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2 stories matching poorer
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:poor, poorest, pourer, poo, poer, pooh
- The Political Machine Topples in Walla Walla
Voters hand a crushing defeat to the local political machine, rejecting entrenched interests and the influence of gambling money.
- Vigilante Justice on the Sound
When a steamer full of card sharps tried to fleece a group of shingle weavers, the workers fought back—and won.