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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Bad News From the Past / We're Old Death Rattle

Posted By Cliff Doerksen on 07.17.10 at 09:30 AM

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The San Francisco Call, May 29, 1912. Okay, I think the parents here have a pretty strong negligence case against whoever left blasting caps lying around. Still, I find it hard to relate to their impulse to give strange and unidentified doodads to the baby as playthings.

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