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1 story matching overt
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:overexert, over, overtak, overtax, overtim, overton
- The War on Walla Walla’s Saloons
An early 20th-century editorial denounces local saloon owners as anarchists and moral threats, revealing the deep social divide over the city's 'wide-open' nightlife.