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| 1885 | 1 |
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8 stories matching tilli
- The Old Man, the Opium, and the Confidence Trick
A classic swindle involving a fake opium deal leads to a criminal trial in Judge Holmes' court.
- The Tragedy on Trestle No. 4
A father's desperate attempt to walk his children to safety during a heavy snowstorm ends in a devastating train accident on the outskirts of Tacoma.
- A Night in the Variety District Ends in a $100 Robbery
A steamboat man follows a woman from a South Third Street dive, and police seize a familiar underworld figure and his companion.
- Tragedy on the Tracks near Tenino
A woman identified as Tillie Myers was killed instantly by a Northern Pacific train after being spotted walking on the tracks.
- Death of long-time Walla Walla resident at Medical Lake
Tillie Willhelm, who had been in institutional care for eighteen months, leaves behind a daughter in Walla Walla.
- Trapped by the Tide on the Road to Queets
In 1892, poet Herbert Bashford joined a camping party for a walk up Washington’s wild Olympic coast—and found the rising tide more dangerous than any highwayman.
- The Piano Race
A local civic carnival sparks a high-stakes popularity contest between union members and social clubs to win a $350 piano.
- Everett Prepares to Crown a Queen of Labor
A three-way contest between workers' candidates aims to boost readership and celebrate the upcoming Woodmen of the World carnival.
Also about this, in other words
- A Veteran, a Fake Opium Deal, and a $2,000 Swindle
John Tilley thought he was buying cut-rate opium. Instead, police said, two men walked off with his cash, his watch, and a mortgage from his Idaho ranch.
- A Fatal Tiller Blow on the Sound
A pioneer fisherman faces manslaughter charges after a tragic, unintended killing of a close friend.
- A Tragic End Near Addy
A nineteen-year-old woman dies by suicide years after a forced annulment of her marriage, highlighting the societal pressures of the era.
- The Tillicums' Trick: How a Political Machine Fooled Tacoma's Democrats
A secretive faction called the Tillicums manipulates primaries, places decoy tickets, and doles out patronage jobs to tighten its grip on Pierce County politics.
- Tragedy on the Lummi Reservation
An elderly Lummi man is found dead in his cabin, with suspicion turning toward his young wife and her rumored lover.