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1 story matching val
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:vale, valk, valu, valv, valet, valey
- The Lottery That Wasn't: A Commissioner's Moral Standoff in 1876 Seattle
While the county board approved a gambling license for Val Wildman to fund a road project, one commissioner filed a formal protest, declaring the legislature's authority void and refusing to legitimize vice.