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1 story matching trick
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:tricki, trickl, trice, trickeri, trickham, trimbick
- The Legislative Prank That Backfired
A Washington Territory legislator’s attempt to play a humorous political trick on a colleague turns into a serious row over parliamentary decorum.