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1 story matching surg
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:sur, surgic, surgeon, surgeri, sure, surf
- Wenatchee Booms—But Its Hotel Tables Don't
The valley's population is surging and its fruit is prize-winning, yet a Seattle agricultural paper finds the Bell Hotel a sorry advertisement.