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2 stories matching wise
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:wiser, wis, wisest, wiseacr, wiseman, wisewel
- The Wood Contractor Who Left Newport Holding the Sack
Ninian Jackson quit the Pend Oreille owing roughly $3,000 to merchants in Newport and Tweedie — and with a hundred cords of another man's wood in his wake.
- The Banker Who Steered Newport Through the Panic of 1907
G. S. Thomas founded Newport's first bank, helped bring the city its water system, and died after guiding the institution through the financial stringency of November 1907.