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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 11 |
| 1859 | 14 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 10 |
| 1877 | 11 |
| 1878 | 12 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 3 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 50 |
| 1884 | 21 |
| 1885 | 42 |
| 1886 | 25 |
| 1887 | 70 |
| 1888 | 34 |
| 1889 | 75 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 45 |
| 1892 | 247 |
| 1893 | 240 |
| 1894 | 226 |
| 1895 | 28 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 31 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 59 |
| 1904 | 764 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 5 |
| 1909 | 631 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 3 |
| 1916 | 6 |
| 1917 | 4 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 1 |
2,366 stories, the 400 most mentioned
People 275
- Nelson Bennett1887–190933
- Mayor Wright1904–190726
- Judge Hanford1891–190925
- Mayor Campbell1903–190423
- Judge Griffin1903–190420
- Judge Arntson1907–190920
- Judge Easterday190920
- Mayor Linck190917
- C. B. Wright1883–189416
- Judge Snell1903–190915
- Frank C. Ross1892–189315
- Mayor Huson1892–189415
- Louis D. Campbell1903–190914
- George P. Wright190414
- McGregor190913
- Judge Chapman1904–190911
- Commissioner Welsh190411
- Peter Sandberg1899–190910
- John H. McGraw1892–189410
- Peter Stanup1891–189310
- Giblett1904–190910
- Chief Duley190910
- Wright1894–19049
- Frank Mortimer19049
- Mayor Orr1894–18959
- Alexander Parker1892–18938
- Conrad19048
- Judge Huston1903–19048
- Marshall K. Snell1892–19098
- Commissioner McGregor19098
- Agent Eells1892–18958
- James J. Hill1904–19097
- Senator Foster1903–19047
- Jim Hill19097
- Harry Morgan1889–18927
- Hugh Wallace1891–18947
- Sheriff Denholm1903–19047
- Hawley1904–19097
- Chief Malony1904–19077
- Dr. Sargentich1904–19097
- Justice Lawrence1887–18896
- Grover Cleveland1892–18946
- Sheriff Matthews1893–18946
- Judge Parker1877–19046
- Isaac W. Anderson1889–18946
- Stiles1904–19096
- Senator Allen1892–18936
- Armstrong1893–19096
- Lynn19096
- Henry Drum1887–18946
- George Hazzard1892–18946
- Councilman Conrad19046
- William Howard Taft19096
- Councilman Hawley1904–19096
- D. O. Smith1894–19096
- C.B. Wright1892–19046
- Joshua Klein19096
- Wilkeson19096
- Turnbull19096
- Boggs1893–18946
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19095
- Governor McBride1903–19045
- Allen C. Mason1887–19045
- Judge Allyn1887–18925
- W. H. Fife1882–18945
- Ezra Meeker1886–18945
- Everett Smith1892–18945
- Campbell1888–19045
- Chief Fackler1903–19045
- Judge Wickersham1889–18925
- Reed1904–19095
- Jamieson19095
- Robert Wingate1893–18945
- Dr. Waughop1885–18945
- Dr. Armstrong1887–19095
- Huson1892–19045
- Deputy Coroner Mellinger1903–19045
- Dr. Schug19045
- Stambaugh19095
- Fawcett19045
- J. J. Anderson1904–19095
- Councilman Bellingham19045
- Dr. Love1904–19095
- Chief Maloney19045
- Wealthy Ann Baldie19045
- F. H. Baldie19045
- J. L. McMurray19095
- Duley19095
- Coroner Shaver19095
- Hawthorne19095
- Rankin19095
- Josua Klein19095
- Andrew P. Nelson19095
- Jumbo Cantwell1893–18945
- Judge Pritchard1893–18945
- Capt. Carpenter18935
- Elwood Evans1883–18924
- John B. Allen1892–18944
- Miller1895–19094
- Carroll1887–18884
- General Sprague1878–18894
- Sherman19044
- Jones1876–19094
- Stewart1899–19094
- William Jones1904–19094
- E. Meeker1885–18934
- James Wickersham1885–18944
- Fremont Campbell1889–19044
- Harris1893–18944
- David Lister1887–18944
- Collector Wasson18934
- Henry Bucey1892–19044
- C. W. Griggs1892–18934
- Councilman Hammond19044
- Edwin Eells1893–19044
- Tommy Santiago Howard1903–19044
- E. W. Taylor1892–19094
- A. R. Titlow1892–19094
- John Reid19044
- John W. Linck1904–19094
- Manager Dimmock1904–19094
- Congressman Cushman1904–19094
- Dimmock1904–19094
- Hogue1892–18934
- Galusha Parsons1892–18954
- Welsh19044
- Detective Fitzgerald1904–19094
- Norma Hoyt19044
- Doud19094
- Dora Culbertson19094
- A. P. Gillies19094
- Hogberg19094
- City Attorney Murray1892–18934
- P. B. Egbert1893–18944
- John McCain18944
- Maj. E. S. Ingraham1894–18954
- George H. Hollidge18944
- President Demorest18944
- Judge Gilbert18943
- Mr. Bennett1892–18943
- Chester A. Arthur1884–18863
- Jackson1892–19043
- Hill1892–19093
- White1888–19043
- William Welsh1899–19043
- Charles H. Baker19043
- C. H. Hanford1877–19093
- C. P. Ferry1889–19043
- William Blackman1903–19043
- Addison G. Foster1899–19043
- Henry Hewitt, Jr.1893–19043
- William Baldwin1899–19043
- Smith1894–19033
- Clark1861–19043
- George Turner1892–19043
- B. S. Grosscup1903–19093
- Frank Clark1883–18993
- George Wright1894–19043
- Paul Schulze1887–18943
- John L. Wilson1892–18943
- Samuel Wilkeson1878–18943
- E. S. Ingraham1892–18953
- Bell19093
- John Burke19043
- Captain Parker1877–19043
- Job Carr1879–18873
- Sadie Brantner18893
- John P. Judson1883–18893
- Dr. McCoy1889–18943
- W. H. Doolittle1889–18943
- United States Marshal1886–19043
- George H. Boardman1891–18923
- H. S. Huson1889–18933
- Ira Bronson18943
- Lamborn19043
- W. H. Harris1894–19043
- Bishop Paddock1885–18933
- Father Hylebos1892–19093
- John G. McBride1892–18943
- Samuel Collyer1892–18943
- Inspector Coblentz18933
- Ellis1892–19043
- H. E. Holmes1893–18943
- Frank Johnson1904–19093
- Fitzgerald1903–19043
- W. H. Gilstrap1894–19093
- H. J. Snively1892–18943
- Charles Drury19093
- Cushman1904–19093
- Zwickey18913
- C. O. Bates1894–19043
- Louis F. Hart1904–19243
- E. E. Cushman1904–19093
- Lincoln Davis19043
- Pete Sandberg19043
- Frank B. Cole1904–19093
- Judge Stiles1893–19093
- Officer Moran1894–19043
- Royal A. Gove1894–19043
- Charles Bedford1904–19093
- C. W. Stewart18923
- President Gault19043
- Francis W. Cushman1904–19093
- City Engineer Davis1904–19093
- Charles S. Gray19043
- Ben Haverkamp1904–19093
- Frank Pasquale19043
- Dr. McCreery1904–19093
- General Curry18923
- Attorney General Jones18943
- Baldie19043
- Hoenig19043
- Roice19043
- J. T. Woodward19043
- Emily W. Hoyt19043
- Horace Gates19043
- Charles B. Wright1883–18843
- Arntson19093
- Judge Clifford19093
- James Garvey1892–19093
- Lauzon19093
- Van Voris19093
- Dora Sauvageot19093
- McAlevy19093
- Councilman Doud19093
- Justice Graham19093
- G. D. Shaver19093
- P. C. Warwick19093
- George Botts19093
- A. S. Read19093
- William Crehan19093
- Oscar Larson19093
- Martha Christian19093
- J. A. Mitchell19093
- James A. Frace19093
- Detective Flannigan1892–18933
- Gov. McGraw18943
- C. B. Talbot1893–18943
- Jacob Ralph1892–18933
- Maj. French18933
- Councilman Harris1893–18943
- Walter J. Thompson18943
- William McIntyre18943
- Brig. Gen. Curry18943
- Lieut. Col. McCarthy18943
- Councilman Watson18943
- Charles A. Barnes18943
- McCain18943
- Governor Ferry1891–18922
- Steele1887–18882
- W.J. Thompson18872
- Wilson1888–18932
- Francis Henry18632
- General Stevens1886–18882
- James Longmire1888–18952
- Benjamin Harrison1892–18932
- Sullivan18922
- Alvord1887–18882
- John Collins1893–19092
- Henry Villard1883–18942
- J. H. Hall18892
- Judge Greene18832
- Thompson1887–19042
- James Taylor1904–19092
- Gen. Harney18592
- James Hamilton Lewis1894–19032
- Taylor1899–19042
- Charles Nelson1899–19042
- Mellen1893–19042
- John D. Rockefeller19092
- Dickinson1893–18942
- Chief of Police Fackler19032
- Baker19092
- Senator Squire1891–18942
- Cook1899–19092
Organizations 125
- Tacoma City Council1884–1909103
- Northern Pacific Railroad1877–190993
- Northern Pacific1883–190968
- Northern Pacific Railway1888–190936
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company1904–190933
- Tacoma Light and Water Company1891–190428
- The Tacoma Times1904–190925
- Chamber of Commerce1887–190922
- Tacoma Ledger1883–190422
- Puyallup Tribe1886–190922
- Tacoma Land Company1879–190921
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1885–190920
- Sunset Telephone Company1904–190916
- American Railway Union1893–189416
- Fannie Paddock Hospital1888–190915
- Commercial Club1892–190915
- Tacoma Police Department1894–190912
- City of Tacoma1887–190911
- Tacoma Railway and Power Company1904–190911
- Tacoma Fire Department1887–190910
- Independent Telephone Company190410
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–18959
- Tacoma Times1904–19099
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1884–18949
- The Ledger1893–19048
- Stone & Webster1904–19248
- Union Pacific1892–19097
- Tacoma News1887–19047
- Democratic Party1886–19147
- Tacoma Mill Company1879–19047
- Great Northern1894–19097
- Committee of Fifteen1886–18927
- Trades Council1892–18947
- Post-Intelligencer1888–18956
- St. Joseph's Hospital1894–19096
- Board of Public Works18945
- Republican Party1891–19045
- Salvation Army1888–19045
- Department of the Interior1859–19035
- Tacoma National Bank1883–18935
- Whitworth College1904–19095
- Merchants' National Bank1889–18945
- People's Party1887–18925
- E. Meeker & Co.1883–18945
- Pierce County Commissioners1892–19045
- Tacoma Baseball Club1892–19045
- Boston Steamship Company19045
- Tacoma School Board1904–19095
- Ledger1893–19045
- Fannie Paddock hospital1904–19095
- Tacoma Tigers1904–19095
- Puyallup Hop Company1892–18945
- Y.M.C.A.1883–19094
- Knights of Labor1885–18944
- Tacoma1885–18994
- City Council1887–19044
- Tacoma High School1893–19094
- Alaska Steamship Company19044
- Tacoma Athletic Club1892–18994
- National Bank of Commerce1890–19094
- Bellingham19044
- Pacific Northwest League18924
- Light and Water Company1893–18944
- First Presbyterian Church1892–19044
- Ferry Museum1904–19094
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad19044
- West Coast Wagon Company1904–19094
- Twelfth Street Improvement Club19094
- Seattle1885–18883
- Hudson Bay Company1859–18943
- War Department1909–19173
- Seattle Fire Department1887–18943
- Great Northern Railway1893–19093
- Fidelity Trust Company1904–19093
- County Commissioners1880–19093
- Secretary of the Interior1884–18933
- Canadian Pacific1893–19093
- Tacoma Police1887–18923
- Great Northern Railroad1894–19093
- Evening News1891–18943
- Longshoremen's Union1893–19043
- National Guard of Washington1892–18943
- Associated Charities1903–19043
- Puyallup Indian Commission1892–18933
- St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company1891–18933
- The News1885–19043
- Tacoma Trades Council1892–19043
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers1894–19043
- Columbia Improvement Company1903–19043
- Northern Pacific railway1904–19093
- Fanny Paddock Hospital1885–18923
- Ministerial Alliance1892–19043
- Standard Oil1904–19093
- Puget Sound Herald18593
- St. Paul Tacoma Lumber Company19043
- Globe Hotel19043
- Tacoma Eastern1904–19093
- Washington Match Company1903–19043
- McNeil Island Penitentiary1892–19093
- St. Paul mill1904–19093
- Tacoma Board of Education1904–19093
- Puget Sound University1893–19093
- T. R. P. Company19093
- Milwaukee Railway19093
- Pure Food Council19093
- South End Improvement Club19093
- Morning Union1893–18943
- Tacoma Board of Public Works18943
- Company G, Second Regiment18943
- Pacific Meat Company1894–18953
- United States Army19042
- Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.18872
- Southern Pacific Railroad1892–18942
- King County Commissioners1885–19042
- St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company1903–19042
- Snoqualmie Falls Power Company19042
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1891–18942
- Oregon Improvement Company1883–18872
- Odd Fellows1893–19092
- University of Washington1893–19042
- Knights of Pythias1892–18942
- Seattle High School1893–18992
- Puget Sound Power Company1899–19092
- Southern Pacific1894–19032
- Ancient Order of Hibernians1893–19042