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| Year | Stories |
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| 1864 | 1 |
| 1876 | 2 |
| 1877 | 7 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1883 | 8 |
| 1884 | 1 |
| 1885 | 10 |
| 1886 | 1 |
| 1887 | 5 |
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 10 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 17 |
| 1892 | 34 |
| 1893 | 6 |
| 1894 | 16 |
| 1895 | 12 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1903 | 9 |
| 1904 | 7 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 3 |
| 1909 | 12 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1916 | 2 |
| 1917 | 1 |
8 stories matching boss
- The Art of Getting Helped
A clever traveler tricks two impatient men into doing the labor he was too tired to finish.
- The Trial of the Chicken Thieves
A confrontation over local theft lands ten men in court, resulting in a complex legal battle for the defense.
- Inside the Mammoth Port Blakely Sawmill
A reporter visits the industrial powerhouse of Bainbridge Island, where steam-fed saws and massive shipments connect the Pacific Northwest to the world.
- The Daisy of a Railroad
A skeptical journalist tours the Olympia & Tenino Railroad and finds a 'toy' line run by a one-man crew.
- The Bachelor in the Big River Bottom
A widow tries to snag a wealthy bachelor, only to find the man she’s been bossing around is the landlord she was trying to impress.
- A Handcar on the Trestle, a Train Around the Curve
Calhoun's crew was sent east of Spokane Falls to stand by a switch for the excursion trains. A belated passenger train rounded a curve onto their handcar; the men jumped, but a Chinese laborer was severely injured.
- The Cold Truth at City Hall
A winter coal shortage brings a parade of desperate applicants to a city official who doles out fuel with a mix of bureaucratic cruelty and casual dismissals.
- The Perils of Courting in a Buggy
A livery stable customer recounts a disastrous date involving a runaway horse, a kiss, and a very narrow escape.