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2 stories matching mere
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:mer, merest, merg, merl, meredith, merci
- The Farmer and the Unruly Ox
A cautionary tale of how cruelty toward livestock backfires on the master.
- Gold Fever Empties the Army Posts—and Leaves Steilacoom’s Mail in a Canoe
A steamer from the north brings word of rich surface diggings on the Fraser and Thompson rivers, soldiers deserting lower Puget Sound posts, and Steilacoom cut off from its mail.