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3 stories matching flimflam

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  1. The Great Tacoma Water Flimflam

    A look back at the 1890 council scandal that left the city with a mountain of debt and a useless water system.

    Sep 5, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall

  2. The City’s Grasping Monopoly

    Tacoma’s editorial board calls out corporate greed and local political complacency regarding the city’s power infrastructure.

    Jun 29, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money · Scandal

  3. The Motorized Nomads of White Bluffs

    A traveling band of fortune-tellers trades covered wagons for luxury automobiles, leaving the townspeople both captivated and suspicious.

    Jun 23, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs, Benton CountyStrange But True

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  1. The Fatal Feats of the Fire Fiend

    A traveling variety performer dies of consumption in Victoria after years of swallowing molten lead and red-hot iron.

    Mar 19, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. A Blacksmith's Desperate Act of Heartbreak

    After his sweetheart jilted him for flirting with her sister, a Tacoma man attempted to end his life.

    Sep 29, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  3. A Bolt Out of a Clear Sky Passes Inches From a Sleeping Man

    Lightning hits the flagpole of the Walla Walla Athletic Club on West Alder at seven in the morning, tears a hole in the roof, rips an American flag down through the building — and leaves manager S. S. Bettman untouched in his bed.

    Jun 2, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla

  4. The Blue-Flowered Bonanza: How Whatcom County Found Flax

    A Ferndale doctor's experiments convince the federal government that Puget Sound can out-produce Europe's linen fields — and New York capital starts paying attention.

    Jan 1, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFerndale

  5. The Fire Engine Test that Thrilled Fairhaven

    Citizens and business leaders gathered to watch a dramatic demonstration of a new chemical firefighting engine, sparking immediate calls for city-wide protection.

    Mar 20, 1890Fairhaven HeraldBellingham

  6. A Boiler Explosion on the Steamer Monticello

    A fireman is fighting for his life after a high-pressure steam pipe failed mid-voyage near Kingston, marking the second such accident for the vessel.

    Sep 19, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKingston

  7. Major Fire Destroys Local Manufacturing Plant

    A fire has leveled the Whitehouse-Crimmins Company plant, leaving dozens of local workers jobless and the community reeling.

    Oct 12, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla

  8. The 'Cigarette Fiend' of Port Angeles

    A desperate machinist attempts suicide, citing a struggle to overcome a tobacco habit that led to severe insomnia and mental decline.

    Nov 17, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles

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