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| 1889 | 1 |
1 story matching fair
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:fairi, fairer, fairest, fairfax, fail, fain
- The Bear Wrestler Meets His Match
A two-hundred-and-forty-pound man looking to challenge a bear in a local exhibition is unceremoniously knocked out by a woman in the dining room.