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1 story matching brien
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:brief, brier, briden, briell, obrien, bri
- 1,500 Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Builds the Metaline Line
The Idaho & Washington Northern extension turns Newport into a construction boomtown, with subcontractor camps, mule trains, dynamite barges and a temporary hospital.