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1 story matching thirteen
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:thirteenth, thirti, teen, third, thirtieth, thirst
- A Dry-Hills Gamble: Sixty Settlers and a Well
When boosters claimed Yakima’s brown hills could farm, thirteen families put up $25 each to drill for water and prove it.