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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1904 | 1 |
1 story matching oilin
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:oili, oil, oin, oilskin, olin, eilin
- The Political Price of Water
A South Tacoma pumping station breakdown exposes how patronage hiring led to an industrial disaster.
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- The Snake Oil of Snohomish
A century-old miracle cure for man and beast that promised to heal everything from rheumatism to ‘hollow horn’.
- The Octopus Comes to Seattle: Standard Oil Raises the Price of Light
Coal oil and benzine prices jumped in Seattle after Standard Oil was reported to have crushed its last Pacific Coast rival, W. P. Fuller & Co.
- The Great Butterine Debate
A Seattle agricultural journal takes a hard stance against the 'fraud' of oleomargarine, arguing that the industry's decline is a moral victory for farmers.