Research the archive
Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine1 on
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 2 |
| 1877 | 2 |
| 1883 | 4 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1889 | 6 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1892 | 16 |
| 1893 | 11 |
| 1894 | 5 |
| 1895 | 5 |
| 1899 | 6 |
| 1903 | 2 |
| 1904 | 3 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 2 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1916 | 3 |
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
16 stories matching cat
- A School Girl Takes a Stand
A local student writes to the paper to challenge the community's hypocrisy regarding the treatment of animals.
- The Price of Prosperity in the Valley
As irrigation booms, Yakima's editor warns merchants against the dangerous habit of unchecked store credit.
- The Laundries of Lenora Street
A cat-and-mouse game between Seattle authorities and Chinese migrants navigating the exclusionary landscape of 1892.
- A Terrifying Mountain Encounter
A visiting tailor from Tacoma fled for his life after a face-to-face confrontation with a cougar in the hills near Hot Springs.
- The Rowdy Pierce County Democratic Convention
Boos, hisses, and shouts of 'Rats' define a chaotic convention as local Democrats revolt against a fusion plan with the People's Party.
- City Faces Financial Collapse After Failed 'Boom' Schemes
Aberdeen’s city council orders lawsuits against property owners who failed to pay for the ambitious boulevard projects that left the town in debt.
- The Tragedy of Mamie's Pet Deer
A pet deer, raised with the freedom of a house cat, is senselessly killed by a hunter in the Skagit Valley.
- The Cougars of Spangle
Predators roam the countryside, prompting fears for the safety of children and local livestock.
- The Nose on Opera Alley
A romantic dispute in Tacoma ends in a grisly, bizarre act of violence and a futile scavenger hunt through the snow.
- The Valley Sixty Miles From a Railroad
In 1892, the Big Bottom settlers of Lewis County had no road, no sawmill and no rail line — just hand-hewn homes, packhorses, a tobacco-chewing cat, and a Fourth of July party for 160 neighbors.
- The Cleopatra of Tacoma and the 'Mock Marriage' Scandal
A prominent society man and insurance broker found himself at the center of a public scandal after a fake marriage to a theater 'box rustler' was exposed in Tacoma.
- The North Bend Ducking Stool
When a man terrorized his family during a drunken rampage, his neighbors took justice into their own hands with an icy river dip.
- Tacoma’s 1892 Election Was a Republican Rout—and a Democratic Feud
Herbert S. Huston won the mayor’s office as Republicans swept Tacoma’s city ticket. The paper saw the real drama in a 27-year-old Democratic operative, a losing bet, and a party eating its own.
- The 'Corpse' Who Sat Up and Ran for the Bay
A wharf loafer mistaken for a corpse startled undertakers when he sat up in the receiving box, bolted for the water and fled uptown.
- Canoeing the Queets: Promise and Dispossession on the Olympic Peninsula
An 1892 travelogue celebrates homesteaders in the Queets River valley while arguing that Native hunters should be confined to the reservation.
- He Kept a Dead Man's Skull as a Souvenir — and the Paper Printed the Story
Writing from North Yakima in 1892, Milburn G. Wills recalls the 1855 volunteer campaign that broke the Yakama resistance — the forced marches, the starving commands, the men shot beside him, and the trophy he carried home.