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2 stories matching elicit

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:elit, felicit, explicit, eli, elicook, illicit

  1. A Lodged Tree, a Fatal Step: Logging’s Toll Near Ferndale

    W. N. Roberts was planning how to bring down a hung tree when it fell on him—a sudden death in the woods north of Ferndale.

    Aug 5, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerFerndale, Whatcom CountyWork & Pay

  2. Tiny Performers Wow at Yesler’s Hall

    A kindergarten concert by the Baptist Sunday School brings down the house to fund a new library.

    May 3, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

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