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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1904 | 19 |
| 1909 | 12 |
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- Pawn Shop Under Scrutiny Over Early Sale of Goods
A local second-hand merchant was arrested for selling a suit that had not yet reached its redemption date, sparking a test case for local consumer rights.
- Conductor Challenges Embezzlement Allegations
A streetcar conductor accused of stealing from the Tacoma Railway & Power Company demands specifics from the county.
- Accused Murderer Seeks Trial on Puyallup Reservation
Jacky Smokalem survives a suicide attempt while awaiting trial for the murder of his wife.
- The Harvest Rush at Puyallup
Warm weather forces a premature start to the raspberry season, leaving growers in urgent need of labor.
- Tacoma’s Twenty-Year Tab
The state government threatens legal action over unpaid saloon license fees dating back to 1890.
- Political Machines Clash in the Cascades
McBride and Atkinson loyalists swarm Lake Chelan to secure votes in a heated gubernatorial scrap.
- The Price of a Broken Promise
A young woman in Rosedale takes legal action after her suitor repeatedly puts off their wedding.
- The Northern Pacific Railroad Depot Gets a Deadline
Tacoma City Council forces the hand of the Northern Pacific, setting a firm date for the construction of a new passenger depot on Pacific Avenue.
- City Council Standardizes Waterfront Rents
Tacoma sets a uniform $40 monthly rent for municipal land on the Middle Waterway, prioritizing new industrial development.
- The High-Stakes Battle to Shut Down Racetrack Gambling
Legislators strip the emergency clause from the anti-racetrack bill, threatening to delay the ban on gambling at the Meadows during the upcoming exposition.
- The Bullfighter Who Captured Spokane's Socialites
A Spanish bullfighter finds himself besieged by the social elite and abandons his profession for the attention of local women.
- The Union Pacific's South Tacoma Tunnel Expansion
City council grants permit for railroad to open tunnel shafts and build freight yards in local wetlands.
- Typhoid Fears Reach Tacoma’s Water Supply
A fatality linked to the Clover Creek watershed raises alarms about the city's drinking water quality.
- City Moves to Challenge Sunset Telephone Company's Monopoly
Assistant City Attorney F. R. Baker argues that the telephone provider's franchise has lapsed, creating a potential opening for city regulation.
- Japanese Sailors to March in Tacoma's Memorial Day Parade
In a historic first, Japanese naval regulars will march alongside U.S. troops during Memorial Day ceremonies in Tacoma.
- The Strange Disappearance of Mrs. Nelson
An attorney’s secret knowledge of a missing woman's whereabouts comes to light only after her husband passes away from grief.
- The Fatal Breakfast
A Seattle widow sues an insurance company for $10,000 after her husband died from a fish bone injury, triggering a grim post-mortem examination.
- City Hall Forces Transit Upgrade
After years of complaints about 'rattletraps,' the City Council orders the Tacoma Railway & Power Company to replace its McKinley Park fleet.
- A Year-Old Mystery Ends in a Shallow Grave Near Kirkland
A skeleton found buried outside Kirkland is identified as Alfred Earl Plummer, missing from Seattle since the same date last year—and a revolver beneath the body suggests he died defending himself.
- The Mystery of Mayor Wright’s Citizenship
A local businessman claims to hold the key to a political scandal regarding the mayor's legitimacy to hold office.
- The Great Tacoma Mardi Gras Swindle
A traveling carnival collapses in Tacoma, leaving residents out of pocket and a planned wedding abandoned in the ruins.
- Tacoma Recalls the Great 'Wharf-Destroying' Blizzard of 1902
As a new winter storm hits the Sound, residents look back with dread on a 1902 weather event that claimed wharves, machinery, and lumber.
- The Old Tourist Hotel Finds New Life as a High School
After a confused election and a tense recount, Tacoma voters clear the way to transform a landmark hotel into a public school.
- Congress Opens Puyallup Reservation Lands to Private Sale
A federal decision ends long-standing ambiguity, allowing the Puyallup people to sell or lease their allotted lands and subjecting the property to taxation.
- Tacoma’s Theater Safety Crisis
Following the horrific Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago, local inspectors scramble to identify hazards in Tacoma’s aging entertainment venues.