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| 1910 | 1 |
1 story matching dittmer
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:ditter, dettmer, ditto, ditton, dit, ditcher
- The Courthouse Contract That Took Three Tries
The lowest bid lacked a certified check; the next-lowest contractor balked at its own price; the job finally went to Colville builder Lee Gayman.
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- The Bank Wrecker’s Last Stand
Convicted financier St. John Dix vows to fight his imprisonment for the Whatcom bank looting scandal all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.