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| Year | Stories |
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| 1903 | 1 |
| 1904 | 51 |
| 1909 | 48 |
100 stories matching boy
- Youths Arrested for Binding Boy Near Interurban Bridge
Two teens were taken into custody after a game of 'play' left a younger boy tied to a structure near the Puyallup River for several hours.
- The War on Tacoma's Knothole Gang
When the local baseball management deployed a park keeper with a sharp stick to drive away children watching from a fence, the crowd turned on the club.
- A Father’s Frozen Grief on the Puyallup River
A four-year-old boy slips from the bank into the river while fishing, leaving his family in a state of shock as he drifts away.
- The Boy Who Ran Away with His Dog
A nine-year-old runaway and his loyal canine companion are locked in a jail cell after a brief, desperate spree of petty theft.
- The Cabin Boy Who Escaped a Shipwreck
A teenage runaway from England found adventure, fire, and a new life in Tacoma after deserting his vessel.
- The Strange Case of the 'Boy Burglar' and His Well-Connected Father
A young man charged with several local burglaries is released after his father, a Chicago official, settles all claims and promises to take him home.
- The Case for Overalls and Mud
A mother asks for fashion advice for her nine-year-old, prompting a spirited editorial defense of childhood liberty and dirt-stained play.
- The Runaway and the Judge's Mercy
After a judge shows leniency to a young bicycle thief, the boy absconds with his brother-in-law's money.
- A Desperate Corral Rescue
A husband is gored by a bull near his home, leading to a harrowing, multi-generational effort to save his life.
- The Child Acrobat's Ordeal
A young performer rescued from a traveling act bears the brutal marks of a stove poker and a buckled strap, sparking a court battle over his custody.
- A Lost Child’s Desperate Run Across the West
After his family splintered, a 14-year-old boy arrived in Tacoma alone, setting off a chain of bicycle thefts as he tried to find a way home.
- The Fight for Tacoma’s Pool Rooms
City council weighs whether to lower the age limit for young men in Tacoma's billiard parlors.
- An Orphan's Chance
A young boy, caught roaming the streets of Tacoma, is given a second chance on a farm.
- Minors Found Inside Tacoma’s Notorious 'Vile Resorts'
A legal battle to shutter saloons and dance halls reveals that children were regularly witnessing and participating in the city's 'wide open' nightlife.
- A Steep Price for a Ten-Cent Robbery
A cumulative sentence law in Washington State leads to a twenty-year prison sentence for a man who robbed a bridge pedestrian of only a dime.
- The Price of a Lost Limb
A teenager files suit after a gruesome factory accident left him permanently disabled while working on machinery.
- A Rescue at Steilacoom
A 75-year-old Tacoma resident attempts to end her life in the Sound, only to be thwarted by a quick-thinking teenager.
- The Tragedy of South 11th Street
A grand jury reopens the investigation into a 1908 collision that killed an eleven-year-old boy.
- A Mother Stands Her Ground Against the Law
When an irate father tried to have his son arrested, his wife stepped in to stop the police in their tracks.
- Floodwaters Claim Life of Young Boy Near Ritzville
A tragic accident during recent flooding in Adams County leaves a community in mourning after a father and son's buggy is swept away.
- The Counterfeiters Caught with Pasted-Together Bills
A clever scheme involving glued-together fragments of old bank notes meets an end after a sharp-eyed Seattle policeman spots a boy making change.
- The Puyallup Kept Its Dead—and an Old Belief Said It Always Would
A boy drowned in the Puyallup River; his father searched the muddy current in vain, while neighbors recalled an old belief that the river never gives up its dead.
- 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.'
- Child Acrobat Victim Rescued from Abusive Guardian
A woman who exploited a young boy for a child acrobat act is arrested following allegations of brutal maltreatment.
- Boy Injured by Point Defiance Streetcar
A young child is struck while playing near the tracks in Tacoma's North End.
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- The Boy with the Bullet
A miraculous recovery for a 15-year-old struck by a stray bullet in his temple.