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1 story matching mobbish
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:snobbish, mob, monkish, moorish, rubbish
- The Waterfront Showdown of 1877
A mob attempts to forcibly eject Chinese laborers from a coal ship, but is repelled by a quick-thinking mate and his revolver.