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2 stories matching skill

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:skil, skillet, skillman, ski, kill, sill

  1. Judge Chambers’s New Mill Turns New Dungeness Wheat Into ‘Superb’ Flour

    A newspaper tour of the just-finished grist mill found machinery ‘complete in every particular’ and a cleaning apparatus that astonished the visitors.

    Oct 19, 1860Puget Sound HeraldChambers’ mill, SteilacoomBoom & Bust

  2. The Night Seattle Danced Until Two: A Steamer Excursion from Steilacoom

    In July 1859, the steamer Julia carried Olympia and Steilacoom society across the Sound to Seattle, where three supper tables and a hall full of dancers made territorial news.

    Jul 29, 1859Puget Sound HeraldSteilacoom, Pierce CountyNightlife

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