jim, here are 55 cases where your tool seems to give us
more than just the 2 choices that i would expect to see...

in some cases, such as the second one listed (hot springs),
it's because one of the proofer's notes contained a "|" in it.
you'll want to screen the input for your significant characters,
i.e., any "{" or "}" or "|", and eliminate them to avoid confusion.

i have some other questions as well, but let's see if the fix for
this issue provides answers for those questions as well...

-bowerbird


>   { <i>Seattle, |
>   Seattle, Washington</i> |
>   Washington##} [Illustration]#


>   Hot { Springs;[**probable printer's error. Should be ,|next: no, ; is fine] |
>   Springs; } each with its individual charm;#


>   connect the Sitka of the past, the { <i>Novo |
>   Novo Ark-*angelsk</i> |
>   Arkangelsk#} of the great Russian American Company#


>   and their fate will never be known to a { certainty.##[Footnote |
>   cer-taintv.##A: |
>   * } January { 20th.[**,?] |
>   20th. 1820, |
>   1820. } a letter written by the Directory at St.#


>   { ====sitka0-015.txt===###[Illustration: Copyright by E. W. Merrill, |
>   [10]####Sitka. |
>   ====sitka0-015.txt===###Mount |
>   O#Edgecumbe.] |
>   H####} ====sitka0-016.txt===#


>   He named the mountain { <i>San |
>   San Jacinthus</i>, |
>   Jacinthus,}#


>   toward the sea, Cape { <i>del |
>   del Engano</i>. |
>   Engano. } No one who#


>   2,000 skins of the { <i>Morski |
>   Morski bobrov</i>, |
>   'bo'brov, } as they#


>   or { <i>Kolosh |
>   Kolosh Ryeku</i>. |
>   Ryeku.##} On the morning of September 28th the#


>   { ====sitka0-030.txt===##[Illustration: Sitka in |
>   [24]####1805--From |
>   ====sitka0-030.txt===##Lisianski's |
>   [Blank Voyage.] |
>   Page]####} ====sitka0-031.txt===#


>   rose the town of New Archangel { (<i>Novo |
>   (Novo#Arkangelsk</i>,) |
>   Arkangelsk,) } and on the kekoor was built a#


>   valued at 450,000 { rubles.[B]##[Footnote |
>   rubles.f##A: |
>   * } The livestock taken to Sitka in 1804 consisted of "Four#


>   p. { 218.)]##[Footnote |
>   218.)##B: |
>   t } Lisianski made the surveys and named the islands of the#


>   { <i>yourts</i>, |
>   yourts, } in which live the { <i>kayours</i> |
>   kayours } and the#


>   { [Footnote A: |
>   * } The Russian sazhen is { 7 |
>   I feet.] |
>   feet,#


>   { [Footnote A: |
>   * } These books and letters were brought by Resanof { in |
>   In } the#


>   theft in the years when there was no custodian of such { property.]###====sitka0-043.txt===###[Illustration: The Bakery and Shops of the Russians--Later the |
>   property.##Sitka |
>   [36]####Trading |
>   ====sitka0-043.txt===##Co.'s |
>   [Blank Building.] |
>   Page]####} ====sitka0-044.txt===#


>   the { <i>dushnoi dereva</i> |
>   dushnoi or |
>   dereva scented |
>   or.,@scented } wood of the#


>   Place of Islands { <i>(Chasti |
>   (Chasti Ostrova)</i> |
>   Ostrova) } is reputed#


>   { [Footnote |
>   103.##A: |
>   * } Golofnin, Voyage of the Sloop "Kamchatka," in Mat. { Pt. |
>   Ft. } 4, p.#


>   { Wrangel's |
>   Wraiigel's } daughter--Mary." There { is |
>   Is } also { to |
>   t-> } be found: "Died,#


>   the church by a partition called the { <i>Ikonastas</i>, |
>   Ikonastas,#} which is ornamented with twelve { <i>ikons</i>, |
>   ikons, } or#


>   { <i>repousse</i> |
>   repousse } work in the true { Russian |
>   Eussian } style of#


>   { ====sitka0-066.txt=== |
>   [56]####[Illustration: |
>   ====sitka0-066.txt===###} The { Madonna.] |
>   Madonna.#


>   { ====sitka0-071.txt===###[Illustration: |
>   [60]####/* |
>   ====sitka0-071.txt===###} The Baranof Castle.#


>   The { U. |
>   IT. S[**.] |
>   S } Agricultural Department { building occupies |
>   building-occupies } the site at the#


>   { [Footnote A: |
>   * Narative[**Narrative?] |
>   Narative } of a Voyage Round the { World, |
>   World. } 1836-1842, by Captain#


>   Sir Edward Belcher, Vol. { 1,[**I?] |
>   I, } pages { 95 |
>   05 } et { sen.#


>   { ober off |
>   <i>ober offitzer</i> |
>   User } who sought her hand in marriage.#


>   dead in one of the small drawing { rooms."[A]##[Footnote |
>   rooms."*##A: |
>   * } Frederick { Schwatka, |
>   Sohwatka, } the explorer, seems to have been one of#


>   24th, 1896, and the time is fixed as being in the administration { of]* |
>   of##====sitka0-074.txt=== |
>   [62]####[Illustration: |
>   ====sitka0-074.txt===###} The Grave of the Princess { Maksoutoff.] |
>   Maisoutoff.#


>   martin from the Yukon, others { <i>en |
>   en route</i> |
>   route } to#


>   reason for their living on this distant { shore.[A]##[Footnote |
>   shore.*##A: |
>   * } Between 1821 and 1862 there were shipped by the Russian#


>   (Washington, Government Printing { Office).]###====sitka0-079.txt===##[Illustration: Sitka in 1860, Near the Close |
>   Office).##of |
>   [66]####the |
>   ====sitka0-079.txt===###Russian |
>   CD#Administration.] |
>   CO####} ====sitka0-080.txt===#


>   for calico and beads, blankets and { ammunition.[A] |
>   ammunition.*#} This market was closed by a { portcullised |
>   portcul-lised#


>   quids; fish priced according to { size[** |
>   size ;?] |
>   ? } all according to price list established#


>   B: |
>   t } Golobokoe Lake was sounded to a depth { of |
>   cf } 190 fathoms#


>   Ivan { Vasilivich |
>   Vasiiivich Furuhelm, |
>   Funihelm, } June 22, 1859, to Dec. 2, 1863.#


>   { ====sitka0-090.txt===###[Illustration: Sitka in 1869--During the Time of the Military |
>   [76]####Occupation.] |
>   ====sitka0-090.txt===#####} ====sitka0-091.txt===#


>   in the land that had so long been their { home.[C] |
>   home.t#} Among those who remained are the { Kashavaroffs, |
>   Kashavar-offs,#


>   { [Footnote A: |
>   * } The Russian soldiery were dressed { in |
>   In } a dark uniform, trimmed#


>   it down on the bayonets of the Russian { soldiery.]##[Footnote |
>   soldiery.##C: |
>   t } On December 14, { 1807, |
>   1807. } the Russian ship "Czaritza," sailed for#


>   Russia, via London, with { 168 |
>   368 } passengers. January { 1, |
>   I, } 1868, the#


>   Ex. Doc. H. R. 41st Cong. 2nd { Ses., |
>   Ses.. } p. 1030; Seattle { Intelligencer, |
>   intelligencer,#


>   123; citizens by treaty, 229. { Total, |
>   Total,.444. 444. |
>   ? } Beardslee's Report, 47th#


>   Erussard, Ed. Doyle, George E. Pilz, Nicholas Haley, John { McKenna, |
>   MCKenna,#Reub |
>   Keub } Albertson, John Olds and { others.#


>   One of the traders of the town, { Caplin, said: |
>   Caplin,-said:#} "De Captain may go { to ---- |
>   to---wid wid |
>   his his |
>   tarn#


>   { ====sitka0-107.txt===##[**The CP failed to rotate this page correctly.][**Seems to be fixed now :-)]#[Illustration: Sitka--East on Lincoln Street--the Governor's Walk |
>   [92]####of |
>   ====sitka0-107.txt===##the |
>   [Blank Russians.] |
>   Page]####} ====sitka0-108.txt===#


>   { ====sitka0-110.txt===##[Illustration: Interior of Cathedral |
>   [94]####of |
>   ====sitka0-110.txt===##St. |
>   [Blank Michael] |
>   Page]####} ====sitka0-111.txt===#


>   { [Footnote A: |
>   ? } The first church in Alaska was built at { Kodiak |
>   Kodlak } (Paulovski) in#


>   towers above the bay to the height of { 3,216 |
>   3,21.6#} feet. Along the river, known as the { <i>Kolosh |
>   Kolosh#


>   is prominent the Devil's Club { (<i>panax |
>   (panax horridus</i>), |
>   horrid-us},#


>   { ====sitka0-117.txt=== |
>   [100]####[Illustration: |
>   ====sitka0-117.txt===###} Russian { Blockhouse.] |
>   Blockhouse.#


>   drew their stores of { <i>krasnia |
>   Jcrasnia ruiba</i> |
>   ruiba } (the red#


>   the trough of the watering place of { the |
>   the" "Jamestown," |
>   Jamestown,"#} came to the beach. This place may be#