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1 story matching sam
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:same, saml, samm, samar, sammi, samoa
- The Typographer's Lament: A Plea for Better Penmanship
A frustrated newspaper printer turns to verse to protest the illegible handwriting of contributors, whose scribbles make the typesetter’s life a living hell.