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| Year | Stories |
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| 1887 | 2 |
2 stories matching spafford
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:spofford, stafford, swafford, afford, sifford, sufford
- The Horror at Slaughter
A man named Spafford is arrested for the gruesome killing of his wife in a small village near the White River after he attempted to perform an illegal abortion.
- The Unjust Public Shaming of J.E. Spafford
After the death of his wife, a Seattle laborer fights back against local gossip and accusations of neglect in a poignant appeal to the press.