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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 62 |
| 1858 | 29 |
| 1859 | 52 |
| 1860 | 27 |
| 1861 | 101 |
| 1862 | 87 |
| 1863 | 69 |
| 1864 | 32 |
| 1865 | 11 |
| 1871 | 11 |
| 1872 | 140 |
| 1876 | 812 |
| 1877 | 678 |
| 1878 | 526 |
| 1879 | 64 |
| 1880 | 180 |
| 1882 | 130 |
| 1883 | 911 |
| 1884 | 499 |
| 1885 | 838 |
| 1886 | 492 |
| 1887 | 484 |
| 1888 | 440 |
| 1889 | 1,324 |
| 1890 | 287 |
| 1891 | 1,115 |
| 1892 | 2,855 |
| 1893 | 2,829 |
| 1894 | 2,116 |
| 1895 | 1,830 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 62 |
| 1898 | 196 |
| 1899 | 446 |
| 1900 | 114 |
| 1902 | 34 |
| 1903 | 1,332 |
| 1904 | 1,126 |
| 1905 | 124 |
| 1907 | 53 |
| 1908 | 351 |
| 1909 | 1,545 |
| 1910 | 413 |
| 1911 | 160 |
| 1912 | 73 |
| 1914 | 261 |
| 1915 | 300 |
| 1916 | 545 |
| 1917 | 332 |
| 1918 | 45 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 18 |
| 1923 | 185 |
| 1924 | 151 |
| 1925 | 64 |
| 1928 | 14 |
| 1929 | 19 |
354 stories, the 98 most mentioned
People 52
- Sheriff McGraw188612
- Miller18868
- Grover Cleveland18868
- Watson C. Squire18867
- Watson Squire18867
- Wilbur Patten18866
- Judge Greene18865
- Commissioner Sparks18865
- Voorhees18864
- Judge Jacobs18864
- John McGraw18864
- Governor Squire18864
- Bradshaw18864
- Thomas Burke18863
- Judge Lewis18863
- Cochrane18863
- Mr. Milner18863
- Arthur A. Denny18863
- George T. Myers18863
- Judge Hoyt18863
- Justice Hill18863
- Justice Lyon18863
- M. McMillan18863
- George Venable Smith18863
- John Keane18863
- Wegener18863
- Burke18862
- Henry Yesler18862
- D. T. Denny18862
- Roger S. Greene18862
- Jay Gould18862
- Ezra Meeker18862
- McMillan18862
- McGraw18862
- Yesler18862
- John H. McGraw18862
- J. M. Colman18862
- Hanford18862
- Mr. Howard18862
- Judge Langford18862
- Alexander18862
- Chief Justice Greene18862
- Judge Wood18862
- Coroner Dawson18862
- Officer Jones18862
- Judge Lyon18862
- Mayor Yesler18862
- General John Gibbon18862
- John Gibbon18862
- Senator George18862
- M. Finkelstein18862
- F. C. Miller18862
Organizations 46
- Northern Pacific Railroad188629
- Knights of Labor188621
- Seattle City Council188610
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer18866
- Post-Intelligencer18866
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company18866
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company18866
- Republican Party18865
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer18865
- United States Congress18864
- Oregon Improvement Company18864
- United States Senate18864
- People's Party18864
- Chamber of Commerce18863
- General Land Office18863
- Democratic Party18863
- Puget Mill Company18863
- Northern Pacific18863
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company18863
- Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory18863
- Seattle Home Guards18863
- Home Guards18863
- Chinese Government18862
- Hudson Bay Company18862
- Northern Pacific Railway18862
- Canadian Pacific Railway18862
- Providence Hospital18862
- Port Blakely Mill Company18862
- Tacoma Mill Company18862
- U.S. Congress18862
- Department of the Interior18862
- King County18862
- Washington Iron Works18862
- Board of Trade18862
- Spring Hill Water Company18862
- Seattle School Board18862
- Puyallup Tribe18862
- Ladies' Relief Society18862
- Committee of Fifteen18862
- Washington Mill Company18862
- Brunswick Restaurant18862
- Anti-Chinese Committee18862
- Congress of the United States18862
- Sisters of Providence18862
- King County Bar Association18862
- Sailors' Union18862