Metadata retrieval from JSTOR doesn’t work with older format URLs

I have an issue with retrieving metadata from certain JSTOR items. It seems to be the same issue as raised here, but I have a bit more information.

The problem seems to be that JSTOR has two formats for its 'stable' URLs. For example:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43154584
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/philrhet.47.3.0227

Zotero can import the latter but not the former, presumably because in the latter case it has a DOI.

N.B. I am primarily using the Node.js translation-server (although I also tested the desktop app). Like this:

```
curl -d 'https://www.jstor.org/stable/43154584' -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' http://127.0.0.1:1969/web
-> Internal Server Error
```

Is the the former, shorter 'stable' format simply not supported? This is a shame as the vast majority of JSTOR's content, historically, has this format. It looks like the citation information could, in principle, be scraped from the page, as it can be retrieved manually by clicking the 'cite' button. However, I don't know how difficult JSTOR make this.
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