Word: streatin
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...Best. In the tight little community, such malicious letters set people to watching their neighbors with fear and suspicion. Mrs. Arthur Streatin, wife of a retired sea captain, got a letter asking if she knew that her daughters "kept open house" for local men. "I stayed home from church for months. After all, I wasn't sure whether the culprit was sitting in the next pew." The apparent basis for the letter to Mrs. Streatin was the fact that her daughters had given an innocent party for other villagers...
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