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| Year | Stories |
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| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 5 |
| 1877 | 10 |
| 1878 | 2 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 4 |
| 1884 | 5 |
| 1885 | 13 |
| 1886 | 4 |
| 1887 | 3 |
| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 19 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 13 |
| 1892 | 22 |
| 1893 | 20 |
| 1894 | 23 |
| 1895 | 18 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 4 |
| 1903 | 17 |
| 1904 | 9 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 22 |
| 1910 | 9 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 3 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1923 | 1 |
5 stories matching restaur
- Celia Levy's Street Fight for Justice
A woman who lost her savings to a fraudulent brokerage firm tracks down the disgraced partner in a Seattle restaurant to exact a public—and physical—retribution.
- The Railway Reaches the Waterfront
New rail lines carve a path through the heart of the city’s industrial waterfront, displacing old businesses and promising a new era of commerce.
- A Locked Door, a Dead Wife, and Three Doctors' Verdict
Spokane's rumor mill churns after a restaurateur finds his young wife dead on the floor of their locked room—until a physician's panel rules out foul play.
- The Hotel That Was 'Out in the Woods' Now Can't Keep Up
Fifteen months after skeptics predicted the Sprague House would fail for being too far from town, its proprietor is adding fifty rooms to meet the rush.
- The Town That Grew 'In Spite of Reason'
A Walla Walla editor visits Spokane Falls and tries to explain its explosive growth — new brick blocks, crowded lodging houses, idle men in the streets, and a land office so busy it needs two more clerks.