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  1. The Fortune Teller's Change of Heart

    A local clairvoyant, weary of peddling fake love charms to desperate women, finds an unexpected path to a simpler life.

    May 7, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountySnake Oil

  2. The Railroad Men Had the Proxies. The Chamber’s Businessmen Had Had Enough.

    A fight over a Chamber of Commerce nominating committee exposed how thoroughly Northern Pacific and T.R.P. men had captured Tacoma’s civic boosters—and how a reform faction decided to run its own ticket.

    Aug 27, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

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