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1 story matching boot
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:booth, booti, boo, bootno, bot, bootleg
- Judge Wood's Perilous Plunge
While traveling by water for a political campaign, a local Judge slips from the deck of a steamer and nearly loses his life in the sound.