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2 stories matching bit

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:bite, bitt, bitch, biter, bitti, babbit

  1. Rainier’s Shingle Boom and the Road Olympia Forgot

    A Rainier correspondent reports new shingle mills and warns that Olympia merchants are losing rural trade to Tacoma by ignoring the roads that feed the city.

    Apr 18, 1892The Olympia TribuneRainier, Thurston CountyBoom & Bust

  2. Two Miles Perched on the Lower Circle of a Rainbow

    A Shelton legislator's private letter describing a steamer passage up Hammersley's Inlet becomes the best prose in the paper — a circle of prismatic color, starfish, glaciers and one awestruck captain.

    Nov 9, 1891The Olympia TribuneHammersley Inlet, Shelton, Mason CountyStrange But True

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