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| 1891 | 1 |
| 1909 | 1 |
1 story matching diggin
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:digg, digger, duggin, higgin, riggin, wiggin
- Main Street Refuses to Be Paved
Property owners between Fifth and Sixth beat back a macadam upgrade, a councilman berates them for it, and the street gets planks instead.
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- The Bottomless Well of Christopher
A routine digging job on a Washington farm turned into a bizarre geological mystery when a well-digger hit a void that seemingly had no end.