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| Year | Stories |
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2 stories matching taper
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:tapper, tape, tamper, tap, tapperd, tapi
- A Printing Office Blunder
A romantic visit to a printing office turns disastrous for a typographer when his fiancée accidentally destroys his hours of labor.
- The Bachelor's Rebuttal
A young suitor gets an earful from a skeptical woman who prefers independence to the reality of 1880s marriage.