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3 stories matching static

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  1. Chief Jackson’s Quest for a Better Police Dispatch

    Seattle’s Chief of Police returns from a fact-finding mission to Portland and San Francisco, hoping to import a superior telephone patrol system to curb the static and confusion of the local line.

    Feb 20, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  2. The Great Seattle Balding Summit

    After the Great Fire of 1889, fifty-two insurance adjusters gathered to assess the wreckage—and accidentally became the most famous bald-headed group on the Northwest coast.

    Jun 18, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  3. The Miracle of the Magnetized Spikes

    A visiting electrical engineer stuns a packed Plymouth Congregational Church with a massive 5,000-candlepower lamp and a demonstration of magnetic force.

    Feb 18, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPlymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

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