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| Year | Stories |
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| 1903 | 1 |
| 1904 | 19 |
| 1909 | 16 |
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- A Large Farewell for L.E. Sargent
Hundreds of mourners crowd outside a Tacoma home to pay their final respects.
- 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.
- Public Harassment Crackdown
A local man faces the maximum fine for his behavior toward women walking along Pacific Avenue.
- Tragic Crossing at Sumner
An elderly woman is struck and killed by a passenger train just days before her planned relocation to Tacoma.
- Defiance Park Club Pledges Every Vote for a City-Owned Power Plant
At a meeting of the Defiance Park Improvement Club, Assistant City Attorney Baker makes the case for municipal power — and every man in the room stands up to promise his vote and his legwork.
- Democrats Rally at Germania Hall
Enthusiastic convention nominates George P. Wright for mayor amidst slick floors and political bluster.
- The Battle for an 'Open' or 'Closed' Tacoma
Democratic mayoral candidate George I. Wright disputes the paper's characterization of his platform as he addresses citizens at a local meeting.
- Mystery Man Found Frozen in Freight Car
An unidentified man, dead for weeks, was discovered in a Northern Pacific freight car carrying poison and cash.
- Fatal Dynamite Blast on Second Avenue
A Seattle contractor and his powder man face manslaughter charges following a reckless dynamite incident that killed a young boy.
- 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.
- Rejected Suitor Shoots Tacoma Woman and Ends His Life
A young worker targeted by a spurned admirer survives the shooting while the assailant commits suicide outside her home.
- Tacoma Cracks Down on Dirty Diners
A new health ordinance forces restaurants, fish markets, and milk stores to secure city licenses or face closure.
- City Hall Shaken by Earthquake
Tacoma’s council meeting was thrown into disarray when an earthquake tremor sent officials scrambling for composure.
- The Battle for Tacoma's Soul
Tacoma’s Republican primaries pit an 'incumbent status quo' against a faction promising an 'open town' policy.
- The Coldest Commute in Tacoma
Commuters express outrage as the local transit company forces passengers to brave midwinter rain on open-air 'summer' streetcars.
- Tragedy in the Rabbit Woods
A quiet hunting excursion near Fairfax ends in a lethal accident for a local man, leaving his friend in despair.
- The Bread Wrapping War: Tacoma Women Take On City Hall
With 1,500 club members, city doctors and a health inspector behind them, Tacoma women demand that bakery bread be wrapped—and that dogs be barred from groceries.
- The Politics of Bread and Butter
South Tacoma Democrats rally to challenge the incumbent mayor's record on labor, utility rates, and public integrity in the 1904 municipal campaign.
- Tragedy on Bainbridge Island as Child Accidentally Kills Brother
A toddler's playful act with a lit stick leads to the fatal burning of his infant brother in a home on Bainbridge Island.
- The Streetcar Blues
A local editor skewers a poet's romanticized version of riding Tacoma's crowded, unreliable trolley cars.
- Walkout in the Hoquiam Box Factory
Hoquiam box factory crew walked out over a 25-cent wage cut, closing the plant and idling 40 men.
- Chamber of Commerce Bounties for Frace Murderers
Business leaders offer $500 for the capture of the man who left James A. Frace dead under a fir tree.
- Congressman Cushman's Nepotism Scandal
Federal judicial appointments in Tacoma stall as local power brokers favor family over public endorsement.
- The Cat Who Saved Himself from the Fire
A young Everett boy's pet cat makes a daring escape by leaping into a water tub as the family home burns down.
- Tacoma’s Grocery Trust Fails to Kill Public Market
After intense lobbying from the Retail Grocers' association to dismantle the D Street market, citizens and the Central Labor Council force the city council to back down and preserve the farmers' market.