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4 stories matching plummer
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:plumer, plummet, flummer, plumber, plumper, plum
- The Day the University of Washington Decided It Needed a Law School
Regents endorsed a law department, began the search for a dean, and ordered gymnasium plans capped at $15,000—all in one afternoon.
- Mistaken Identity Leads to Shooting on Grant Street Bridge
A nervous guard mistakes a resident for a burglar, resulting in an armed struggle and an arrest in the shadow of the bridge.
- Rainier Is Taller Than the Map: The Barometer Fight Over Washington’s Mountain
A new summit reading revived a two-year-old claim: Olympia’s Dr. Riley had used three government barometers to put Mount Rainier near 15,000 feet—well above the official 14,444.
- The Resolution They Had to Strike: A Port Townsend Convention and the Warrant-Forgery Fight
Jefferson County Republicans convened in Port Townsend, then recoiled when a platform resolution praised the prosecutor who had refused to pursue forgery charges against county warrant endorsers.