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4 stories matching environ
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:environment, envi, envis, enthron, enviabl, envious
- The Real Story of the Slums
A young playwright captures the grim reality of life in city tenements, challenging the comfortable assumptions of the press.
- The Eugenics of Marriage Licenses
A Tacoma humane officer proposes that the state test young women's child-rearing abilities before allowing them to wed.
- The Unseen Lobby: Why Your Congressman Ignores You
A scathing editorial challenging Tacoma residents to stop letting 'predatory wealth' influence their representatives in Washington, D.C.
- Olympia Moves to Outlaw the Insanity Defense — and Gag the Press on Murders
With the 1909 session half gone, Washington's legislature advances local option and an anti-racetrack gambling bill, while a sweeping new criminal code would strip juries of the insanity plea and bar newspapers from covering homicides before trial.