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1 story matching powerless
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:peerless, power, sewerless, cheerless, powel, powerhous
- The Fight for Life in the Depths
A harrowing, vivid account of a fisherman's life-or-death struggle against a giant cephalopod, reprinted from Victor Hugo's 'Toilers of the Sea' in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.