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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 4 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 14 |
| 1877 | 11 |
| 1878 | 4 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 18 |
| 1884 | 9 |
| 1885 | 9 |
| 1886 | 7 |
| 1887 | 5 |
| 1888 | 7 |
| 1889 | 19 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 27 |
| 1892 | 28 |
| 1893 | 15 |
| 1894 | 33 |
| 1895 | 18 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 2 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 15 |
| 1904 | 9 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 11 |
| 1910 | 5 |
| 1911 | 1 |
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9 stories matching newli
- Union Clash at the Everett Smelter
Management threatens to shutter the newly constructed smelter indefinitely if organized labor interferes with non-union hiring.
- New Grandstand for the Tacoma Tigers
Tacoma’s baseball faithful prepare for the upcoming season with a newly configured, 4,000-seat amphitheater.
- Glowing Wonders at the Federal Courthouse
Professor Frederick A. Osborn captivates a Tacoma audience with a demonstration of the newly discovered element, radium.
- The Crumbling Sidewalk Scandal
Taxpayers are fuming as newly laid city cement walks crack and crumble, revealing a lack of oversight on public works contracts.
- The Bid to Harness Mount Tacoma’s Streams
A newly appointed city committee explores a proposal to pipe pure mountain water from the slopes of Mount Rainier to the city limits.
- Tragedy on the Tacoma Waterfront
A newborn child found dead on Dock Street stirs dark memories of an earlier unsolved discovery in the same industrial zone.
- A New Shipping Route to Alaska Proposed for Tacoma
The Northwestern Commercial Company considers making Tacoma the primary port for its newly refurbished fleet of Alaska-bound liners.
- Northern Pacific Purges Ranks in Consolidation
A master mechanic travels to Vancouver to test the fitness of workers on newly acquired rail lines as wage standards are adjusted.
- The North Pacific Saengerbund Takes Over Tacoma
Hundreds of visitors from across the region descended on Tacoma for a four-day festival of choral music, parades, and picnics.