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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1876 | 1 |
| 1883 | 3 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1891 | 7 |
| 1892 | 3 |
| 1903 | 1 |
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- Gate City’s Bridge to Nowhere—and the Heavyweight Who Saw a Future
A missing approach leaves a new Black River bridge unusable, diverting trade to Centralia—but John L. Sullivan thinks the town could host his next fight.
- The Sudden Marriage of a Tumwater Wealthy Resident
A 79-year-old man surprises the community by wedding a young female physician after a brief courtship by mail.
- A Four-Term Mayor Dies, and Tumwater Shuts Its Doors
Clark Biles — pioneer tanner, founder of a public life in Tumwater, and its mayor four years running — succumbs to typhoid at 43, and the town suspends all business for his funeral.