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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 2 |
2 stories matching cot
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:cote, cotta, cottl, coyot, commot, connot
- A Child's Final Act of Mercy
A nine-year-old boy, dying from a pen-knife stab wound inflicted by a playmate, spends his final moments begging police to let his assailant go free.
- A Mother's Desperation in Spokane
After a family quarrel and a daughter's night away, Mrs. Jacob Schoder swallowed carbolic acid; her 18-year-old daughter Hattie found her and told the story from St. Luke's Hospital.