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1 story matching potlick
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pot, potlatch, prollick, lick, pick, pock
- The Price of a Scandal in 1877 Seattle
A public notice in the territorial court reveals the harsh, legal reality of a divorce filing on the grounds of 'frequent adultery' in late-19th-century Seattle.