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- Tacoma Yacht Club Sets Course for Growth
Members vote to incorporate and lobby Congress against new motor boat regulations as they finish their clubhouse at Brown's Point.
- Social Club’s Liquor License Gambit Fails
A club for 'colored gentlemen' finds their strategy to circumvent licensing laws derailed by a bureaucratic oversight in their incorporation paperwork.
- The Tacoma Assembly Social Club faces a liquor licensing crackdown
Officers of a local club are heading to court to defend their right to serve drinks to members, setting up a legal clash over city regulations.
- Union Confrontation at the Cascade Club
Labor organizations challenged the hiring practices of an Everett social club, leading to threats of a boycott.
- Commuters Fight for Better Transit
The Puget Park Improvement Club clashes with the streetcar company over fares and service.
- The Republican Party’s Internal War
A bitter factional struggle between two rival Republican clubs in Walla Walla threatens to shatter the party ahead of the county convention.
- Wealthy Country Club Ransacked at American Lake
Thieves made off with $300 worth of fine apparel and food, leaving the Country club management baffled.
- The City Park Fight: Neighborhoods Clash Over $750,000 Bond Issue
Tacoma's civic groups remain divided as the Round Table Club backs park funding, while the West End Improvement Club resists without a guarantee of local green space.
- A Library in Jeopardy
The City Council's arbitrary deadline for the Woman's Reading Club puts a vital community project at risk.
- A New Skyline for Tacoma
The Commercial Club plans a ten-story skyscraper on Pacific Avenue to house its headquarters.
- Walla Walla Athletic Club Destroyed by Mystery Blaze
A fire of unknown origin gutted the front of the Athletic Club on Alder Street, causing $2,000 in damages and threatening adjacent businesses.
- Defiance Park Club Pledges Every Vote for a City-Owned Power Plant
At a meeting of the Defiance Park Improvement Club, Assistant City Attorney Baker makes the case for municipal power — and every man in the room stands up to promise his vote and his legwork.
- West End Residents Demand New School
The Twelfth Street Improvement Club campaigns for a replacement for the 'inadequate' Franklin building.
- Management Shake-up at Walla Walla Athletic Club
A.L. Hastings takes the helm of the Walla Walla Athletic Club, with plans for facility expansion and a major boxing tournament on the horizon.
- South End Residents Demand Park Board Probe
The South End Improvement Club initiates an inquiry into allegations of graft and the mistreatment of Point Defiance Park.
- The Struggle for Walla Walla's Public Library
A member of the Woman's Reading Club details the 'snags' of local politics, skepticism, and stalled funding that plague the effort to establish a permanent library.
- Local Bowlers Prepare for Rival Match
The Walla Walla Athletic club squares off against visiting competitors from Pendleton in a high-stakes local ten-pin contest.
- The End of the Garrison
Despite efforts by the Commercial Club, the Secretary of War confirms the permanent closure of Fort Walla Walla.
- A Refused Dance, Then a Club and a Bottle of Acid
Hannah and Ida Jensen were walking home from a dance when a man clubbed them and threw nitric acid in their faces; police arrested a Northern Pacific engineer who had been refused by one of the sisters.
- The Fight for the Waterfront
A local women's art club rallies to block a fire station from being built on prime public land, arguing for a park instead.
- The $750,000 Question Tacoma's Park Board Couldn't Answer
Days before a citywide bond vote, an editorial demanded specifics on parks, playgrounds and boulevards—while a Twelfth Street improvement club secretary insisted the plan had backers.
- City Hall's Business Blueprint
Walla Walla's Commercial Club gathers at City Hall to plot massive infrastructure upgrades, demand military support, and lure new industry.
- Waitsburg's Railroad Dream: A Cut-Off That Could Change the Region
Commercial clubs from Waitsburg, Dayton, Walla Walla and Spokane are pushing the O. R. & N. to build a new rail line between Dayton and Starbuck.
- The Horse That Stayed Out All Night: A Spokane Humane Case
Farmer C.G. Windsor claims his horse was neglected after being left at the Arlington Stables and driven to a club, but the law sees it differently.
- Ten Thousand Pamphlets and a Depot Deferred to Spring
Newport's boosters open a showroom on Third Street, print the best advertising booklet in the territory — and then agree to stop nagging the Great Northern about a station.