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1 story matching batten
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:batter, batt, batteau, batteri, batterymen, batteaux
- A Mill Town Gets a Recreation Hall—and a Makeover
The Consolidated Lumber Co. builds a reading room and ball alleys to keep its married workers—and remakes a shack town along the Great Northern.