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  1. A Bartender's Affair: Sumner Wife Flees with Her Lover

    When Henry Brianer left for a business trip, bartender B. Grant moved in on his wife. Now the couple—and her two children—are missing, presumed headed to Seattle.

    Jan 1, 1904The Tacoma TimesSumner Inn, SumnerScandal

  2. Stuck Valley Farmers Demand Action Against Annual Flooding

    Decades before modern flood control, Stuck Valley farmers sought relief from log jams and the rival interests of King and Pierce county commissioners.

    Mar 4, 1904The Tacoma TimesSumner, Pierce CountyFollow the Money

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