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| 1893 | 1 |
1 story matching roofer
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:roof, roomer, rooter, roo, rooftop, rooster
- The Lonely End of a Mission Lodger
A man identified as George W. King was found dead in a cheap Seattle lodging house, revealing the precarious lives of the city's vulnerable.