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4 stories matching defect
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:defec, defector, deflect, defer, defeat, defenc
- The Teacher Who Saved the Schoolhouse
A quick-thinking teacher organized students into a bucket brigade to save a burning schoolhouse at Hughes' mill.
- A New Baseball Diamond for Aberdeen
Local boosters and baseball enthusiasts secure a level site near a local hotel to keep the game alive in the face of land ownership disputes.
- A Scantling Scuffle at the Boom
A simmering dispute over local timber booms erupts in violence at Chenoise Creek.
- The Political Weaponization of Voter Literacy
An editorial endorsement of ballot reform as a tool to disenfranchise 'ignorant' voters in both the North and the South.