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- The Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Route Settled
The 'Muckler' line announces it will utilize the Eleventh Street bridge, mandating a new crossing over the tideflats.
- The Milwaukee Road Seeks Massive Tidelands Expansion
A railway franchise application reveals plans for new tracks, shops, and bridges across the Puyallup River, signaling a major industrial shift.
- Olympia Legislative Chaos
A bitter brawl erupts in the Washington House over a new criminal code, featuring accusations of 'jobbery' and an eleventh-hour ban on private-home gambling.
- Prominent Pioneer Detained
A longtime city contractor suffers a mental health crisis at home.
- Puget Sound Iron and Steel Works to Relocate
The railway expansion forces a major industrial relocation near the city waterway.
- The Shadowy Cartel Squeezing Tacoma's Grocers
A former independent grocer testifies before a grand jury, exposing how industry boycotts forced small business owners into insolvency.
- The Great Tacoma Auto Heist
A mechanic attempts a high-speed repossession of a Winton touring car, triggering a cross-city chase between Tacoma and Seattle.
- The Health Board Targets Opera Alley's Squalor
City officials inspect disease-breeding housing conditions occupied by foreign laborers.
- Vengeance at the Dog Show
A Fox Island rancher executes a bloodhound on the streets of Tacoma to avenge his wife's previous injury.
- The 1909 Legislature Went Home With a $10 Million Tab and an Unfinished Scandal
Washington's eleventh session adjourned with record spending, a sweeping new criminal code, a local-option liquor law, an equal-suffrage referendum — and an insurance investigation the House only agreed to after the acting governor threatened to drag them back.