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1 story matching miseri
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:miser, mis, miri, miscarri, misl, miss
- The Tramp Economy of Early Seattle
A reporter encounters a 'bummer' among the weeds of Mission Bay, revealing the harsh, transient reality of laborers who roamed the Pacific Coast in the 1870s.