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2 stories matching bawl

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:baw, bawd, bawn, bawdi, brawl, bawent

  1. The Search for the Perfect Stage Infant

    A theatrical agent’s unusual quest to recruit two non-crying, bottle-fed babies for a Seattle stage production.

    Sep 25, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOpera House, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Electric Gate: An Olympia Father Declares War on Front-Gate Courting

    A gadget-minded Eastside householder wires his front gate to deliver a jolt to lally-gagging sweethearts — and proves it first on an unwitting dog and a cabbage-loving cow.

    Nov 18, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyStrange But True

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