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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 |
1,369 stories, the 399 most mentioned
People 295
- Theodore Roosevelt190322
- Judge Brents190322
- Mayor Hunt190319
- Governor McBride190317
- Gilbert Hunt190317
- Senator Ankeny190316
- Levi Ankeny190316
- Smith190314
- Miles C. Moore190312
- Judge Hanford190310
- Councilman Smith190310
- Judge Huffman19039
- McLean19039
- President Roosevelt19038
- William Blackman19037
- Mayor Boyd19037
- Andrew Carnegie19037
- Weile19037
- Adam Schmidt19037
- Senator Foster19036
- George Turner19036
- Judge Bell19036
- Fagan Scott19036
- C. M. Rader19036
- President Penrose19035
- Henry McBride19035
- Coroner Hoye19035
- Dr. Stiles19035
- Deputy Sheriff Kees19035
- Court Commissioner Strong19035
- Andy Lee19035
- Councilman Glasford19035
- E. R. Harding19035
- John Adam Schmidt19035
- James J. Hill19034
- Superintendent Dryden19034
- McDonald19034
- Justice Cann19034
- Judge Snell19034
- F. Walden19034
- Frederick Funston19034
- Brewer19034
- Prosecuting Attorney Scott19034
- Frank S. Dement19034
- Worley19034
- Honeycutt19034
- Captain Bell19034
- Glasford19034
- Judge Albertson19034
- Sheriff Painter19034
- George Ortell19034
- Judge Kennan19034
- E. A. McDonald19034
- Joseph Stubblefield19034
- E. A. Reser19034
- Engineer Weile19034
- R. M. Dorothy19034
- S. F. Olson19033
- Edward Spencer19033
- Ella Mundt19033
- Brown19033
- Miller19033
- Brents19033
- Scott19033
- Martin19033
- Chief Kauffman19033
- Clark19033
- Dr. J. M. Boyd19033
- Harold Preston19033
- B. S. Grosscup19033
- Henry White19033
- Newman19033
- Judge Griffin19033
- Ankeny19033
- Manager Burns19033
- Warden Dryden19033
- Prosecutor Wilson19033
- E. A. Bryan19033
- Fritz Dietrich19033
- Frank Kees19033
- Howard Elliott19033
- Judge Chadwick19033
- J. H. Morrow19033
- Prosecuting Attorney Wilson19033
- Pole19033
- Blandford19033
- Kees19033
- Austin Rice19033
- A. F. Kees19033
- Judge Denney19033
- Allen H. Reynolds19033
- J. C. Scott19033
- Chief Woydt19033
- Chief Brown19033
- A. Van Holderbeke19033
- Mrs. Jack Smith19033
- Coroner Smith19033
- John H. Pedigo19033
- Otto Weile19033
- Oscar Cain19033
- Dr. Ludlow19033
- Joseph L. Stubblefield19033
- Boyer19033
- George T. Thompson19033
- W. W. Baker19033
- Councilman McLean19033
- Harry H. Turner19033
- Mary McElroy19033
- Governor Mcßride19032
- President Theodore Roosevelt19032
- Professor Allen19032
- Mayor Campbell19032
- Sheriff Canutt19032
- Wilson19032
- James Kelly19032
- Sullivan19032
- Lewis19032
- George Smith19032
- John Collins19032
- D. S. Baker19032
- Jacob Furth19032
- Addison G. Foster19032
- Dunbar19032
- Chief of Police Fackler19032
- Dr. Morse19032
- Baker19032
- Prof. J. S. Galloway19032
- Sheriff Stine19032
- Joseph McCabe19032
- Leach19032
- Bruyette19032
- Hogan19032
- Perringer19032
- Louis Sutherland19032
- Sheriff Thomas19032
- Edwards19032
- Turner19032
- Frank Smith19032
- Blackman19032
- Stevenson19032
- John Dobson19032
- Davis19032
- Isaac W. Anderson19032
- Judge Miller19032
- John Kelly19032
- Kimball19032
- Mrs. Smith19032
- Knight19032
- Mary Smokalem19032
- James Williams19032
- Fitzgerald19032
- McKean19032
- Robert Johnson19032
- B. S. Wadsworth19032
- Will Dalton19032
- Elton Fulmer19032
- Joseph Miller19032
- Secretary Hitchcock19032
- Tommy Santiago Howard19032
- City Attorney Blandford19032
- Jack Smith19032
- Margaret Center19032
- Observer Newman19032
- Superintendent Knight19032
- M. H. Marvin19032
- Deputy Coroner Mellinger19032
- Robert Langford19032
- Parks19032
- Assistant Secretary Darling19032
- Judge Richardson19032
- Will G. Graves19032
- C. L. Smith19032
- Edward Shields19032
- Kauffman19032
- Dement19032
- N. G. Blalock19032
- Jerry Brown19032
- Alexander Fachon19032
- Dr. R. S. Johnson19032
- Conrad Schiffner19032
- Orva Thompson19032
- Judge George19032
- Burrows19032
- Perry Heath19032
- Lum Hale19032
- Jay Lynch19032
- Cudihee19032
- Holman B. Turner19032
- Charles Phillips19032
- H. S. Blandford19032
- A. M. Robinson19032
- George Ripple19032
- P. B. Johnson19032
- Hawley19032
- Will H. Morris19032
- Ray Estes19032
- L. W. Estes19032
- Adam Smith19032
- Henry Humburg19032
- George Gradwohl19032
- Burford19032
- William Glasford19032
- Officer Davis19032
- J. Z. Smith19032
- Gussie Mull19032
- A. G. Buchanan19032
- M. F. Sweige19032
- A. E. Disbrow19032
- Mrs. Crippen19032
- Cornwell19032
- Justice Huffman19032
- General Funston19032
- Emil Sanderson19032
- Cadman19032
- E. L. Smalley19032
- Commissioner Peck19032
- Thomas Turnbow19032
- J. E. Brown19032
- Oscar Drumheller19032
- E.H. Harriman19032
- John Lampson19032
- R. C. Judson19032
- Lottie Wuesteney19032
- Grace Anglin19032
- Thomas Drumheller19032
- Bertha Kober19032
- Walter Kober19032
- Irene Kober19032
- Thomas Durry19032
- H. A. Crowell19032
- C. A. Reynolds19032
- Wong Look19032
- Inspector Scott19032
- William Verdenius19032
- Fannie B. Lewis19032
- Coach Allen19032
- Otto Stuth19032
- Alfred Thomas19032
- Ed Hamilton19032
- Phil Winans19032
- T. W. Parker19032
- Mrs. John B. Allen19032
- Enos Palmer19032
- Milton Evans19032
- Henry Anderson19032
- J. Pierpont Morgan19032
- Samuel Storrow19032
- Carlos Colby19032
- J. J. Huffman19032
- Conrad Amon19032
- Richard Ormsbee19032
- Eugene F. Boucke19032
- Clerk Hauerbach19032
- Councilman McKean19032
- President Turner19032
- James C. Broad19032
- General Frederick Funston19032
- George C. Lewis19032
- Mack Mack19032
- Dr. Nelms19032
- Speidell19032
- Thomas Golden19032
- Wiley Lasater19032
- Coach Knight19032
- Helen M. Wellman19032
- Richard T. Moorhouse19032
- Lulu White19032
- T. P. Gose19032
- C. C. Gose19032
- William H. Upton19032
- Henry Hamburg19032
- Attorney Rader19032
- Lester S. Wilson19032
- Henry Gottwig19032
- Bessie Rhodes19032
- Alice Hess19032
- George Mudgett19032
- George Haven19032
- Ed Weston19032
- John H. McDonald19032
- E. S. Isaacs19032
- Alice E. Cady19032
- James Talbot19032
- Deputy Sheriff Nessly19032
- Frank W. Paine19032
- W. St. John Downey19032
- John H. Powell19032
- Doc McMinn19032
- Sheriff Cudihee19032
- Chris Ennis19032
- A. Yon Holderbeke19032
- Constable Byrnes19032
- Chief of Police Sullivan19032
- George Barber19032
- D. A. Brodie19032
Organizations 104
- Walla Walla City Council190330
- Whitman College190323
- Commercial Club190320
- First National Bank190316
- Northern Pacific Railroad190313
- Northern Pacific190313
- The Statesman190313
- The Ranch190312
- Ninth Cavalry19039
- Walla Walla Commercial Club19039
- Great Northern Railway19038
- The Evening Statesman19038
- Walla Walla County Commissioners19038
- Ladies' Relief Society19037
- Woman's Reading Club19037
- Walla Walla Water Company19036
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company19035
- Northern Pacific Railway19035
- Washington State Supreme Court19035
- Walla Walla Gas and Electric Company19035
- Walla Walla Military Band19035
- Washington Supreme Court19035
- The Union19034
- Department of Agriculture19034
- Interior Department19034
- Washington Agricultural College19034
- Statesman Publishing Co19034
- Gilbert Hunt Company19034
- Walla Walla Trades Council19034
- Walla Walla Athletic Club19034
- Northwestern Gas and Electric Company19034
- Stubblefield Home19034
- Waitsburg Commercial Club19034
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer19033
- Bryan Brothers19033
- Union Pacific19033
- Republican Party19033
- University of Washington19033
- Seattle Electric Company19033
- Board of County Commissioners19033
- School District No. 119033
- Spokane Chamber of Commerce19033
- La Salle Institute19033
- Trades and Labor Council19033
- Elks19033
- Walla Walla Meat Company19033
- State Board of Control19033
- State Board of Health19033
- Whitehouse-Crimmins Company19033
- Hudson Bay Company19032
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce19032
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company19032
- Great Northern19032
- The Oregonian19032
- Washington State Legislature19032
- Spokane City Council19032
- First Baptist Church19032
- North Pacific Saengerbund19032
- Gose & Gose19032
- Mount Olivet Baptist Church19032
- Walla Walla Band19032
- Retail Clerks' Protective Association19032
- United States Supreme Court19032
- Washington Irrigation Company19032
- Ankeny Bank19032
- Kauffman Meat Company19032
- Walla Walla School Board19032
- O. R. & N. Company19032
- Burford-Smails machine19032
- Thirtieth Battery19032
- Chehalis Bee-Nugget19032
- Pacific States Telephone Company19032
- Walla Walla School District No. 119032
- Teamsters Union19032
- Walla Walla Argus19032
- Spokane Trades Council19032
- Ringling Brothers19032
- Trades Council19032
- Hunt Administration19032
- Chehalis Water Company19032
- Teamsters19032
- Bon Marche19032
- Baker-Boyer National Bank19032
- O. R. N. Co.19032
- Columbia Lodge No. 8, K. of P.19032
- Washington and Columbia River Railway19032
- Washington Columbia River Railroad19032
- Walla Walla Military band19032
- U.S. Secret Service19032
- Fraternal Order of Eagles19032
- Campbell Brothers19032
- Fashion Cafe19032
- Royal Dairy19032
- Commercial Review19032
- Walla Walla Athletic club19032
- Northwestern Gas and Electric company19032
- Portland Restaurant19032
- Liquor Dealers' Protective Association19032
- Walla Walla Hospital19032
- Yakima Democrat19032
- Walla Walla Grocers' and Merchants' Association19032
- Spokane County19032
- Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company19032
- Yakima Horticultural Union19032