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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 3 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 32 |
| 1877 | 38 |
| 1878 | 22 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 8 |
| 1883 | 37 |
| 1884 | 20 |
| 1885 | 41 |
| 1886 | 15 |
| 1887 | 6 |
| 1888 | 18 |
| 1889 | 50 |
| 1890 | 13 |
| 1891 | 43 |
| 1892 | 90 |
| 1893 | 62 |
| 1894 | 99 |
| 1895 | 101 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 13 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 16 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 17 |
| 1909 | 35 |
| 1910 | 5 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1916 | 8 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1 |
10 stories matching character
- The Editor’s Defense of a Federal Appointee
After losing his status as Public Printer, the newspaper editor takes up the cause of the embattled Port Townsend Collector of Customs, Victor Smith.
- Backstage Brawl Ends Performance for Traveling Troupe
A musical performance in Olympia turned into an unintended comedy when a stage-manager's reprimand led to a physical confrontation.
- Victory for Pacific Trade: Livestock Embargo Lifted
After an intense local lobbying campaign, the President has overruled Treasury officials to allow livestock exports from the Pacific coast.
- The Partisan Brawl of 1862
A scathing editorial laments the Olympia legislature's refusal to pass loyalty resolutions, accusing lawmakers of secret disloyalty to the Union cause.
- The Bureau's War on 'Prostitution and Concubinage'
The Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Olympia issues a directive banning relationships between white staff and Indigenous women.
- The Day the Steamers Left Puget Sound
An 1861 Steilacoom editor warns that losing ocean steamship service will isolate Washington Territory and strangle its growth.
- Street Shooting Over a Libel Allegation
A legislative-era street fight in Olympia leaves one man dying after an accusation of arson.
- The Unpopular Appointment of B. F. Kendall
Public outcry swells across Washington Territory against the controversial selection of a local lawyer as the new Indian Superintendent.
- Judge Chambers’s New Mill Turns New Dungeness Wheat Into ‘Superb’ Flour
A newspaper tour of the just-finished grist mill found machinery ‘complete in every particular’ and a cleaning apparatus that astonished the visitors.
- The Land Company That Claimed Puget Sound — and the Settlers Who Fought Back
A federal surveyor's report from Olympia questioned the sprawling British land claims around Steilacoom and Fort Steilacoom, siding with American settlers who had built farms inside the company's alleged grant.