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1 story matching astut
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:stut, aster, astir, aston, astor, astern
- The Confidence Man of Washington Street
A grifter exploited local tensions to con Chinese merchants out of $600 under the guise of buying off a prosecutor.