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| Year | Stories |
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| 1895 | 1 |
1 story matching gain
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:gainer, gainsay, gail, gait, gaurdain, greggain
- The Watchman Fought the Flames, but the Clipper Mill Was Gone
A spark from the slab pile was all it took to destroy J. P. Armstrong's shingle mill at Bothell, despite Alfred Johnson's hose and pumps.