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1 story matching tar
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:tartar, tara, tare, taro, tarr, tart
- Vigilante Violence on the Tacoma Waterfront
A man is tarred and feathered by a mob of 'beachcombers' in a brutal display of frontier lawlessness.