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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1876 | 9 |
| 1877 | 3 |
| 1878 | 4 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 12 |
| 1884 | 4 |
| 1885 | 7 |
| 1886 | 7 |
| 1887 | 6 |
| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 19 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 11 |
| 1892 | 37 |
| 1893 | 35 |
| 1894 | 38 |
| 1895 | 34 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 29 |
| 1904 | 15 |
| 1905 | 2 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 21 |
| 1910 | 2 |
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| 1914 | 4 |
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- Walla Walla's Farmers Needed a Market—and the City Needed Them Off the Streets
In 1903, farmers and downtown businessmen pushed for a central public market where produce, wood and hay could be sold and weighed—instead of hawked from wagons on back streets.
- The Price of a Molson Brawl
A local judge weighs the cost of dignity in a small town altercation.
- The First Rugby Match in Lynden
Facing a heavier, more experienced team from Blaine, Lynden's high school squad played their first-ever rugby game with grit and determination.
- A Petition to Open Calispel Land—and Remove Its People
Congressman Wesley L. Jones carried a Cusick-area removal petition to the Indian Office, where officials weighed how to open the land to white settlement.
- Detained at Seattle: A Chinese Merchant’s Weeks-Long Fight to Enter
Moy Kee and his wife wait at the Seattle immigration station while officials weigh his right to enter the country; he is finally admitted and heads home to Indiana.
- The Bold Heist at the Washington Hotel
Thieves in Seattle cracked a 500-pound safe in broad daylight after rolling it from the city's finest hotel.
- Walla Walla Weighs Water Rights Against Costly Lawsuits
A legal dispute over riparian rights forces the city to weigh the cost of a new gravity system against the risk of massive damages.
- Tragedy at the Renton Coal Mine
A young miner is killed instantly by a falling boulder while working deep inside a Renton coal drift.
- The Five-Gallon Pickle Jar That Held Three, and Other Cheats of 1907
Washington's pure food commissioner reports that the milk of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane is clean — but the packages on the shelf are not what they claim, and he wants the legislature to make him inspector of weights and measures too.
- Youthful Offender Under Evaluation for Possible Insanity
A fifteen-year-old boy remains in custody following a series of assaults, with court officials weighing the prospect of psychiatric care over criminal prosecution.
- Cracksmen Drilled the Safe and Vanished Toward the Water
Professional burglars breached Bremerton's post office near the navy yard, hauled a 125-pound strongbox over a wire screen, and likely escaped by boat.
- The Hunt for a Courthouse
Newly formed Benton County struggles to find a permanent home for its government, weighing the costs of repair against the urgency of record storage.
- The Storekeeper's Trap
A local clerk manages to outwit a thief in a high-stakes standoff at a country store.
- The Fight for Tacoma’s Pool Rooms
City council weighs whether to lower the age limit for young men in Tacoma's billiard parlors.
- The Shingle Mill Accident That Shook Lynden
After a local mill worker suffered a permanent injury, the community and an official inspector weigh in on industrial safety.
- The Final Fight of a Local Sporting Legend
Once a celebrated middleweight who drew crowds, Patsy Carroll died in poverty at a Seattle mission, remembered by the city’s sporting fraternity.
- The Penitentiary Upgrades Its Arsenal
Fearing prison riots, the Washington state penitentiary outfits guards with high-velocity Winchester rifles.
- The Asphalt Monopoly on Pacific Avenue
Tacoma’s city government faces pressure as questions arise over paving specifications that seem designed to benefit a massive asphalt trust.
- A Federal Judge Takes Away Washington's Power to Set Railroad Rates
Judge Hanford rules in Seattle that the state railroad commission cannot fix freight and fares — and Governor Mead weighs a constitutional amendment and a special session to give it back.
- The 12-Ton Visitor
A Tacoma timber cruiser wins the right to claim a massive meteorite found in the Washington national forest after the government bows out.
- Whitman College Football Returns Bruised but Unbowed
After facing giant opponents in Seattle, the local college team returns to Walla Walla with injuries, spirit, and a plan for the season ahead.
- Walla Walla Orders a Heavy-Duty Fire Engine
The City Council approves a $6,100 purchase for a new Metropolitan fire engine, requiring the widening of city firehouse doors.
- The Foggy Breakout
Convict John H. Toy escaped the penitentiary Saturday under heavy fog while working on a new barn.
- Waitsburg Farmers Bet on Thoroughbred Power
Prominent farmers have formed a new association to import a champion French Percheron stallion, signaling a major investment in regional agricultural prestige.
- A High School for the Tourist Hotel
Tacoma school officials and activists weigh a bold plan to convert a prominent local hotel into a much-needed, fireproof high school.