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3 stories matching confirm
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:confid, confin, confirmatori, unconfirm, confisc, conform
- The Last Voyage of a Lost Boat
A tragic discovery on Bainbridge Island confirms the worst fears regarding a missing young man.
- The Industrial Grasping of the Tideflats
A legal notice from 1885 reveals the early enclosure of Seattle's waterfront by the railroad, shaping the city's geography for the next century.
- The Rails of Mason County: An Industry Giant Plans a Deep-Woods Expansion
A representative of the Port Blakely Mill Company confirms plans to lay a standard-gauge steel railroad into the heart of Washington's timber country, setting the stage for industrial transformation.