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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 5 |
| 1859 | 7 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 39 |
| 1877 | 34 |
| 1878 | 9 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 9 |
| 1882 | 7 |
| 1883 | 36 |
| 1884 | 15 |
| 1885 | 25 |
| 1886 | 22 |
| 1887 | 18 |
| 1888 | 18 |
| 1889 | 60 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 49 |
| 1892 | 89 |
| 1893 | 88 |
| 1894 | 96 |
| 1895 | 141 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 6 |
| 1898 | 20 |
| 1899 | 20 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 48 |
| 1904 | 26 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 14 |
| 1909 | 47 |
| 1910 | 7 |
| 1911 | 6 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 14 |
| 1915 | 9 |
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1917 | 14 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 6 |
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- The Price of Progress: Railroads Sue for Unpaid Pledges
The Port Townsend Southern Railroad begins a wave of test cases in superior court to force residents to pay for land subsidies they had previously promised.
- The Mysterious Hardware Peddler
A man arrested at Front and Pike streets offers a flimsy excuse for the odd assortment of hardware in his possession.
- The $25,000 Question: Where Olympia's New High School Should Stand
A proposed exchange for the Blinn block on Main Street would give the district room for a full-block school—but cost $12,000 to $15,000 more.
- A Seattle Woman Defends the Italian Immigrant
Interviewed at the Rainier, a language teacher recently returned from Europe rejects the caricature of Italians as a degraded race and describes them as industrious, sober, and devoted to home and family.
- The Shortest Divorce Case on Record
Following a tragic loss in the family, a quarreling couple returns to court to finalize their separation with surprising speed.
- The Case of the Martin Creek Bartender
A friendship soured by a missing $20 and a suspicious bar tab reveals the perils of saloon-based bookkeeping.
- A Deadly Shift in the Great Northern Yards
A newly hired switchman dies after slipping under the wheels of an engine in Spokane, leaving behind a grieving family.
- A New Industry for Seattle
Local tannery entrepreneurs plan a wool-scouring plant to capitalize on the Pacific Northwest's 'finest water' and slash shipping costs.
- The Political Shifting of Mr. Snively
An editorial critique of a legislator known for avoiding tough votes and ducking public responsibility.
- Seattle's Tax Delinquency Sale Draws a Crowd
A rare look at how the city handled unpaid property taxes in 1892, with far fewer lots left on the market than in previous years.
- The Map of Water Beneath the Yakima Valley
A geological survey party returns from months across Yakima, Kittitas and Douglas counties with a precise verdict: Moxee is the one reliable artesian belt, and much of the rest of the region may have to depend on ditches.
- Great Northern Moves to Seize Downtown Blocks
The expanding railway network files suit to condemn an entire city block, displacing residents and businesses in the Whitechapel district.
- A Heated Dispute Over the Treatment of the Mentally Ill
A Superior Court Judge and an asylum superintendent trade sharp insults in the press over the quality of care provided to a committed patient.
- The Pen and the Fist: A Political Brawl
A physical confrontation between two local political figures in Tacoma ends with a heated, yet unresolved, public exchange.
- Camp Life at American Lake
Washington's National Guard settles into training at Camp Murray, though soldiers protest substandard conditions and poor transportation.
- The Oldest Trick in the Book
A grifter in Seattle's city jail has a penchant for a classic pocketknife switch that leaves tourists penniless.
- Fire Devastates Downtown Stanwood
A late-night blaze destroys two city blocks, leaving the community to battle the flames with a bucket brigade after water supply infrastructure fails.
- The City Hall Bond Gamble
Aberdeen is rushing to saddle the city with an $80,000 debt—but do the taxpayers understand the fine print?
- Sunday Statistics: The War for the Soul of Seattle's Youth
Rev. Wallace Nutting takes a census of the city’s saloons and churches to prove the moral decay of young men in the West.
- The Trial of 'Jap Lou': A Seattle Divorce Case of 1892
A rare court case exposes the social and legal precariousness of a cross-cultural marriage in 19th-century Seattle.
- City Council Caught in Costly Pipe Scandal
Seattle’s city fathers accused of wasting thousands of dollars by rejecting cheap, high-quality pipe in favor of a politically connected supplier.
- The Ousting of Professor Willers
A prominent Tacoma linguist and ordained minister is kidnapped by a group of men following allegations of 'unnatural conduct' with his students.
- Salmon Cannery Standoff in Seattle
Striking fishermen clash with cannery owner George T. Myers over pay rates and the threat of low-wage labor replacement.
- Five Thousand Seattleites Turned a Chamber-Music Festival Into a Social Event
O. E. Pettis’s three-night midsummer festival drew crowds, six concerts and hours of after-concert conversation—proof that music had become a civic occasion.
- The Ghost of the Eagle Gorge Landslide
Months after a devastating slide on the Green River, a deputy coroner uncovers the remains of a laborer buried by the earth.