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Year	Stories
1854	59
1858	23
1859	27
1860	12
1861	86
1862	77
1863	63
1864	31
1865	10
1871	11
1872	140
1876	799
1877	667
1878	526
1879	64
1880	179
1882	130
1883	731
1884	393
1885	837
1886	483
1887	484
1888	440
1889	1,301
1890	266
1891	1,023
1892	2,551
1893	2,661
1894	1,989
1895	376
1896	2
1897	20
1898	76
1899	445
1900	106
1901	1
1902	34
1903	1,202
1904	993
1905	112
1907	17
1908	42
1909	939
1910	163
1911	141
1912	62
1914	239
1915	271
1916	479
1917	289
1918	39
1919	5
1920	1
1922	14
1923	142
1924	126
1925	58

12,002 stories, the 400 most mentioned

People 247

Judge Hanford1885–1917169
Mayor Ronald1892–1895126
Judge Humes1891–1895117
John H. McGraw1885–191091
Judge Langley1893–189582
John Leary1872–189576
A. A. Denny1854–189572
John B. Allen1876–189571
Thomas Burke1876–191070
J. T. Ronald1885–191769
Chief Jackson1892–189368
John Collins1872–190965
James Hamilton Lewis1886–190365
Nelson Bennett1886–190964
W. H. White1872–189963
Grover Cleveland1885–190963
James J. Hill1891–190959
Judge Lichtenberg1891–189458
Judge Osborn1889–189457
Henry Villard1880–189454
Judge Glasgow1893–189554
Coroner Horton1891–189453
Watson C. Squire1885–189553
H. L. Yesler1871–189547
Henry Yesler1872–189446
Miller1883–190944
George Turner1889–192343
Judge Jacobs1872–189942
Henry L. Yesler1876–190240
Sheriff McGraw1883–189139
John L. Wilson1889–190338
Smith1876–190338
Watson Squire1883–189438
Beriah Brown1872–189238
J. R. Lewis1872–189237
D. T. Denny1872–189536
Justice Caldwell1893–189536
Theodore Roosevelt1893–191236
Elisha P. Ferry1876–189534
Judge Greene1872–189434
Chief Rogers1892–189534
Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–189533
Mayor Phelps1894–189532
Sheriff Woolery1891–189432
Jacob Furth1887–190431
Adolph Krug1892–189531
Gov. McGraw1893–189531
Governor Ferry1876–189330
Andrew Jackson1876–189930
L. V. Wyckoff1872–188230
A. R. Gardner1914–191829
John Considine1891–189529
Senator Squire1890–189529
Senator Allen1891–189328
Justice Von Tobel1891–189227
Levi Ankeny1893–190727
Justice Humphrey1893–189427
Wilson1876–190927
Miles C. Moore1883–191527
J. C. Haines1882–189227
C. H. Hanford1876–191727
Judge Lewis1876–188826
Judge Burke1877–191026
Mayor Wright1904–190726
Orange Jacobs1871–189426
H. J. Snively1886–191626
Chief Woolery1882–189125
Chief Hunt1892–189525
George B. Kittinger1888–189524
H. W. Light1877–187824
M. S. Booth1872–188524
Ezra Meeker1885–192323
Lee M. Lampson1914–192423
Mayor Campbell1903–190423
C. B. Wright1878–189423
Dexter Horton1872–189923
Governor McBride1903–190423
Byron Phelps1892–189522
R. E. Pratt1914–191822
Bolton Rogers1888–189922
J. M. Colman1876–189522
Judge Brents1903–190422
Robert Moran1887–189922
Arthur A. Denny1861–189521
Robert Bridges1889–190321
Sheriff Cochrane1887–189221
Turner1865–190321
Elwood Evans1854–189521
Judge Griffin1903–190421
G. A. Weed1872–189521
John McGraw1885–189421
Detective Cudihee1892–189421
Charles H. Kittinger188821
Abraham Lincoln1860–191020
John Arthur1885–189420
Eugene Semple1887–189520
Judge Arntson1907–190920
Judge Easterday190920
M. M. Moulton1914–192520
Judge Turner1884–189520
Commissioner Emery1888–189519
H. G. Struve1872–189419
James G. Swan1861–189219
Justice Scott1876–188019
Bailey Gatzert1872–189319
Jones1876–191719
Dr. Weed1871–189518
Judge Rivers1891–189218
Fred Gasch1885–189518
Hill1876–192318
Junius Rochester1886–189318
Edmond S. Meany1891–192318
Johnson1878–191418
Gilbert Hunt1903–190418
E. C. Ferguson1876–189418
Woodrow Wilson1914–191718
Leander Miller1872–189518
George Donworth1892–191018
Paul Schulze1885–189917
Eugene V. Debs189417
McDonald1883–190317
Francis Henry1863–188817
Gardner Kellogg1872–189417
Amos Brown1872–189917
Allen1876–189517
Harry White1889–189917
White1876–190417
James McNaught1878–189217
Dr. Sparling1876–189317
Judge Snell1903–190917
Clark1861–190417
Senator Ankeny1903–190517
Detective Roberts1892–189417
Luke Powell1914–191817
Mayor Linck190917
Benjamin Harrison1888–189317
Mayor Huson1892–189417
Mayor Hunt1903–190417
E. O. Graves1891–189916
Jackson1876–191116
J. D. Lowman1888–189916
Samuel Benn1891–192316
Thompson1876–191016
Patrick Henry Winston1892–190316
Brown1877–190816
Chief of Police Rogers1892–189516
Roger S. Greene1880–189516
M. C. Sullivan1889–189516
Fred E. Sander1886–189516
Cyrus Walker1872–189916
Jim Hill1891–190915
Daniel Leighton1877–187815
Hugh Wallace1891–189415
Sheriff Canutt1899–190415
Jack McDonald1889–189415
Ulysses S. Grant1872–190315
Thomas Henderson Boyd1891–189315
Frank C. Ross1892–189315
Samuel Gompers1892–191115
A. B. Hunt1892–189415
Collector Saunders1893–189515
Guy C. Phinney1883–189315
James G. Blaine1876–189315
John Wiley1891–189515
Mayor Moran1889–189015
William Blackman1899–191015
J. B. Clements1914–191815
John L. Sullivan1884–190915
D. H. Gilman1888–189515
Judge Robinson1891–189215
J. J. McGilvra1872–189515
Chief Moses1878–190414
Isaac I. Stevens1854–189314
Justice Cann1882–190314
Davis1877–191614
Thomas W. Prosch1878–189914
Herman Chapin1887–189914
Louis D. Campbell1903–190914
H. W. Miller1891–192514
George P. Wright190414
Anderson1877–191614
William Cochrane1886–189514
George H. Heilbron1889–189414
George Kinnear1876–189514
Jesse Cochran1891–189414
John Johnson1877–190914
George D. Hill1876–189314
R. J. Moore1876–187714
Isaac Cathcart1877–187914
Miles Poindexter1910–192514
L. E. Johnson1914–191714
Victor Smith1854–189213
George W. Hall1891–189413
George White1878–190313
Chief Kellogg1890–189213
Charles Hopkins1880–191413
Judge Moore1892–189913
H. W. Baker1888–189513
City Engineer Thomson1893–189413
C. J. Smith1889–189913
J. Eugene Jordan1889–189613
John Smith1876–189413
Krug1892–189413
James Murphy1892–190913
Campbell1876–190413
Henry McBride1903–191613
Sweeney1861–189713
James M. Colman1876–189413
Voorhees1885–188813
J.H. McGraw1885–189213
McGraw1878–189313
Governor Hay1909–191213
Corporation Counsel Scott1894–189513
McGregor190913
Eldridge Morse1876–187813
Rutherford B. Hayes1876–189313
Murphy1876–189413
Mayor Humes1899–190413
Colonel Haines1887–189112
S. H. Piles1888–189512
McNeill1889–192212
Wright1892–191612
John Thompson1877–189312
Commissioner Sparks1885–189412
Wallace Nutting1892–189412
Dr. Calhoun1876–190912
John Keane1885–189512
Senator Foster1899–190412
Ernest Lister1897–191712
Thomas H. Brents1880–189512
Dr. Palmer1892–189512
McBride1864–190312
E. P. Marsh1909–191212
Powell1888–191612
Councilman Smith1903–190412
George Venable Smith1885–189412
Lewis1882–190312
Ankeny1895–190312
Rogers1877–190912
Williams1876–190912
William Howard Taft1907–191112
Reed1890–190912
Henry J. Snively1892–190912
Jay Gould1876–189112
McLean1888–190312
Eben Smith1885–189512
E. S. Ingraham1876–189512

Organizations 153

Northern Pacific Railroad1871–1924605
Seattle City Council1872–1924263
Northern Pacific1876–1925224
Oregon Improvement Company1880–1895164
Post-Intelligencer1882–1899164
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–1904158
Great Northern Railway1889–1924114
Everett Trades Council1909–1912111
Republican Party1861–1916110
Northern Pacific Railway1876–1918107
Tacoma City Council1884–1909105
Knights of Labor1883–189496
Great Northern Railroad1891–191096
Chamber of Commerce1876–191095
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1858–191790
Democratic Party1876–191473
Commercial Club1892–191773
City of Seattle1876–190362
Washington State Legislature1878–192561
King County Commissioners1876–191959
Great Northern1891–192258
Puget Sound Dispatch1871–188056
Tacoma Ledger1880–190454
American Railway Union1893–189454
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1876–190453
University of Washington1863–192453
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–188753
Board of Public Works1886–189953
Union Pacific1882–191252
City Council1876–191549
The Daily Intelligencer1876–187845
Seattle Athletic Club1892–190945
General Land Office1860–191444
People's Party1886–189844
Seattle Fire Department1876–189942
Salvation Army1884–191542
Providence Hospital1879–190342
Western Central Labor Union1889–190441
American Federation of Labor1892–191241
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–188936
Whitman College1883–192435
Tacoma Land Company1879–190934
Seattle1876–192434
First National Bank1883–191733
Tacoma Railway & Power Company1904–190933
Walla Walla City Council1865–190333
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–189433
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1887–189531
United States Congress1854–191631
Bureau of Associated Charities1892–189530
Intelligencer1872–188029
Tacoma Light and Water Company1891–190429
Dexter Horton & Co.1876–189529
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad1883–189429
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1885–190928
Aberdeen Herald1891–189427
The Seattle Star1899–191027
King County1872–192327
Olympia City Council1884–189526
Knights of Pythias1883–191726
The Tacoma Times1904–190925
Kennewick Commercial Club1914–191725
Kennewick City Council1905–191725
Congress1859–190925
Pacific Coast Steamship Company1884–189924
Seattle Police Department1878–191624
Puyallup Tribe1886–190924
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1880–189223
Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1872–189923
County Commissioners1872–191723
Seattle School Board1885–189523
Populist Party1893–190023
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1880–190323
The Labor Journal1909–191223
Daily Intelligencer1876–188022
Board of County Commissioners1876–191622
The Intelligencer1872–188022
Sunset Telephone Company1892–190921
Seattle Coal and Iron Company1885–189521
Union Pacific Railroad1872–189521
Hudson Bay Company1854–190321
King County Board of Commissioners1877–189421
Odd Fellows1878–191620
Bonney & Stewart1891–189920
Washington State Supreme Court1890–192320
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1883–188920
Grand Army of the Republic1885–191020
Seattle Telegraph1891–189420
Board of Aldermen1891–189519
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1882–190319
Canadian Pacific1883–190919
Coast Seamen's Union1887–189418
Seattle Intelligencer1872–188018
Ballard City Council1891–190418
Washington Iron Works1883–189918
Northern Pacific Coal Company1888–189418
Canadian Pacific Railway1886–190317
Stimson Mill Company1892–189517
The Herald1878–190817
Department of the Interior1859–192517
Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union1916–191717
Washington Territorial Legislature1859–188717
State Federation of Labor1904–192417
Aberdeen City Council1891–189417
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad1886–189216
Longshoremen's Union1886–190416
Sumner Iron Works1893–191116
House of the Good Shepherd1892–189416
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1876–189416
Public Service Commission1914–191616
Ladies' Relief Society1884–190316
State College of Washington1914–192516
Washington Supreme Court1891–191616
Board of Trade1884–189316
Everett Land Company1892–189915
Seattle Daily Intelligencer1876–188015
The Statesman1883–190415
War Department1872–191715
Fannie Paddock Hospital1888–190915
Farmers' Alliance1890–189414
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington1854–188714
Trades Council1892–191214
Spring Hill Water Company1883–189114
Seattle Coal Company1872–188514
Secretary of the Interior1876–191614
Tacoma1876–189914
Northern Star1876–187814
National Guard of Washington1886–189513
Stetson & Post1876–189313
U.S. Congress1859–191613
Tacoma Mill Company1879–190413
Methodist Episcopal Church1861–191213
The Tribune1872–189213
Toklas & Singerman1877–189113
Western Mill Company1883–190413
Y.M.C.A.1883–191713
Board of Regents1863–192213
Puget Mill Company1872–191113
Tacoma Police Department1894–190913
Wells, Fargo & Co.1863–188413
Port Blakely Mill Company1876–189513
Grand Jury1859–188912
Washington Standard1861–186312
Benton County Commissioners1905–192512
Dominican Sisters1891–189212
United States Senate1877–190912
Treasury Department1883–189912
City of Tacoma1887–190912
Denny Clay Company1893–190412
United States District Court1878–190912
Plymouth Congregational Church1889–189912
Fairhaven Land Company1889–189412
Everett City Council1894–191212