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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1904 | 14 |
| 1909 | 9 |
23 stories matching sighted
- Georgetown Declares Itself an 'Open Town'
Local officials abandon the fight against vice, allowing gambling tables to move from back rooms into plain sight.
- Protecting Young Women at the Train Depots
Fearing a repeat of the 'world's fair' disappearances, the YWCA seeks city funding for station matrons.
- Logging Locomotive Stolen and Abandoned on Tracks
A joyride on the Tacoma Eastern line ends in a collision after thieves abandon a logging engine on a blind curve.
- Wireless Expert Disappears Following Mysterious Note
A Marconi Company employee vanishes after writing a cryptic message to his assistant.
- The Lakeside Gold Rush
Wealthy Tacomans shift their sights from Gravelly Lake to American Lake as prime real estate becomes a hot commodity.
- The Expulsion Continues
A group of Chinese travelers is forcibly escorted out of Tacoma by local longshoremen, confirming the city's rigid policy of exclusion.
- Electrician Lost in Narrows During Gale
A Seattle man is presumed dead after attempting a perilous rowboat crossing of the Narrows during a storm.
- The Lonely End of an Umbrella Mender
After refusing medical aid and struggling in solitude, an elderly man dies in his downtown shop.
- Tacoma Takes a Win in the War of the Rails
Tacoma boosters celebrate a victory as the Great Northern Railroad prepares to move its commissary operations from Seattle to Tacoma.
- Railroad Merger Sets Sights on Tacoma
Four rail subsidiaries consolidate as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway pushes toward a May arrival in Tacoma.
- The Eleventh Street Cable Line Breaks Down Again
Tacoma residents are left stranded and forced to hike up the hill after the latest in a string of mechanical failures on the transit line.
- Lost at Sea in the Narrows
An electrician vanishes while attempting a dangerous crossing during a windstorm, leaving little hope for rescue.
- The Fugitive Baker of Puyallup
A Montana sheriff tracks down an embezzlement suspect hiding in plain sight within the Puyallup labor movement.
- The Weatherman’s Snowy Mishap
A local meteorologist gets lost in his own storm on a Tacoma street corner.
- The Cabbies' Ghost
Tacoma’s hackmen hold a desperate parade to break a jinxed night on Pacific Avenue.
- Street Brawl Leaves Laborer Wounded
A late-night argument outside a Tacoma saloon results in a shooting that police only learned of after the assailant had fled.
- The Tragedy of a Lonely Death in Electron
A construction foreman died after a fall, mistaken for a drunk by the very men he had gone to check on.
- The Political Price of Water
A South Tacoma pumping station breakdown exposes how patronage hiring led to an industrial disaster.
- The Fight to Break the Phone Monopoly
Business leaders and residents rally against Sunset Telephone Company's grip on the city, calling for competition and accountability.
- The Great Balfour Dock Pie Heist
A group of hungry laborers were left with nothing but their pride when two men made off with their dessert, ignoring everything but the pastries.
- The Unwanted 'Souvenir' of a Rainy Tacoma Commute
Commuters on the Tacoma Railway & Power Company lines faced flooded cars and dripping seats, turning a simple transit ride into a soaked ordeal.
- A Father’s Frozen Grief on the Puyallup River
A four-year-old boy slips from the bank into the river while fishing, leaving his family in a state of shock as he drifts away.
- A Warning on Municipal Frenzied Finance
A concerned citizen calculates the cost of upcoming park bond proposals, arguing that Tacoma is dangerously over-leveraged.