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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 |
298 stories, the 94 most mentioned
People 55
- Sheriff Cochrane18876
- Grover Cleveland18875
- Judge Jones18875
- Judge Allyn18874
- Carroll18874
- Chief Justice Jones18874
- Judge Turner18873
- Judge Greene18873
- Jones18873
- Watson C. Squire18873
- Governor Semple18873
- C. B. Wright18873
- Annie Walker18873
- O'Brien18873
- Buckley18873
- Captain Glover18873
- Thomas Burke18872
- W.J. Thompson18872
- Peter Kirk18872
- A. A. Denny18872
- W. H. White18872
- Eugene Semple18872
- Alvord18872
- Dr. Minor18872
- H. L. Yesler18872
- Henry Villard18872
- George Kinnear18872
- General Sprague18872
- Cyrus Walker18872
- McNaught18872
- Thompson18872
- John Smith18872
- Dr. Miller18872
- J. T. Ronald18872
- Miles18872
- Beecher18872
- Paul Schulze18872
- James M. Colman18872
- William Cochrane18872
- Judge Langford18872
- Charles S. Voorhees18872
- Mamie Goodrich18872
- Mr. Roberts18872
- Henry Crawford18872
- Mollie Flippen18872
- Ed. Kennedy18872
- City Attorney Carroll18872
- David Lister18872
- Prince18872
- Caldwell18872
- Collector Brooks18872
- J. N. Dolph18872
- McKay18872
- K. L. Marshall18872
- Clough18872
Organizations 39
- Northern Pacific Railroad188722
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer188718
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer188710
- Post-Intelligencer18878
- Seattle City Council18876
- Chamber of Commerce18875
- Oregon Improvement Company18875
- Northern Pacific18875
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway18874
- King County Commissioners18874
- Knights of Labor18874
- City Council18874
- King County18874
- Grand Jury18874
- Tacoma Land Company18874
- Toklas & Singerman18874
- St. Stephen18874
- Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.18873
- Canadian Pacific Railway18873
- Methodist Episcopal Church18873
- Women's Christian Temperance Union18872
- Tacoma City Council18872
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company18872
- Providence Hospital18872
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway18872
- Newcastle Miners18872
- Democratic Party18872
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad18872
- Supreme Court of Washington Territory18872
- County Commissioners18872
- Washington Iron Works18872
- Coast Seamen's Union18872
- Stetson & Post18872
- Union Labor Party18872
- Washington Territorial Legislature18872
- King County Board of Commissioners18872
- Tacoma Ledger18872
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company18872
- Ladies' Relief Society18872