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| 1858 | 1 |
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| 1876 | 14 |
| 1877 | 9 |
| 1878 | 12 |
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| 1882 | 3 |
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| 1886 | 10 |
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| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 23 |
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| 1892 | 58 |
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| 1894 | 68 |
| 1895 | 93 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 6 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 1 |
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| 1904 | 21 |
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5 stories matching reduc
- Railroad Rates Forced Down
Tacoma citizens win a victory against high railroad excursion rates ahead of the Fourth of July celebration.
- The Great Rabbit Invasion of 1897
Farmers and settlers in the Palouse region faced a desperate agricultural crisis as a massive swarm of rabbits descended upon their fields.
- The Teachers' Pay Gap
An editorial from 1887 argues that Seattle’s teachers are overworked, undervalued, and paid significantly less than city laborers.
- The Disenfranchised Daughters of Seattle
Stripped of their right to vote by a Supreme Court ruling, the women of Seattle gather in a defiant, fractious meeting to organize against the 'fossils' of the law.
- The Temperance Debate in Seattle
A look at the Women's Christian Temperance Union’s push for high license fees in Seattle and the broader fight for liquor regulation in the late 1880s.