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| Year | Stories |
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| 1893 | 2 |
2 stories matching laver
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:laveri, lavern, lavergn, lavell, lavend, lavess
- The Day the 'Mercury' Office Became a Shambles
After an article called his theater a 'branch of hell,' a local theater manager stormed the newspaper office, triggering a violent brawl and a shooting.
- The Mercury Newspaper Assault Trial
A courtroom drama unfolds following the violent cleaning-out of a local newspaper office by a theater proprietor.