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1 story matching pearson
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pears, parson, person, fearson, pearsal, pearsel
- A Man Vanished in Newport, and His Family Is Still Looking
Relatives in Missoula appeal for word of E. F. Hartley, a former New Yorker last seen at the Newport Hotel in June — a man who may now be working the woods under another name.