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2 stories matching prohibit
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:prohibitori, prohibitionist, profit, exhibit, inhibit, probiti
- The House Rules of a Frontier Newspaper
An 1864 editor lays down the law for visitors to his office, covering everything from chewing tobacco to the frequent singing of 'John Brown.'
- The 'Contraband' Migration to Walla Walla
Newly freed enslaved people from the South arrive in the territory, facing economic exploitation and virulent local racism.