — credited with curing rheumatism, foaming like soap in the wind, and home to an axolotl that fooled the naturalists.
- 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.
- Inside the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane
A biennial report highlights the Medical Lake institution's agricultural successes and its surprisingly high recovery rates.
- Henry Sprague Died by Suicide in an Unfinished House
A young farmer in Medical Lake ends his life in the unfinished house he was building for his bride-to-be after she marries another.
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