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1 story matching wick
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:wicked, wicker, wicket, warwick, wickett, wickman
- The Editor’s Defense of a Federal Appointee
After losing his status as Public Printer, the newspaper editor takes up the cause of the embattled Port Townsend Collector of Customs, Victor Smith.