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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1904 | 1 |
| 1909 | 9 |
10 stories matching sargentich
- Every Hospital Turned Him Away, So the Health Officer Decided to Open One Himself
A contagious patient with nowhere to go, a council that won't pay its bills, and a health commissioner who dug up a forgotten ordinance and stopped asking permission.
- The Health Commissioner's Vaccination War
Tacoma’s City Council faces off with the Health Commissioner over unauthorized spending and a controversial vaccination campaign.
- Health Commissioner Struggles to Find Care for Patient
Dr. Sargentich highlights the urgent need for a municipal hospital as a patient with contagious disease struggles to find a bed.
- The Health Board Targets Opera Alley's Squalor
City officials inspect disease-breeding housing conditions occupied by foreign laborers.
- 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 Great Tacoma Spring Cleaning
Mayor Linck threatens arrests as the city scrambles to scrub up before an upcoming exposition.
- The Pure Food Ordinance Trap
Tacoma women leading a campaign for food safety are blindsided by a missing provision in a new city ordinance.
- The D Street Market Under Fire
Tacoma city officials face criticism for allegedly targeting a popular public market to appease a 'grocery trust.'
- Tacoma Cracks Down on Dirty Diners
A new health ordinance forces restaurants, fish markets, and milk stores to secure city licenses or face closure.
- Elderly laborer attempts suicide in Old Town
An aged man struggling with chronic illness was restrained by bystanders after a desperate attempt to end his life in Tacoma's Old Town district.
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- City Health Officer Demands Board to Combat Public Ailments
Dr. Sargentleh seeks a formal committee of physicians and a vaccination assistant to address the surge of health mandates in Tacoma schools.
- The Pioneer Who Brought the First Families Over the Mountains
Remembering Mr. Sargent, who led a train of twenty-five families through Naches Pass to the Puget Sound frontier in 1852.
- The Bid for the Priest Rapids Nitrate Plant
Federal cabinet members are set to investigate the Columbia River as a potential industrial powerhouse for national defense.
- A Sudden End in the Aberdeen Ballroom
A prominent local businessman collapses and dies while dancing.
- A Sudden Tragedy at the Hoquiam Dance
A beloved young Aberdeen businessman collapses and dies mid-dance, sending shockwaves through the community.
- The Lonely Death of 'Mike the Rooster'
A once-prominent figure in the city's sporting fraternity dies in a lodging house on Washington Street from a morphine collapse.
- The Yale Football Legend Who Tamed a Frontier Town
When lawlessness gripped the construction camp of Skykomish, a former Yale athlete used his brute strength and leadership to face down a local gang leader.
- Mill Worker Attempts Suicide Amid Personal Despair
A Tacoma mill employee remains in critical condition after a desperate act brought on by his wife's absence.