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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 13 |
| 1858 | 10 |
| 1859 | 8 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 16 |
| 1862 | 13 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 7 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 37 |
| 1876 | 198 |
| 1877 | 108 |
| 1878 | 90 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 38 |
| 1882 | 35 |
| 1883 | 205 |
| 1884 | 88 |
| 1885 | 138 |
| 1886 | 64 |
| 1887 | 92 |
| 1888 | 111 |
| 1889 | 270 |
| 1890 | 49 |
| 1891 | 230 |
| 1892 | 450 |
| 1893 | 385 |
| 1894 | 430 |
| 1895 | 611 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 26 |
| 1898 | 61 |
| 1899 | 125 |
| 1900 | 10 |
| 1902 | 13 |
| 1903 | 219 |
| 1904 | 199 |
| 1905 | 19 |
| 1907 | 13 |
| 1908 | 101 |
| 1909 | 302 |
| 1910 | 86 |
| 1911 | 22 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 38 |
| 1915 | 64 |
| 1916 | 104 |
| 1917 | 51 |
| 1918 | 12 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 22 |
| 1924 | 21 |
| 1925 | 11 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 7 |
10 stories matching make
- The Cold Shoulder for Bryan in the Palouse
A local editor dismisses the national hype surrounding William Jennings Bryan's campaign visit to Colfax.
- The Political Pot Boils Over in Seattle
As the municipal election approaches, local factions scramble to assemble winning coalitions and candidates.
- The Anti-Saloon League Mobilizes in Colfax
Local church leaders and temperance activists hold a preliminary meeting to launch a campaign against the town's liquor trade.
- Medical Standoff at the Courthouse
Colfax physicians go on strike against the county commissioners over pay for mandatory insanity examinations.
- The Bank That Quit the Nation
A Colton financial institution abandons its national charter, highlighting the struggle of small-town banks under federal mandates.
- The Sinking Ship at Colfax College
An open letter from the embattled president reveals the infighting and student discontent that led to the institution's crisis.
- The Struggle for Household Help at the Turn of the Century
A Seattle employer recounts the candid, often frustrating process of interviewing domestic workers in 1900.
- The Gold Bonanza Beneath the Palouse
On the headwaters of the North Palouse, two Farmington brothers struck a quartz ledge they say assays at more than $6,000 a ton — and they swear not one inch of it is for sale.
- The Pioneer Who Found His Home on the Fairgrounds
A celebratory gathering honors 'Grandpa' Waldrip, an 82-year-old pioneer who once helped settle the land now occupied by Whitman County’s fairgrounds.
- The Hobo 'Capitalist' Who Ran Palouse on Credit
A smooth-talking Swiss convinced butchers, brewers and saloon men to hand over shops and goods — some $1,200 worth — on the promise of a fortune still sitting back in Switzerland.