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4 stories matching stringent

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  1. The Speaker’s High-Stakes Balancing Act

    Speaker Meigs stacks the House Public Morals Committee with an even split of prohibitionists and anti-prohibitionists, leaving the committee’s crucial legislative decisions deadlocked.

    Jan 19, 1909The Tacoma TimesWashington State Capitol, Olympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall

  2. After the Clallam Went Down, a Seattle Man Asked Why No Puget Sound Steamer Had a Lifeboat That Floated

    J. Walton wrote to the president and to Congress with a plain charge: not one passenger steamer on the Sound is properly equipped to save lives — and in two round trips to Nome he never once saw a fire drill.

    Jan 12, 1904The Tacoma TimesSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Disasters

  3. The War on Stray Dogs at Wright Park

    Park commissioners order police to shoot all canines found loose in the city's green space.

    Jun 21, 1904The Tacoma TimesWright Park, Tacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Strange But True

  4. The Battle for Tacoma's Soul: Gambling vs. Reform

    As municipal elections approach, the city faces a stark divide between Mayor Campbell’s clean-streets policy and the push for a 'wide-open' town.

    Jan 14, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

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