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| 1885 | 1 |
1 story matching manker
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:mank, maker, banker, canker, hanker, manger
- The Arrest of Addie Woodward
A young Seattle woman is found cross-dressed and intoxicated in a Pacific Avenue saloon, sparking a moralizing headline in the local press.