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| Year | Stories |
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| 1877 | 2 |
| 1883 | 105 |
| 1884 | 42 |
| 1885 | 1 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1887 | 4 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 23 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 11 |
| 1892 | 51 |
| 1893 | 35 |
| 1894 | 39 |
| 1895 | 34 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 11 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 19 |
| 1903 | 73 |
| 1904 | 15 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 9 |
| 1909 | 30 |
| 1910 | 15 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 11 |
| 1917 | 6 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 9 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 1 |
588 stories
- The End of the Road for the 'Manitot' Bunco Ring
After weeks of shadowing, Spokane detectives cornered three notorious confidence men in a hotel room, closing the book on a string of swindles that had plagued the city.
- The Perilous Passage of the Spokane Rapids
A bold river captain finally conquers the treacherous Columbia rapids, signaling a new lifeline for the region’s isolated mining camps.
- The True Cost of a Working Family's Survival
A Spokane laborer’s wife shares a harrowing account of household expenses, revealing that despite steady employment, her family is left with nearly nothing for clothing or healthcare.
- The Woman Who Won a Gunfight on the Road to Spokane
A woman driving to Spokane encountered a highwayman demanding her life or her money; she chose a third option.
- Spokane Doctor Charged in Tragic Death
A local physician faces manslaughter charges following the death of a young woman.
- The Great Spokane Tooth War
Advertising dentists battle traditional practitioners over new state regulations and the right to practice.
- The Great Spokane Dental Crackdown
A group of Spokane dentists face criminal charges for practicing without a state license, leading to a legal showdown over the constitutionality of Washington's dental regulations.
- Swept Over the Falls: A Five-Year-Old Lost on a Spokane Bridge
Walking home from Sunday school, Walter Kreitz was struck by a Great Northern passenger train on the Post Street bridge. His body was carried downstream toward the falls and never recovered.
- Spokane Hardware Dealers Enforce Union Pricing
Wholesale hardware stores agree to penalize non-union horseshoers by doubling supply costs.
- The Captain Who Stole Flour to Feed His Men
A Civil War veteran seeks to reclaim his rank, decades after being dismissed for threatening a commissary agent to secure bread for his starving soldiers.
- Ambassador’s Cabin Turned Into Moonshine Distillery
While the U.S. Ambassador to Peru was away, local law enforcement raided his vacation cabin to find a family operating an illegal still in the basement.
- Washington’s Timber Barons Organize to Halt Forest Destruction
A new association of business leaders and timber experts pledges to fight forest 'land grabs' and waste in support of President Roosevelt’s conservation agenda.
- The Gold Rush Under Your Feet
A sewer excavation in a fashionable Spokane district unearths gold-bearing ore worth $2,000 a ton.
- Political Backroom Dealing in Spokane
Populist and Democratic party leaders meet in Spokane to orchestrate a fusion ticket, sidelining grassroots party members.
- Spokane Mayor Reorganizes Regulation of 'Social Evil'
A new administrative order aims to consolidate control over vice districts and increase municipal revenue through adjusted fines.
- A Refugee's Flight Across Washington
A man forced to flee for his life across Eastern Washington finds himself branded a murderer by the very people he sought to aid.
- The Widow’s Hard Struggle in Probate Court
A woman’s claim to her deceased husband's estate sparks a contentious legal battle after he died by suicide in Portland.
- Labor Leaders Wage War on State 'Incapacity'
Union officials lash out at Labor Commissioner Charles P. Hubbard and Governor M. E. Hay over the controversial firing of Blanche Mason.
- Housekeeper Faces Years in Prison Over Forged Check
A Spokane woman, pressed into service as a housekeeper for a local millionaire, finds herself sentenced to years in prison for a modest $54 forgery.
- The Politics of the Red Light
Spokane's mayor refuses to suppress the 'social evil,' arguing that regulation in a restricted district is the only realistic approach to human nature.
- Miracle at the Buzz Saw
A worker falls onto a moving saw, narrowly avoiding a fatal arterial wound.
- A Train Wreck on the Great Northern
General Manager A. L. Mohler, his wife, and daughter miraculously survive a high-speed collision between a special train and a freight locomotive.
- Populists Plan a State-Wide Political Circus
As Washington state approaches a contentious election, Spokane Populists prepare a traveling campaign program of bands, juggling, and theater.
- A Certificate, a Prison Term, and a One-Way Ticket Out of Spokane
Federal Judge Hanford ordered Jim Slick deported after ruling that the Chinese laborer's revenue certificate was void because he had already served time at McNeil's Island.
- A Spokane Man's Grisly End Aboard the Steamer Nelson
G. H. McDermott was traveling home to visit his family when he was caught in the machinery on Kootenai Lake, so badly mangled that only fragments of his skull could be recovered.