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1 story matching sophist
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:sophistri, sophi, sophia, unsophist, soph, theosophist
- The Lonely Life of the Seattle Bachelor
A local writer laments the lack of respectable social outlets for unmarried men, arguing that the city’s saloons and variety shows offer nothing but 'hardening influences.'