Sailboats and Sloops Echo Hood Canal Memories
Aunt Ellen and David recall Hood Canal outings and old times when winds and sails ruled travel. The tale revisits the loggers, huts, and the sailors the Bushwhacker Kidder and Biddy, with a late August 62 years ago voyage from Port Gamble toward Seabeck and a dead calm delaying the Colfax steamer.
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Labrok
Hoods
Ellen
David
Hoods Canal
Clayson
Port Gamble
Seabeck
Adventures of the Twins: Tingaling Escapes
In a playful 1920 story, Miss Muskrat carries baskets home with Tingaling the fairy trapped inside a lid. Mr Mui Turtle and Mr Mud Turtle help, lifting baskets on their backs as Tingaling clings through Maple Tree Flats before slipping Miss Muskrat’s basket from the lid and fleeing to Munchie’s house.
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Tingaling
Mr. Mui Turtle
Mr. Mud Turtle
Muskrat
Munchie
Farmer Browns Boy Vows to Catch the Fox
Farmer Brown's Boy declares he will use his gun to track Reddy Fox across the Green Meadows and Green Forest until the fox is found. Unc Billy Possum watches worriedly as Bowser the Hound waits, while the boy plans to stop chicken theft once and for all.
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Brown
Far
Farmer Boy
Farmer Brown
Billy Possum
Billy
Reddy Fox
Dean
Unc
Farmer Prown
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Mr. Fox
Bowser the Hound
Jones' Judgment Poor as Wife Seeks Divorce
In San Francisco on August 6, Fichard Jones told his wife Flona she looked like an old hen stretching her neck for something she can't get. He now faces a divorce suit as a result of the quarrel.
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San Francisco
Fichard Jones
Flona
Single Men Need More Coin Says O'Brien
James O'Brien, bachelor and former conductor head of the Chelsea Carmen's Union, told an arbitration board that single men need more money than married men. He argued $6 a day is sufficient because singles must look better to attract wives, while married men need not, and he cited his view on earnings.
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Boston
James O'Brien
Chelsea
Carmen's Union
O’brien
Reddy Fox Story Begins with Une' Billy Escape
Une' Billy Possum hides in the hollow tree then slips out and dashes toward the Green Forest as the next tale in the series, The Bunt for Reddy Fox.
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Billy Possum
Billy
Reddy Fox
California Syrup of Figs Ad Warns Parents
An old advertisement urges mothers to choose California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children with fruity flavor. It advises looking for the California name on the package and promises full directions on each bottle.
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California
Woman and husband split garden hose in divorce decree
In Tacoma on August 6, the court awarded Mrs Margaret Anderson one half of a 50 foot garden hose and retained her maiden name for her, while her husband received the other half and a divorce decree. The hose was declared community property.
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Tacoma
Margaret Anderson
Edwin J Brown D D S Beattley Dentist Advertisement
I devote full time to my dental practice and perform all examinations diagnoses and extractions from 9 a m to 5 p m. For over twenty five years my offices have operated under my personal management and I do not compete with cheap advertising dentists. Prices are the lowest consistent with first class work.
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Wuve Surgey
Edwin J. Brown
D. D
Beattle
Col St
Wooden Leg Is Cause of Trouble
Portland August 6 paper reports a domestic dispute linked to a wooden leg reportedly belonging to a husband. The fragment notes trouble arising from the leg but provides no further details or resolution.
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Portland
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Adventures OF the Twins
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MR. Tingaling
Dinkie
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Reddy Vox
Tom
Allman
Mello
TRID
Wiveul
Ara
Peito
Ann Wan
Twiwkig
Mr. Durr
MY Pouces
Man
Peter
Leo
Annie
Freckles
Blosser
Ou, Bode
Doge
Neste
Luise
Joneses
Him
Yiee
POP Mom
MAND
Otto Auto
By Ahern
Jones
Seattle
Carrry
Sloan
Eatonic
Katherine UC. Balece
Carl J. Alff
Columbus
Alff
Balce
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