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OPINION 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2016 Submitted Photo A1-pound can of McGowan’s Keystone Brand salmon sold for 12 cents wholesale in 1905. This version of the label dates from 1889 or earlier, before Washington attained statehood. 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