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1 story matching incompat
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:incompar, incom, incompet, incomplet, compat, incomprehens
- Divorcing the 'Unsuitable': Seattle Legal Notices from 1872
Public legal notices reveal the stark reality of marital dissolution in early Seattle, where 'incompatibility' and 'neglect' served as grounds for separation in the King County District Court.