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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 35 |
| 1877 | 17 |
| 1878 | 53 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 5 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 15 |
| 1884 | 7 |
| 1885 | 22 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 25 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 46 |
| 1892 | 83 |
| 1893 | 68 |
| 1894 | 60 |
| 1895 | 84 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 9 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 15 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 19 |
| 1910 | 3 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
7 stories matching debt
- The Constable Who Stole a Deadbeat's Pants
When a persistent debt collector found a local man evading his dues, he turned to an unconventional, and highly public, method of enforcement at a popular swimming spot.
- The Ghost of the Johnson House
A boarder in Ellensburg vanishes on the morning train, leaving behind a spouse in poverty and a wake of unpaid debts.
- The Tragic Last Notes of L. R. Shaw
A desperate local resident details his financial ruin, drug dependence, and final instructions to his family in a series of haunting letters before taking his own life in Seattle.
- The Jury That Called Out King County’s Corruption
A scathing 1887 report from the Grand Jury exposes the mismanagement, dangerous roads, and broken record-keeping systems of pioneer-era Seattle.
- The Doctor’s Debt: A Patient’s Humiliating Public Seizure
A Tacoma woman's attempt to board a train to Chicago was halted in the cruelest fashion when a sheriff seized her luggage over an unpaid medical bill.
- The Collapse of a Workingman's Dream
A bold attempt at worker-owned enterprise in Tacoma ends in financial failure and legal recriminations.
- The Sea Captain’s Return to Seattle
After surviving a shipwreck, an opium smuggling trial, and years of exile, a seasoned mariner decides he is done running and returns to Seattle to settle his debts.