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1 story matching sleet
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:slee, sleek, sleep, sleev, sleepi, sleeper
- The Great Freeze of 1872
When an arctic blast paralyzed Puget Sound, turning the Columbia River to ice and testing the grit of Seattle's early pioneers.