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2 stories matching summon
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:sammon, simmon, summar, summer, summit, sum
- The Deserted Family of Seattle
A husband is sued for divorce in 1872 on the grounds of cruel neglect and failure to provide for his family.
- The Deadly Prescription of Clifton House
A physician’s sinister plot to poison his young wife for her inheritance ends in a gruesome, ironic justice on the frontier.