A Quiet Death at Nelson's Grocery
While chatting with friends, a local resident passes away in a South Tacoma shop.
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While sitting in a chair in the grocery store of J. J. Nelson, South Forty-fifth and Yakima avenue, about 6 o'clock last evening, and quietly chatting with a circle of friends, Nelson Bingham, 76 years old, was attacked with a hemorrhage of the brain and died soon afterwards. A physician was called but the old gentleman had died before medical aid reached him. He lived with his son, Charles Bingham, at 4506 South J street.
“While quietly chatting with a circle of friends, Nelson Bingham, 76 years old, was attacked with a hemorrhage of the brain and died soon afterwards.”
Grocery stores were the original social hubs of Tacoma neighborhoods, places where a person could sit for an hour and catch up with neighbors. This account serves as a reminder of the quiet, everyday histories buried in the street corners of the South End.
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