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7 stories matching blunder
- The Sewer Blunder Heard 'Round Seattle
A multi-thousand dollar engineering failure exposes political cronyism and a laughable construction mistake on Front Street.
- City Ordinances Nullified by Printing Error
A procedural blunder leaves Aberdeen's recent city ordinances legally unenforceable.
- The Helen Grier Murder Case Stumbles in Court as the Body’s Identity Remains Unproven
Defense attorneys pounce on a legally flawed exhumation, and a Hoodsport woman is reportedly set to testify against her own mother in a Spokane murder trial.
- The City’s Costly Theatrical Blunder
A Seattle judge rules that the city cannot revoke a theater's license without refunding the operator's $1,000 fee.
- The Governor Condemns the Colfax Lynching Mob
Governor McGraw orders an investigation into the extrajudicial murder of two men in Whitman County, declaring that mob violence is no substitute for the courts.
- The Politics of Religious Paranoia
A Seattle newspaper reflects on the rise of the A.P.A., a nativist political group threatening to turn neighbor against neighbor.
- A Michigan Orator Packs the Armory and Rides Down the Populists
Roswell G. Horr brings the Republican gospel of protection and sound money to a standing-room crowd in Seattle — and turns the free-silver men in the hall into the evening's comedy act.