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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 62 |
| 1858 | 29 |
| 1859 | 52 |
| 1860 | 27 |
| 1861 | 101 |
| 1862 | 87 |
| 1863 | 69 |
| 1864 | 32 |
| 1865 | 11 |
| 1871 | 11 |
| 1872 | 140 |
| 1876 | 812 |
| 1877 | 678 |
| 1878 | 526 |
| 1879 | 64 |
| 1880 | 180 |
| 1882 | 130 |
| 1883 | 911 |
| 1884 | 499 |
| 1885 | 838 |
| 1886 | 492 |
| 1887 | 484 |
| 1888 | 440 |
| 1889 | 1,324 |
| 1890 | 287 |
| 1891 | 1,115 |
| 1892 | 2,855 |
| 1893 | 2,829 |
| 1894 | 2,116 |
| 1895 | 1,830 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 62 |
| 1898 | 196 |
| 1899 | 446 |
| 1900 | 114 |
| 1902 | 34 |
| 1903 | 1,332 |
| 1904 | 1,126 |
| 1905 | 124 |
| 1907 | 53 |
| 1908 | 351 |
| 1909 | 1,545 |
| 1910 | 413 |
| 1911 | 160 |
| 1912 | 73 |
| 1914 | 261 |
| 1915 | 300 |
| 1916 | 545 |
| 1917 | 332 |
| 1918 | 45 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 18 |
| 1923 | 185 |
| 1924 | 151 |
| 1925 | 64 |
| 1928 | 14 |
| 1929 | 19 |
3,276 stories, the 400 most mentioned
People 257
- Theodore Roosevelt1902–190940
- Mayor Wright1904–190829
- Judge Arntson1907–190928
- Mayor Campbell1903–190427
- Judge Griffin1903–190427
- Governor McBride1903–190425
- Judge Easterday190925
- Judge Brents1903–190423
- Mayor Hunt1903–190420
- Judge Hanford1903–190919
- Levi Ankeny1903–190819
- Mayor Linck190919
- Senator Ankeny1903–190518
- Gilbert Hunt1903–190418
- Judge Snell1903–190918
- Smith1900–190816
- George P. Wright190416
- McGregor190916
- Dr. Phillips1907–190916
- James J. Hill1903–190915
- Judge Chapman1904–190915
- Louis D. Campbell1903–190914
- Sheriff Canutt1900–190414
- William Blackman1903–190914
- Miles C. Moore1903–190413
- Judge Carey1907–190913
- Judge Huston1903–190412
- Councilman Smith1903–190412
- Mayor Appel1908–190912
- Justice Long1908–190912
- Senator Foster1903–190411
- Commissioner Welsh190411
- Giblett1904–190911
- Chief Duley190911
- President Roosevelt1902–190910
- Henry McBride1903–190810
- H. M. Lund1907–190910
- Hawley1903–190910
- Frank Mortimer190410
- Commissioner McGregor190910
- F. C. Krause1908–190910
- Judge Huffman19039
- Jim Hill1903–19099
- Wright19049
- McLean19039
- Peter Sandberg1904–19099
- Judge Bell1903–19049
- Conrad19049
- F. A. Blackwell1907–19099
- George Turner1900–19048
- Caldwell1908–19098
- Sheriff Denholm1903–19048
- William Howard Taft1907–19098
- Mayor Boyd1903–19048
- H. G. Kirkpatrick1903–19098
- Governor Hay19098
- Chief Malony1904–19078
- Dr. Sargentich1904–19098
- D. H. Carey1908–19098
- Turnbull19098
- G. W. Sutherland1908–19098
- J. C. H. Reynolds1908–19098
- Stiles1903–19097
- Lynn19097
- Samuel Gompers19097
- Mr. Blackwell1907–19097
- Stambaugh19097
- Andrew Carnegie19037
- Weile19037
- Adam Schmidt19037
- Wilkeson19097
- Coroner Shaver19097
- Andrew P. Nelson19097
- Dr. Boudwin1907–19097
- Dr. J. T. Phillips1907–19097
- Hynes1908–19097
- Miller1903–19096
- Reed1904–19096
- Jamieson19096
- Armstrong1904–19096
- John Mitchell19096
- Councilman Conrad19046
- Judge McDonald19006
- Ole Hanson19096
- F. Walden1903–19056
- Sheriff Graham1907–19096
- Acting Governor Hay19096
- M. E. Hay19096
- Albert E. Mead1905–19096
- Judge Richardson1900–19096
- Councilman Hawley1904–19096
- Howard Elliott1903–19056
- Dimmock1904–19096
- D. O. Smith1904–19096
- E. A. McDonald1903–19046
- Fagan Scott19036
- C. M. Rader19036
- John Adam Schmidt1903–19046
- Joshua Klein19096
- Rankin19096
- Fred Phillips1907–19096
- Attorney Sherlock1908–19096
- L. E. Jesseph1908–19096
- Fred L. Wolf1908–19096
- Capt. LeClerc1908–19096
- Clair Hunt1908–19096
- William Jennings Bryan1900–19095
- President Penrose19035
- McDonald1903–19045
- Sherman19045
- John Johnson1900–19095
- Campbell1903–19095
- Chief Fackler1903–19045
- Baker1903–19095
- B. S. Grosscup1903–19095
- Nelson Bennett19095
- Bell19095
- William Jones1903–19095
- Bennett1908–19095
- Fitzgerald1903–19045
- Coroner Hoye19035
- Councilman Hammond19045
- Frederick Funston1903–19045
- Gov. Hay19095
- Dr. Stiles19035
- Governor Mead1905–19095
- Deputy Coroner Mellinger1903–19045
- Marshall K. Snell1904–19095
- Deputy Sheriff Kees19035
- Dr. Schug19045
- Judge Chadwick1903–19085
- Worley1903–19045
- Fawcett19045
- Honeycutt1903–19045
- J. J. Anderson1904–19095
- Councilman Bellingham19045
- Court Commissioner Strong19035
- Allen H. Reynolds1903–19045
- John W. Linck1904–19095
- Dr. Love1904–19095
- Chief Maloney19045
- Welsh19045
- Francis W. Cushman1903–19095
- Nichols19095
- Detective Fitzgerald1904–19095
- Wealthy Ann Baldie19045
- Judge Kennan1903–19085
- Andy Lee19035
- F. H. Baldie19045
- Judge Sullivan1907–19095
- Councilman Glasford19035
- E. R. Harding19035
- J. L. McMurray19095
- Duley19095
- Doud19095
- Hawthorne19095
- Josua Klein19095
- E. E. Reid1907–19095
- Councilman Bennett1907–19085
- Councilman Eckerson1907–19085
- R. F. Blackwell1907–19085
- George Hynes1907–19095
- Charles F. Craig1908–19095
- J. P. Berneck1908–19095
- Agent Gibbs1907–19085
- M. M. Sammons1907–19085
- J. R. Patterson1907–19095
- Harry Saddler1907–19085
- Councilman Caldwell19085
- Sidney W. Rogers1908–19095
- C. A. Fiedler1908–19095
- Marshal Mills1908–19095
- A. L. Ries19095
- Edward Britton19095
- Sheriff Merritt19095
- Superintendent Dryden19034
- Brown1903–19084
- Justice Cann19034
- Brents1903–19044
- John Collins1900–19094
- Scott1903–19044
- Martin1903–19094
- Jacob Furth1903–19094
- Clark1903–19044
- Jones1904–19094
- Stewart1904–19094
- Ferguson1904–19094
- Frank Morrison19094
- Chief Delaney19044
- Joe Davis1903–19094
- J. E. Nessly19004
- W. H. Graham1907–19094
- Jacky Smokalem19044
- Tommy Santiago Howard1903–19044
- Brewer19034
- Prosecuting Attorney Scott19034
- Frank S. Dement19034
- John R. Rogers1900–19044
- Judge George1903–19044
- Jay Lynch1903–19054
- Cushman1903–19094
- John Reid19044
- L. D. Campbell19044
- Judge Denney1903–19044
- Justice Huffman1903–19044
- Manager Dimmock1904–19094
- General Funston1903–19044
- Congressman Cushman1904–19094
- Charles S. Gray19044
- Frank Pasquale19044
- Captain Bell19034
- Glasford19034
- George Neff1904–19094
- Judge Albertson19034
- Sheriff Painter19034
- George Ortell19034
- Joseph Stubblefield19034
- E. A. Reser19034
- Engineer Weile19034
- Norma Hoyt19044
- R. M. Dorothy19034
- Arntson19094
- Dora Culbertson19094
- McAlevy19094
- W. W. Baker1903–19044
- Judge Shackleford19094
- A. P. Gillies19094
- G. D. Shaver19094
- Hogberg19094
- John H. McDonald1903–19044
- J. H. Schively19094
- Alva S. Sherlock1907–19084
- D. R. Lusher1907–19094
- C. F. Craig1907–19094
- Hugh Kennedy19084
- A. Ray Williams1908–19094
- Councilman Hynes19084
- George A. Allen19084
- M. J. Costello1908–19094
- Walter Rogers19084
- George Torreson1908–19094
- Postmaster Towle1908–19094
- Louis Kirchan19094
- Governor Mcßride1902–19033
- S. F. Olson19033
- Edward Spencer19033
- Ella Mundt19033
- Godfrey19053
- Jackson1903–19043
- Williams19093
- Charles H. Baker19043
- Wilson1903–19093
- Addison G. Foster1903–19043
- John Anderson1903–19043
- John D. Rockefeller1903–19093
- William Baldwin19043
- Sheriff Doust1902–19083
Organizations 143
- Tacoma City Council1904–190976
- Northern Pacific1900–190972
- Great Northern Railway1903–190959
- Commercial Club1903–190954
- Northern Pacific Railway1903–190947
- Northern Pacific Railroad1903–190939
- Great Northern1903–190938
- Everett Trades Council190936
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company1904–190936
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad1907–190935
- Walla Walla City Council190330
- Whitman College1900–190429
- The Tacoma Times1904–190926
- First National Bank1903–190923
- Fidelity Lumber Co.1908–190923
- Idaho Washington Northern Railroad1907–190918
- Sunset Telephone Company1904–190917
- American Federation of Labor1903–190917
- The Ranch1902–190417
- Panhandle Lumber Co.1907–190917
- Washington State Legislature1903–190916
- Fannie Paddock Hospital1904–190915
- The Miner1908–190915
- The Statesman1903–190414
- Newport Town Council1908–190914
- Chamber of Commerce1904–190913
- Washington State Senate190913
- Northern Electric Co.1907–190913
- Anti-Saloon League1900–190912
- Tacoma Police Department1904–190911
- Great Northern Railroad1908–190911
- Tacoma Railway and Power Company1904–190911
- Independent Telephone Company190411
- Walla Walla Commercial Club1903–190411
- Idaho & Washington Northern1908–190911
- Washington State Supreme Court1903–190910
- Tacoma Times1904–190910
- The Labor Journal190910
- Stevens County Commissioners1908–190910
- Idaho Washington Northern1908–190910
- Union Pacific1900–19099
- Democratic Party1900–19099
- The Evening Statesman1903–19049
- Statesman-Index1908–19099
- Walla Walla County Commissioners1903–19049
- Washington Supreme Court1903–19099
- Ninth Cavalry19039
- Pend Oreille River Navigation Co.1908–19099
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1904–19098
- Republican Party1903–19098
- Newport City Council1908–19098
- Seattle Electric Company1903–19047
- Ladies' Relief Society19037
- City of Tacoma1903–19097
- Stone & Webster1904–19097
- Walla Walla Water Company1903–19047
- Woman's Reading Club19037
- Newport Telephone Co.1908–19097
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1903–19086
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1903–19046
- Salvation Army1902–19096
- St. Joseph's Hospital1904–19096
- Interior Department1903–19096
- Pierce County Commissioners1904–19096
- State Federation of Labor1904–19096
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad1904–19096
- Tacoma School Board1904–19096
- State Board of Health1903–19096
- Walla Walla Athletic Club1903–19046
- Northwestern Gas and Electric Company1903–19046
- Grant Smith Co.1908–19096
- Security State Bank1908–19096
- Antler Hotel1908–19096
- Newport Commercial Club1908–19096
- Northern Mercantile Co.19086
- Northern Idaho Montana Power Co.19096
- General Land Office1903–19095
- University of Washington1903–19095
- City Council1903–19095
- Whitworth College1904–19095
- Board of County Commissioners1903–19095
- Puyallup Tribe1903–19095
- Walla Walla Gas and Electric Company19035
- Walla Walla Military Band19035
- Ferry Museum1904–19095
- Washington Irrigation Company1903–19055
- Consolidated Lumber Co.1908–19095
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition19095
- Elks1903–19095
- Boston Steamship Company19045
- Fannie Paddock hospital1904–19095
- Tacoma Tigers1904–19095
- Stevens County1904–19095
- Twelfth Street Improvement Club19095
- Pend d'Oreille River Navigation Co.1907–19085
- Newport town council1908–19095
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1903–19044
- Congress1904–19094
- Alaska Steamship Company19044
- The Union19034
- Department of Agriculture19034
- Tacoma Land Company19094
- Bellingham19044
- Tacoma Fire Department1904–19094
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers1902–19094
- Shingle Weavers' Union19094
- Carstens Packing Company19094
- Building Trades Council19094
- Carpenters' Union1903–19094
- Central Labor Council1903–19094
- Washington Agricultural College19034
- United States Supreme Court1903–19094
- Spokane Chamber of Commerce1903–19084
- Northern Pacific railway1904–19094
- La Salle Institute1903–19044
- Y.W.C.A.19094
- Statesman Publishing Co19034
- Gilbert Hunt Company19034
- State Board of Control1903–19094
- Walla Walla Trades Council19034
- Tacoma Eastern1904–19094
- West Coast Wagon Company1904–19094
- Stubblefield Home19034
- Waitsburg Commercial Club19034
- Whitehouse-Crimmins Company1903–19044
- Spokane Chronicle1903–19094
- Spokane International1907–19084
- Colville Examiner19084
- First National Bank of Newport19084
- Stevens County Board of County Commissioners1908–19094
- Northern Electric Company19084
- Fidelity mill1908–19094
- Northport Republican1908–19094
- Metaline Navigation Co.1908–19094
- Fidelity Lumber Company1908–19094
- Spokane Lead Mines Co.1908–19094
- Bryan Brothers19033
- Fidelity Trust Company1904–19093
- Tacoma Mill Company19043
- Washington State Penitentiary1903–19093
- County Commissioners1903–19093
- Congregational Church1905–19093
- Southern Pacific1903–19093