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2 stories matching pit
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pith, piti, pitt, pitch, pithi, palpit
- An Indignant Patron
A Chinese man refuses a segregated ticket policy at a local circus.
- The Heated Debate Over 'Shaving' Greenbacks
Washington Territorial legislators clashed over a bill aimed at criminalizing the devaluation of federal currency, pitting economic protectionism against constitutional theory.