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  1. Turning the Chain-Gang Toward Thrift

    A city commissioner rejects expensive wood bids for the pumping station, proposing to employ the chain-gang instead.

    Mar 31, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  2. 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.

    Feb 2, 1909The Tacoma TimesOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

  3. The Cost of a Stolen Wheel

    A newsboy's bicycle is stolen by a man under the influence of drugs, leading to a swift sentence on the chain gang.

    Sep 14, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  4. The Chain Gang Preacher is Back on the Loose

    A notorious 'anarchist' reformer and jailbird, known for preaching to guards while in shackles, has been banished from Seattle and is expected to surface in Tacoma.

    Jun 20, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyLocal Legends

  5. Demented Girl Rescued from Puyallup Reservation

    After being found chained to an outhouse floor, a young Indigenous girl has secured a place at an asylum.

    Mar 16, 1909The Tacoma TimesPuyallup Reservation, Tacoma, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance

  6. Fatal Accident at McDonald’s Logging Camp

    A swamp hook recoils, claiming the life of a Swedish laborer in the woods near Orting.

    May 17, 1904The Tacoma TimesOrting, Pierce CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  7. The City's Endless Bridge Troubles

    Tacoma's public works are stalled as city officials argue over shoddy materials and unfinished infrastructure.

    May 12, 1904The Tacoma TimesPuyallup River, Tacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  8. The Street Swindler's Bad Day

    A carnival-style street hawker is mobbed and arrested after selling worthless watch chains to an angry Tacoma crowd.

    Jun 11, 1904The Tacoma Times12th Street, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  9. A Wave of Home Burglaries Strikes Tacoma

    Three Tacoma residences targeted in a single weekend as thieves escape with cash and jewelry.

    Apr 18, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  10. The Great Tacoma Brick Famine

    A supply chain crisis at a Renton monopoly grinds Tacoma’s infrastructure projects to a halt.

    Apr 9, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money

  11. 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.

    May 21, 1904The Tacoma TimesPuyallup, Pierce County

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