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5 stories matching queer

  1. The City Hall Stumping Standoff

    A citizen refuses to pay a surety bond for the 'privilege' of removing eight stumps from his own property.

    Feb 23, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  2. The Cultist Behind Bars

    Joshua Klein, held in the county jail, claims to be receiving telepathic messages from his followers in Vienna while parents demand their daughters return home.

    Jan 28, 1909The Tacoma TimesCounty Jail, Tacoma, Pierce CountyLocal Legends

  3. A Troubled Night at Ninth and Tacoma

    A woman experiencing a mental health crisis caused a public spectacle at a city horse trough, prompting police to intervene.

    Feb 20, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  4. The Bureaucracy of Getting Hitched

    A deputy clerk at the Pierce County courthouse recounts the chaotic, comical, and bureaucratic hurdles faced by couples seeking marriage licenses.

    Feb 16, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  5. An Earthquake Rumbles Across the Sound

    Tacoma residents feel the tremors of a quake that shook the coast from the Skagit River to Victoria, rattling skyscrapers and breaking ice.

    Jan 12, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyStrange But True

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