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1 story matching pocketbook
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pocket, pocketknif, pock, pook
- The Clerk’s Odd Sales Pitch
A farmer learns a strange and aggressive new way to test if his wife is 'sound' while shopping in 1877 Seattle.