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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 4 |
4 stories matching ration
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- A Dazed Traveler Found at the Depot
A woman arrives in Tacoma from the East, seemingly disoriented, and is taken into custody for her own protection.
- Should Schools Run the Cafeteria?
Tacoma considers following Seattle's lead by providing student meals at cost, challenging the private contractors who profit from children's stomachs.
- 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.
- The Four Days James McCutcheon Was Someone Else
A Roy butcher vanished on Sunday and reappeared near Auburn with no memory of where he had been—an early-twentieth-century case of “dual personality.”