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| Year | Stories |
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| 1904 | 21 |
| 1909 | 7 |
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- The Suitcase Man's Mania
A repeat offender known as the 'suitcase man' faces a stiff prison sentence for a compulsive habit of theft.
- Tacoma's Shipping Supremacy
While Seattle struggles with bottlenecks, Tacoma's port facilities demonstrate their superior efficiency in moving coal.
- Legislators Duck 'Wife Beater' Bill
Public ridicule stops lawmakers from sponsoring a measure to punish domestic abusers.
- Crumbled Infrastructure Uncovered After Four Years
A city commissioner reveals that a $17,000 sewer project installed four years ago was completed without cement in the pipe joints, necessitating a costly overhaul.
- The South End's Sewer Crisis
After ignoring warnings for months, the Tacoma City Council scrambles to address severe residential flooding in the South End.
- The Ghost Stories of the City Reservoir
While typhoid fever rages in Tacoma, the city council struggles to address public panic over rumors of bodies dumped in the water supply.
- The Bellboy Who Held the Elevator Hostage
A Seattle hotel worker wins a pay raise by staging a one-man sit-down strike between floors.
- Vigilante Justice in Auburn Leaves Logger Dead
A citizen posse chasing three men over a property dispute ended in a fatal shooting, with local authorities absolving the shooter of any wrongdoing.
- Tacoma Mayoral Race Centers on Clean Government
As the mayoral race heats up, the local press weighs in on the divide between a 'closed' city and the advocates for a wider-open town.
- A Treasure Trove for Tacoma
Curator W.H. Gilstrap pushes to bring an expansive collection of Klickitat artifacts to Tacoma to preserve local Indigenous history.
- City Council Awards Commissioner Pay Raise While Denying Health Workers
While Commissioner McGregor received a 50% salary increase without requesting it, the council flatly refused to increase the meager $60 monthly pay for sanitary inspectors working in hazardous conditions.
- The Minnow in the Milk
A Tacoman discovers a live fish swimming in their morning delivery, raising alarm over local dairy standards.
- The Street Swindler's Bad Day
A carnival-style street hawker is mobbed and arrested after selling worthless watch chains to an angry Tacoma crowd.
- Tacoma Recalls the Great 'Wharf-Destroying' Blizzard of 1902
As a new winter storm hits the Sound, residents look back with dread on a 1902 weather event that claimed wharves, machinery, and lumber.
- Is Tacoma’s Water Supply Making People Sick?
A reporter’s investigation reveals that farm runoff and sewage are flowing directly into the city's filtration system.
- George Turner's Run for Governor
Former Senator George Turner signals his intent to head the Democratic ticket, vowing to fight against railroad-influenced politics in Washington.
- The City's 'Souvenir' Epidemic
Tacoma restaurants struggle with a wave of thefts as society women and girls make off with hotel silverware as mementoes.
- Tacoma Park Board at War with Taxpayers
Public officials trade insults with citizens after a lopsided vote against a park bond proposal.
- The High Price of 'Hello'
Medical experts warn that the grueling labor and public abuse faced by telephone operators are breaking the health of a generation of working women.
- The War on Bicycle Racks
A local business owner protests the removal of bike parking in downtown Tacoma, shifting the blame to the city’s crumbling infrastructure.
- The Science of 'Degeneracy' in the Courtroom
Tacoma experts describe the dubious medical pseudoscience used to argue insanity and 'degeneracy' in high-stakes murder trials.
- 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.
- Sewer Workers Strike for Eight-Hour Day
Laborers on a Twenty-ninth Avenue sewer project successfully force a return to the eight-hour workday against contractor pressure.
- The Daily Struggle of Tacoma’s Hillside Transit
Commuters express growing frustration as the unreliable cable car line repeatedly leaves passengers stranded mid-slope.
- The Times Takes on a Traveling Carnival
When a traveling Mardi Gras show arrived in Tacoma with false promises, the local newspaper launched a crusade to protect the public’s wallet.