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10 stories matching liquid

  1. The Great Tacoma Piano Liquidation

    When the Tayler-Gardner Music Company overextended itself during the boom, the court ordered a massive, fire-sale liquidation of over 200 pianos to satisfy creditors.

    Jan 26, 1909The Tacoma Times928-930 C Street, Tacoma, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust

  2. Debt Burned Away in South Tacoma

    The Clover Leaf Lodge celebrates a milestone, clearing their mortgage and securing their Masonic Temple.

    Apr 6, 1909The Tacoma TimesSouth Tacoma, Tacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money

  3. Domestic Accident Leaves Servant Critically Injured

    A tragic mix-up at a kitchen stove leads to a severe explosion for a local woman.

    Mar 11, 1909The Tacoma Times1808 South 11th Street, Tacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay

  4. The Logger's Disguise

    A Tacoma patrolman pulls off a sting operation against a hotelier selling illicit spirits.

    Feb 1, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyNightlife

  5. Internal Strife Sinks South Tacoma Laundry

    A promising South Tacoma business faces liquidation as owners succumb to constant infighting, leaving a receiver to settle the debts.

    Mar 26, 1904The Tacoma TimesSouth Tacoma, Tacoma, Pierce County

  6. Burning Oil, a Shattered Shanty, and a Logger Who Threw Two Men to Safety

    Chester LaChapelle rescued his cousin and a roommate after a gasoline stove exploded near Kapowsin, sacrificing his own face and hands to the flames.

    Feb 4, 1909The Tacoma TimesKapowsin, Pierce CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  7. The Hidden Killer in Tacoma's West End

    A local health inspector finds a dairy operating in conditions 'too filthy for belief,' threatening a typhoid epidemic for families across the district.

    Aug 9, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  8. The City’s 17-Year-Old Bad Debt Problem

    Tacoma voters will decide at the upcoming spring election whether to honor $48,000 in outlawed street improvement warrants that have accrued triple their value in interest.

    Mar 8, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  9. The Unseen Toll of Industrial Labor

    Federal statistics reveal that American workers face casualty rates in factories and mines comparable to the carnage of the Civil War, with thousands dying annually from preventable accidents.

    Jan 23, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyWork & Pay

  10. A Drunk Man, Two Women, and a $170 Lawsuit Against a Tacoma Saloon

    F. E. Ellison says two women working at the Globe saloon-hotel rolled him while he was drunk. The proprietor says he is not responsible.

    Sep 19, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyNightlife · Scandal

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