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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 9 |
| 1862 | 9 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1872 | 13 |
| 1876 | 90 |
| 1877 | 85 |
| 1878 | 47 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 17 |
| 1882 | 17 |
| 1883 | 79 |
| 1884 | 42 |
| 1885 | 72 |
| 1886 | 44 |
| 1887 | 65 |
| 1888 | 60 |
| 1889 | 138 |
| 1890 | 26 |
| 1891 | 133 |
| 1892 | 316 |
| 1893 | 289 |
| 1894 | 346 |
| 1895 | 418 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 16 |
| 1899 | 60 |
| 1900 | 7 |
| 1902 | 7 |
| 1903 | 164 |
| 1904 | 124 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 9 |
| 1908 | 51 |
| 1909 | 142 |
| 1910 | 30 |
| 1911 | 11 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 27 |
| 1915 | 20 |
| 1916 | 49 |
| 1917 | 26 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 2 |
534 stories matching money
- The Forgotten Union Labor Platform of 1888
A century and a half ago, a Seattle candidate for the Union Labor Party laid out a vision for a government that serves the people, not the 'moneyed aristocracy.'
- The Confession That Stunned the Bench: A Stevedore’s Shameful Theft
In a Tacoma courtroom, Fred Wells didn't just admit to stealing from his sleeping bunkmate—he detailed how he lived like a king on stolen cash before being caught red-handed.
- Theft Allegations and Anti-Asian Tropes
A railroad worker is accused of absconding with company funds in a case reflecting the xenophobic framing of the era.
- A Case of Mistaken Identity and the Seattle Jail
A young man finds himself locked up in Victoria after a contract dispute gets messy, leading to a scramble for his release.
- Seattle Paper Warns Chinese Money Could 'Cede the Pacific Coast to China'
An 1880 editorial attacks Chinese campaign contributions to Garfield, casting the Pacific coast as a racial prize.
- The Unrest of the American Dollar
A 1880 editorial from the Seattle Intelligencer examines the nation's obsession with wealth accumulation and its hidden costs to the soul of a young nation.
- Seattle Rebuilds With Brick After Great Fire
How the Queen City responded to the 1889 conflagration with both civic resilience and a remarkable display of internal charity.
- The Tragic Cost of Seattle’s Growth
After the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, city officials debated the ethics of sending relief funds to fire-ravaged Vancouver while the city struggled with its own credit and debt.
- The Railway Bribe on the Reservation
A railroad company agent admits to a systematic scheme of paying Puyallup men to secure a right-of-way through their land.
- The Real Estate and Money Brokers of the Pacific Coast: 'Collect Instead of Pay Rents'
A bold advertisement in the Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer invites locals to become landlords rather than tenants, promising that Seattle will double in population within twelve months.
- The Great Puget Sound Footrace of 1883
A high-stakes match between two local runners in Olympia promises to shake up the sporting fraternity with $1,000 on the line.
- The Schoolteacher's Gamble
A young rural teacher outwits a robber who targets her on the road home.
- The Political Brawl at Ellensburgh
An explosive exchange between democratic rivals during the state convention reveals the messy, money-fueled nature of territorial politics.
- The $250 Purse Nobody Could Spend
Walla Walla saloonkeepers pooled money to buy a friendly license ordinance. Then the councilman they thought was theirs voted the wrong way.
- The Desperate Night in the Seattle Depot
A homeless couple is evicted from a rail station in the dead of night, only to be saved by the charity of local women.
- The High School's Secret Salary Scheme
A Seattle school board trustee was caught in a tangled web of pay-roll falsification, revealing a bizarre scheme involving a military instructor and a city official's confusion over government pay.
- The Lawyer and the Hermit
A prominent attorney faces felony charges for allegedly withholding pension funds from an elderly veteran living in near-total isolation.
- The Family Tree That Became a Tangled Mess
A courtroom drama unfolds over a bizarre multi-generational marriage that left a family in civil war.
- The Steilacoom Bubble That Burst
A grand, failed railway scheme proves that even the most ambitious 'railroad kings' can't build an empire without a single cent in the bank.
- The Price of Speculation: A 1885 Analysis of Market Volatility
An editorial from 1885 diagnoses the era’s economic woes, blaming a collective obsession with get-rich-quick schemes over steady industry.
- The Unintended Thief of Front Street
A disgraced attorney faces justice in Seattle for misappropriating client funds, pleading that his professional collapse was a desperate bid to survive.
- The predatory business of 'confidential' loans
A Seattle reporter goes undercover to expose local money lenders charging exorbitant interest rates to the desperate.
- The Hornet’s Last Call
In hard times, a U.S. Marshal’s auction of a small steamship offers a glimmer of opportunity for local opportunists.
- The Saloon at the Race Track
A legal battle over liquor licenses in the Duwamish precinct reveals the limits of civic power when faced with the relentless machinery of the law.
- Funding the University
Legislators move to secure $6,000 in funding for the Territorial University, framing the institution as vital to the future of all Washington youth.
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- The Hoarding of Wealth in 1885 Seattle
While storehouses and granaries overflow, a letter to the editor questions why the economy stays starved of currency.