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12 stories matching bread

  1. Tacoma's Women Take On the Bakers Over Wrapped Bread

    A committee of pure-food reformers and a dozen bakers squared off before the city council's health committee over an ordinance requiring bread be wrapped — with more than 1,000 women enlisted behind the fight.

    Feb 8, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  2. The Bread Wrapping War: Tacoma Women Take On City Hall

    With 1,500 club members, city doctors and a health inspector behind them, Tacoma women demand that bakery bread be wrapped—and that dogs be barred from groceries.

    Feb 15, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  3. The Fight for Clean Bread in Tacoma

    Tacoma women mobilize to push a city sanitation ordinance through the council, battling bakers who claim wrapping bread is too expensive and technically impossible.

    Feb 27, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  4. The Lonely Plight of Neil McEachron

    A constable brought 73-year-old Neil McEachron from Buckley for an insanity hearing after he bought 28 loaves of bread.

    Jan 22, 1904The Tacoma TimesBuckley, Pierce CountyLocal Legends

  5. The Crusade for Wrapped Bread

    Tacoma women take on the bakers' association to mandate sanitary packaging.

    Mar 3, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  6. The Fight for Sanitary Food

    Tacoma’s club women are spearheading a radical new ordinance to force bakeries and food merchants to meet strict hygiene standards.

    Feb 4, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  7. The Woman Seeking Sanctuary in the County Jail

    A desperate resident turns to the law for care, highlighting the tragic lack of social support for mental health in early 20th-century Tacoma.

    May 6, 1904The Tacoma TimesPierce County Jail, Tacoma

  8. The Politics of Bread and Butter

    South Tacoma Democrats rally to challenge the incumbent mayor's record on labor, utility rates, and public integrity in the 1904 municipal campaign.

    Mar 23, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust · City Hall

  9. 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.'

    Feb 20, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

  10. The Perils of a Modern Diet

    A local column warns Tacoma residents that the 'great national vice' of gluttony and poor food combinations is endangering public health.

    Feb 26, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  11. Shipboard Rebellion on the Pleiades

    A Tacoma steamship officer learns that the crew has its own code of justice after attempting to flog a cook.

    Apr 8, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay

  12. 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.

    Jun 25, 1904The Tacoma TimesPacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

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