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1 story matching avow
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:avoc, avon, avoid, avondal, disavow
- A Father Returns from the Skagit to Claim His Own
A man arrives from the mining camps to marry the woman he fathered a child with, hoping to secure their future after she was jailed for an alleged act of desperation.