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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 21 |
| 1904 | 982 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1909 | 903 |
1,913 stories
- The South End's Sewer Crisis
After ignoring warnings for months, the Tacoma City Council scrambles to address severe residential flooding in the South End.
- High-Voltage Hazards on Tacoma’s Lines
Two linemen survive massive electrical shocks during a winter storm and a routine repair job.
- The 'Motherhood' Suffrage Trap
A satirical bill in the state legislature proposes limiting the vote to mothers, sparking outrage and a sharp-witted response from suffragists.
- Locomotive Strikes Boulder in North Bank Slide
A train derailment on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle line injures an engineer but spares passengers as the train was moving slowly through dangerous terrain.
- Japanese Waiter Performs Jiu-Jitsu on Diner
An attempt to leave an Empire restaurant without paying for a meal ended in a swift martial arts takedown.
- The '$11,000 Gold' Sack That Held Only Tire Chains
A suffrage lobbyist carried a bank sack labeled with a fortune through Spokane and Olympia, letting fellow passengers believe she was transporting the campaign fund. It was full of automobile chains.
- The High-Stakes Battle to Shut Down Racetrack Gambling
Legislators strip the emergency clause from the anti-racetrack bill, threatening to delay the ban on gambling at the Meadows during the upcoming exposition.
- The City Planning to Bury the North End Bridge
Tacoma officials move to replace a bridge with a nine-acre park in the gulch.
- Five Dollars a Week: Tacoma's Women Ask If a Shorter Day Is Worth Anything
As Olympia weighs an eight-hour law for working women, two readers argue that the real question isn't the clock — it's whether the wage will cover rent and groceries.
- A Pistol Duel at the Freight Sheds Ends in a Manslaughter Charge
A coroner's jury in Seattle rules that W. C. Dudley, a Tacoma man, must answer for the death of Alex S. Smith in Thursday's shootout at the Northern Pacific freight yards — and Dudley, on his lawyer's advice, says nothing at all.
- The Injuries He Wouldn’t Explain
John Turner died at Seattle’s Pacific Hospital after refusing to say how he was hurt. A coroner’s inquest may be the only way to find out.
- A Temperance Bill Debate Turns Into Two Fistfights in Olympia
A Spokane legislator and a Spokane newspaperman trade blows on the House floor over a local-option petition.
- Washington Senate Tries to Ban Election Pledges—After Being 'Buncoed' by the Anti-Saloon League
Lawmakers voted 27 to 11 for a 'freak bill' disqualifying legislators who promise support for bills before election, then added a rider against corporation lawyers. Legal scholars called it unconstitutional.
- The Prisoner Who Might Be a Duke
A mysterious Austrian locked up in Tacoma declines to deny that he is the missing Duke John of Austria — and two visiting Austrian officials only deepen the rumor.
- Two Revolvers, One Patrolman, and a $25 Thank-You
A Tacoma streetcar robbery ends in a downtown saloon gunfight — and the motorman's employer rewards the officer who walked into it.
- A Grocery Clerk Stole a Streetcar and Made a Run for Puyallup
James M. Tankisley took a Tacoma Railway & Power repair car out of the company barns at midnight and got as far as the Puyallup road before the law caught up. By the next afternoon he had pleaded guilty, and by night he was in the county prison waiting for the March jury.
- The Parents Said Tacoma's Schools Were Failing. The Typesetter Who Set Their Letter Answered Back.
A frustrated parent writes in to say the city schools teach paper-folding instead of arithmetic; a linotype operator at the same paper — and a Tacoma graduate himself — replies that the trouble may lie closer to home.
- A False Shock of Hair, a Slouch Hat, and $10 at Maplewood Station
A Tacoma department-store clerk steps off the Puyallup car and is stopped in the dark by a masked man in a false wig, who takes her money and orders her home on foot.
- The Great Kapowsin Safe Heist
After bandits blew open a safe and vanished into the night, police are left with no clues and a ghost train.
- The Battle for the Gulch
Tacoma officials move to convert a rugged ravine into parkland, sparking a protest from residents of Old Town who demand road access.
- The Imperial Building's Bitter Feud
A development project for an 'Imperial building' fractures as partners accuse one another of backroom sabotage.
- The City’s stalled bridge and park land deal
A Tacoma city council debate over land acquisition for a public park highlights the tension between municipal growth and private interests.
- The High School 'Hookey' Tradition
Defying the school board, 400 Tacoma high school boys plan to strike on Washington's Birthday to spend the day at 'Camp Weinerwurst.'
- The Struggle for a New City Charter
Citizens organize to strip power from traditional councilmen and adopt a commission-style government for Tacoma.
- Tragic Crossing at Sumner
An elderly woman is struck and killed by a passenger train just days before her planned relocation to Tacoma.