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  1. The Cold Transit of the Ching Wo

    Elderly Chinese passengers endure miserable, freezing conditions on a freight steamer as they seek a final journey home.

    Jan 8, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma Harbor, Tacoma, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. The Shadowy Resort on the Reservation

    Neighbors allege a dance hall and illicit bar near Bay Street are a hub for vice, liquor sales to minors, and persistent noise, while city officials look the other way.

    Aug 15, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

  3. Police Officer Arrested for Brutal Assault on Wife

    A longtime member of the Tacoma police department was jailed after violently beating his wife and threatening his children during a domestic dispute.

    Jan 6, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  4. The Girl Who Chopped Wood to Beat the Doctors

    A young woman defying a terminal diagnosis by living in the Olympic Mountains is winning a battle against consumption.

    Jun 25, 1904The Tacoma TimesLake Cushman, Hoodsport, Mason CountyStrange But True

  5. The Scholar Who Became a Burglar

    A University of Washington athlete turns to a life of crime, only to be processed into prison by a former classmate.

    Apr 4, 1904The Tacoma TimesUniversity of Washington, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  6. The Price of Performance

    An actress collapses from nervous exhaustion after battling a noisy, disruptive audience at Tacoma's Grand theater.

    Jan 9, 1909The Tacoma TimesAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyNightlife

  7. Senate Smothers Temperance Measure in Heated Legislative Battle

    A key liquor-control bill meets its end in Olympia, with temperance advocates denouncing the replacement legislation as a toothless farce.

    Feb 18, 1909The Tacoma TimesOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

  8. The Unlucky Stickup Man

    A would-be highwayman with a broken revolver finds himself soundly defeated in two separate Tacoma neighborhoods.

    Jan 28, 1909The Tacoma TimesPacific Ave, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  9. Walkout in the Hoquiam Box Factory

    Hoquiam box factory crew walked out over a 25-cent wage cut, closing the plant and idling 40 men.

    Mar 4, 1904The Tacoma TimesHoquiam, Grays Harbor CountyWork & Pay

  10. Late-Night Plumbing Shop Burglar Slips Through Police Net

    An alert patrolman interrupted a lock-picking duo near South 17th and D, marking the fourth business targeted in the neighborhood this week.

    Feb 10, 1909The Tacoma Times1552 South D Street, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  11. The Bureaucracy of Getting Hitched

    A deputy clerk at the Pierce County courthouse recounts the chaotic, comical, and bureaucratic hurdles faced by couples seeking marriage licenses.

    Feb 16, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

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