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| 1893 | 1 |
1 story matching fractious
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:factious, fraction, fractur, fraca, frace
- A Leap for Life on the Road to Hoquiam
A couple jumping from a runaway buggy to escape a terrified horse left one passenger unconscious in the road.