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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 13 |
| 1859 | 27 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 11 |
| 1877 | 11 |
| 1878 | 12 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 56 |
| 1884 | 25 |
| 1885 | 43 |
| 1886 | 26 |
| 1887 | 70 |
| 1888 | 34 |
| 1889 | 76 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 48 |
| 1892 | 267 |
| 1893 | 263 |
| 1894 | 243 |
| 1895 | 182 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 7 |
| 1899 | 30 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 64 |
| 1904 | 848 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 758 |
| 1910 | 5 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 3 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1925 | 1 |
3,195 stories
- The Birth of a Utility Titan: The Stone & Webster Merger
A new $8,000,000 holding company, the Puget Sound Power Company, has been incorporated to consolidate regional electric and streetcar systems.
- Civic Clubs Threaten Mandamus to Reform Charter
Local reformers arm themselves with 1,600 petition signatures to force the City Council to call for a charter revision election.
- The Unsolved Murder of Frank Morzin
An inquest is scheduled for the discovery of a body in the woods near Summit, but authorities report no leads.
- Fatal Mine Explosion Near Tacoma
- The Birth of the Nisqually Power Project
Tacoma moves toward seizing land and water rights for the Nisqually power plant, a project that would eventually transform the city's infrastructure.
- Tacoma Voters Urged to Register for Charter Election
Only half of Tacoma is registered with a major charter revision election looming.
- Grand Jury Investigates Grocery Cartel
Tacoma grocers and commissioners face scrutiny over allegations of price-fixing and shady contracts.
- The Fight Over Northern Pacific Land Grants
A high-stakes political battle in the U.S. Senate over land worth thousands of dollars per acre near Puyallup.
- Plumbers’ Union Strikes Against Non-Union Apprentices
A standoff between Tacoma union workers and shop owners over hiring practices threatens to trigger a city-wide labor walkout.
- The Battle for Tacoma's Water
A complex struggle unfolds as private interests and the city council clash over a million-dollar water contract.
- Tragedy at the Humboldt House
A young immigrant worker loses her life in a horrific lamp explosion, highlighting the everyday dangers of domestic life in 1890s Tacoma.
- Tragedy at the Central Theater
A young man shoots a local actress before taking his own life in a violent act of obsession.
- A Grand Jury's Reluctance
Tacoma officials allege that a grand jury investigation into the 'water works steal' is a sham designed to protect corrupt councilmen.
- The Hotel Opium Haul
A mysterious guest leaves behind two massive trunks at a Tacoma hotel, only for customs officials to raid the room and uncover hundreds of pounds of contraband.
- Forced Removal to Steilacoom Asylum
A young mother of five is ordered to the state hospital after suffering a mental health crisis involving her family.
- A Tragic End on the Tracks
A miner from Burnett, intoxicated and exhausted, falls asleep on the railroad tracks and pays the ultimate price.
- Tragedy of a Tacoma Mother
Impoverished and struggling with health, a young Tacoma woman takes her own life, leaving behind three children.
- Tacoma’s Mayor Calls the Public Works Board a Political Machine
At a council investigation into the suspended light and water superintendent, Mayor Orr accused the public works president of running the department as a patronage operation—and talk turned to impeachment.
- Tacoma Opium Trial: An Accomplice’s Testimony Threatens W. H. Horr
Federal prosecutors in Tacoma rely on a confessed smuggler to convict W. H. Horr, a Portland opium dealer, in a case that exposes the Pacific Coast opium trade.
- Tacoma's Suspicious Fires—and a Fire Department That Couldn't Get Water
A wave of blazes on E Street and beyond leaves homes in ashes, a hose driver suspended, an alarm delayed, and the fire chief convinced tramps set the occupied houses alight.
- Tacoma Fights the Railroad for Its Own Waterfront
At a state land commission hearing, city officials and citizens demand a wider public harbor line to keep the Northern Pacific and Tacoma Land Company from controlling the waterway.
- The Tillicums' Trick: How a Political Machine Fooled Tacoma's Democrats
A secretive faction called the Tillicums manipulates primaries, places decoy tickets, and doles out patronage jobs to tighten its grip on Pierce County politics.
- A Sailor’s Memory of the 1841 Fourth of July
Before Seattle, Tacoma, or Olympia existed, the Wilkes Expedition celebrated Independence Day on the prairies near Fort Nisqually with a roasted ox and brass howitzers.
- Tacoma’s 1892 Election Was a Republican Rout—and a Democratic Feud
Herbert S. Huston won the mayor’s office as Republicans swept Tacoma’s city ticket. The paper saw the real drama in a 27-year-old Democratic operative, a losing bet, and a party eating its own.
- Gold Fever Empties Puget Sound
A schooner captain confirms rich strikes on the Fraser and Thompson rivers—and hundreds of workers are already leaving Victoria and the Sound for the mines.