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Fiction
A Lesson in the Manly Art
Bertha figures that life is too beautiful to waste on a sordid thing like wrestling
June
1
1946
MEL MATISON
A Lesson in the Manly Art
MEL MATISON
June
1
1946
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Fiction
A Lesson in the Manly Art
Bertha figures that life is too beautiful to waste on a sordid thing like wrestling
June
1
1946
MEL MATISON
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