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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 13 |
| 1863 | 14 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 22 |
| 1876 | 84 |
| 1877 | 46 |
| 1878 | 71 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 16 |
| 1882 | 17 |
| 1883 | 77 |
| 1884 | 37 |
| 1885 | 59 |
| 1886 | 26 |
| 1887 | 49 |
| 1888 | 29 |
| 1889 | 64 |
| 1890 | 21 |
| 1891 | 82 |
| 1892 | 137 |
| 1893 | 97 |
| 1894 | 88 |
| 1895 | 153 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 6 |
| 1898 | 18 |
| 1899 | 27 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 79 |
| 1904 | 39 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1908 | 15 |
| 1909 | 71 |
| 1910 | 17 |
| 1911 | 14 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 20 |
| 1915 | 15 |
| 1916 | 42 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 7 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 4 |
6 stories matching dollar
- A Sheepman Vanishes on the Way Home
A Klickitat County rancher carrying a large sum of cash disappears while attempting to return to Scotland, sparking fears of foul play.
- The Sugar War: Why Yakima Farmers Wanted Hawaii's Sweet Deal Axed
Northern Pacific distributed beet seed in North Yakima to test sugar production, but farmers argued they couldn't compete with Hawaiian sugar grown with cheap labor.
- Fire Eats a Five-Story Dormitory at the Pullman College
A brick residence hall at the Washington Agricultural College burns to the shell, taking $3,000 of students' clothing and furniture with it — and the editor cannot resist a word about the building's own bad design.
- The San Jose Scale Was Already on Stage in Yakima
A state fruit inspector warned that infected nursery trees displayed for a pruning demonstration could have seeded orchards across the valley.
- Spokane’s Fifteen-Cent Fair Was a Dollar Show for the Inland Empire
In October 1897, Spokane turned a downtown block into a clean, no-gambling agricultural exposition—and invited the whole Inland Empire to admire its fruit, grain, and future.
- Don't Bond the Valley to a Dry Ditch
A Wenatchee editor warns that a $100,000 Wright-law irrigation bond would repeat the Kennewick failure—leaving settlers with debt, abandoned orchards, and no water.