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3 stories matching copper

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:coppera, copperi, coppei, copperwar, chopper, copp

  1. The Hidden Metal Powering the Electric Age

    A rare, inaccessible metal from the Ural Mountains has become as valuable as gold, and it is the only thing keeping the world's incandescent light bulbs from shattering.

    Feb 26, 1891Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money · Strange But True

  2. The Weather Bureau's Secret Weapon

    An Aberdeen inventor was caught with a bizarre, Gattling-gun-style contraption designed to blast the clouds away and control the rain.

    Feb 4, 1892Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountySnake Oil

  3. The Tariff That Stung the Tin Can

    As the McKinley Bill hikes duties on tin, local canners and hardware merchants brace for price shocks that will ripple through Aberdeen’s economy.

    Oct 30, 1890Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor County

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