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1 story matching strain
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:strainer, strait, distrain, restrain, straight, straiten
- The Bank Asks Newport to Keep Its Nerve
Stockholders of the First State Bank of Newport pledged to cover depositors' losses and asked for time to collect loans as the Panic of 1907 tightened its grip on the country.