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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 21 |
| 1904 | 982 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1909 | 903 |
1,913 stories
- The Anti-Saloon League Tells Tacoma's Churchgoers to Get Their Hands Dirty
A packed house at the First Presbyterian church heard the national superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League argue that pious voters who stay out of politics are the reason the saloons stay open — and that the worst anarchist in town is the official who picks which laws to enforce.
- Fifteen Hundred Wanted Seattle; the Flyer Had Room for Five Hundred
Holiday travelers packed the Flyer dock until police were called, then counted every passenger down the gangplank one by one while a thousand sorely disappointed people turned to the Interurban.
- Tacoma Is Building—and Mostly for People Who Plan to Stay
Building permits jumped 68 percent over 1903, with new homes rising for owners rather than investors.
- The Injured Worker, the Unpaid Judgment, and the Judge Who Ordered the Books Opened
Sam Henne won $1,500 for injuries suffered while working for J. T. Steeb Shipping Co.; when the company refused to pay, a Tacoma judge ordered its accounts and government contract produced.
- Two Chinese Men Ordered Deported After Prison Term
Lee Wung and Wun Lung were ordered deported for lacking immigration papers after serving a year for forgery—a minor hearing inside the era's exclusion machine.
- Neighbours Fight a Saloon at the Library's Door
Residents and business owners on Tacoma Avenue organize against a proposed Pacific Brewing & Malting saloon at 1147 Tacoma Avenue, opposite the public library.
- A Bullet From Nowhere Struck a Boy in Quiet Steilacoom
A 13-year-old collapsed in the street with a .22-caliber slug in his leg. X-rays found the bullet; nobody could say who fired it.
- The Four Days James McCutcheon Was Someone Else
A Roy butcher vanished on Sunday and reappeared near Auburn with no memory of where he had been—an early-twentieth-century case of “dual personality.”
- Two Men Electrocuted at the Ashford Mine; Coroner Orders an Inquest
Arthur W. Charlson and John R. Ohrstrom were killed in the Pierce County mine accident. Coroner G. D. Shaver returned to Tacoma to open an inquiry as Ohrstrom’s funeral was set for the Danish Lutheran church.
- The Divine Healer Who Left a Trail of Duped Women
Letters to Tacoma's prosecutor tied a self-styled 'divine sympathizer' to frauds in Eugene, Bellingham and beyond — and to a wife and children he claimed were outside his 'psychic sphere.'
- The juvenile court sits for the first time — and sends two boys home to report weekly
Judge Easterday hears Pierce County's first juvenile cases: two lads who burglarized a Buckley store are placed on weekly probation instead of behind bars.
- A Tacoma Man Wins a $350,000 Yakima Land Fight
Jay Yordy bought the downtown property at tax sale; the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Ontario Land Company's claim.
- The Bluff Above Pacific Avenue Is Coming Down
Commissioner McGregor's engineers put a first price on holding up Cliff Avenue: $26,000 — and admit a real job would cost several times that.
- Tacoma Signs On for an $86,400 Stadium
The school board awards the amphitheater contract to the Western Engineering Company, with construction waiting only on Northern Pacific approval.
- Seattle Moves to Put a Woman on the Police Force
The city council finance committee backed $175 a month for a woman police officer who would advise young women, investigate cases, and enter saloons and hotels.
- A $2 Promise, a $1.50 Payday, and a Fight at the Tacoma Theatre
Two high-school supers said they were promised $2 for four Ben-Hur performances. When they objected to $1.50, the theater men were arrested for assault.
- A Former Superior Court Judge Says the Streetcar Tracks Ate His Front Yard
John C. Stallcup wants $6,000 from Tacoma, arguing the city let the Pacific Traction Company double-track Cliff Avenue past his two South Fifth Street lots without so much as asking — and left private land doing the work of a public street.
- Tacoma Bets $300,000 of Its Own Credit on a Municipal Power Plant
With the engineer due Monday for the Nisqually plant, the sinking fund commission puts the bonds on the market — and invites anyone, including the state school fund, to bid.
- A Miner, a Revolver and a Pair of Suspenders
John Purse had lived in the coal town of Wilkeson for eighteen years. In one drunken night he shot his eldest son, was locked in the town jail, and hanged himself before anyone could stop him.
- The Mayor’s Chimneys Are on Fire
Two separate blazes in Tacoma’s South End prompt a frantic response from the city fire department, revealing that even elected officials are not immune to the dangers of defective flues.
- The Ghost on Pacific Avenue
Tacoma’s hack drivers are convinced a local man is a walking curse after a series of strange carriage wrecks.
- The Cabbies' Ghost
Tacoma’s hackmen hold a desperate parade to break a jinxed night on Pacific Avenue.
- The Berlin Building Burglary
A basement billiard room is hit for a few cigars and a handful of change after a thief hurls a rock through the front door.
- The Weatherman’s Snowy Mishap
A local meteorologist gets lost in his own storm on a Tacoma street corner.
- The Consul’s Advice: How to Sell to China
Consul General John Goodnow advises Tacoma merchants that success in the Orient depends on cultural sensitivity and precise adherence to local conventions.