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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 |
1,058 stories, the 286 most mentioned
People 188
- Mayor Wright190427
- Mayor Campbell190425
- Judge Griffin190424
- George P. Wright190416
- Louis D. Campbell190412
- Judge Snell190412
- Judge Huston190411
- Commissioner Welsh190411
- Frank Mortimer190410
- Wright19049
- Conrad19049
- Governor McBride19048
- James J. Hill19047
- Sheriff Denholm19047
- Chief Malony19047
- William Blackman19046
- Peter Sandberg19046
- Councilman Conrad19046
- Judge Chapman19046
- Senator Foster19045
- Sherman19045
- Councilman Hammond19045
- Dr. Schug19045
- Fawcett19045
- Councilman Bellingham19045
- Chief Maloney19045
- Welsh19045
- Wealthy Ann Baldie19045
- F. H. Baldie19045
- Judge Hanford19044
- Chief Fackler19044
- Chief Delaney19044
- Jacky Smokalem19044
- Councilman Hawley19044
- John Reid19044
- L. D. Campbell19044
- J. J. Anderson19044
- Dr. Love19044
- Charles S. Gray19044
- Detective Fitzgerald19044
- Frank Pasquale19044
- Giblett19044
- Norma Hoyt19044
- Charles H. Baker19043
- William Baldwin19043
- Campbell19043
- John Burke19043
- Judge Parker19043
- Lamborn19043
- Henry Bucey19043
- Henry McBride19043
- Judge Bell19043
- Fitzgerald19043
- Deputy Coroner Mellinger19043
- Ray Sansome19043
- John Beckman19043
- Hawley19043
- Lincoln Davis19043
- Pete Sandberg19043
- W. P. Sundberg19043
- Scott Snyder19043
- President Gault19043
- Baldie19043
- Hoenig19043
- Roice19043
- J. T. Woodward19043
- Emily W. Hoyt19043
- Horace Gates19043
- Theodore Roosevelt19042
- Jackson19042
- William Welsh19042
- Allen C. Mason19042
- Taylor19042
- John Anderson19042
- George Wright19042
- Fisher19042
- William Jones19042
- Fremont Campbell19042
- President Jones19042
- Thomas Moore19042
- Captain Grant19042
- W. H. Harris19042
- Joe Davis19042
- Ellis19042
- Frank Johnson19042
- Councilman Olson19042
- Annie Smokalem19042
- W. H. Gibbons19042
- Ethel Diprose19042
- Captain Roberts19042
- Tommy Santiago Howard19042
- A. V. Fawcett19042
- Building Inspector Tuell19042
- Judge Neal19042
- James Bruce19042
- Fire Chief Poyns19042
- Marshal Mickens19042
- Chaplain Stubbs19042
- O. F. Cosper19042
- Mellinger19042
- Superintendent Warner19042
- W. H. Warren19042
- Mrs. Shone19042
- John R. Rogers19042
- Humane Officer Clark19042
- Madeline Shone19042
- Dr. Stewart19042
- Howard Elliott19042
- Judge George19042
- Seiver Larsen19042
- Andrew Syyninaa19042
- Henry Longstreth19042
- Lars Larsen19042
- D. L. Rader19042
- S. A. Perkins19042
- William Virges19042
- A. H. Barnhisel19042
- C. O. Bates19042
- Chris Person19042
- Chief Two Feathers19042
- Louis F. Hart19042
- Owen Woods19042
- Allen H. Reynolds19042
- J. T. Eshelman19042
- Harry H. Johnston19042
- John W. Linck19042
- O. L. Tuell19042
- George T. Reid19042
- Frank B. Cole19042
- George I. Wright19042
- Albert E. Bell19042
- Officer Moran19042
- Justice Huffman19042
- Councilman Smith19042
- Louisa Taylor19042
- Manager Dimmock19042
- J. Lewis Smith19042
- General Funston19042
- Judge Tallman19042
- Congressman Cushman19042
- Dimmock19042
- Councilman Whitman19042
- Secretary Whitty19042
- A. F. Albertson19042
- City Attorney Ellis19042
- Bob Taylor19042
- Richard Holland19042
- Charles Paulson19042
- John North19042
- J. H. Davis19042
- Joe Young19042
- Coroner Brown19042
- L. Q. Jackson19042
- E. H. Harriman19042
- Superintendent Franklin19042
- County Treasurer Reed19042
- Deputy Sheriff Doten19042
- Emmet N. Parker19042
- Ben Haverkamp19042
- Councilman Duevel19042
- Van Holderbeke19042
- Elsie Lord19042
- Edward Cookingham19042
- Whitman19042
- Detective Sullivan19042
- Councilman Read19042
- E. S. Squires19042
- John Axelson19042
- F. J. Davidson19042
- E. A. McDonald19042
- C. R. Miller19042
- E. L. Mead19042
- Ida Allsop19042
- L. R. Manning19042
- Wilbur Slinger19042
- Mrs. Allsop19042
- Sandberg19042
- Gilbert W. Caughran19042
- Gertie Johnson19042
- Steven Mitchell19042
- Fraviola19042
- C. D. Elmore19042
- Charles Harmon19042
- L. R. Hawley19042
- John H. McDonald19042
- C. W. Fulton19042
- Frank Rhodes19042
- W. T. Ferguson19042
Organizations 98
- Northern Pacific190431
- Tacoma City Council190430
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company190427
- The Tacoma Times190424
- Sunset Telephone Company190416
- Northern Pacific Railway190412
- Independent Telephone Company190411
- Fannie Paddock Hospital190410
- Northern Pacific Railroad19049
- Chamber of Commerce19048
- Tacoma Police Department19048
- Tacoma Railway and Power Company19048
- Great Northern Railway19047
- Great Northern19047
- Commercial Club19047
- Whitman College19045
- Stone & Webster19045
- Boston Steamship Company19045
- Whitworth College19044
- Seattle Electric Company19044
- Alaska Steamship Company19044
- Bellingham19044
- Pierce County Commissioners19044
- Tacoma Times19044
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad19044
- Fannie Paddock hospital19044
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce19043
- Democratic Party19043
- Tacoma Mill Company19043
- Salvation Army19043
- The Ledger19043
- Tacoma Trades Council19043
- SS Clallam19043
- St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber company19043
- Tacoma Industrial Company19043
- St. Paul Tacoma Lumber Company19043
- Globe Hotel19043
- West Coast Wagon Company19043
- United States Army19042
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer19042
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce19042
- Snoqualmie Falls Power Company19042
- Republican Party19042
- City Council19042
- Western Central Labor Union19042
- Pinkerton Detective Agency19042
- Puyallup Tribe19042
- Tacoma Fire Department19042
- Associated Charities19042
- The News19042
- Tacoma Light and Water Company19042
- Tacoma Baseball Club19042
- Washington State Supreme Court19042
- Columbia Improvement Company19042
- Carpenters' Union19042
- State Federation of Labor19042
- Puget Sound Navigation Company19042
- Ferry Museum19042
- Pacific Coast League19042
- Washington Irrigation Company19042
- Washington Co-operative Mining Syndicate19042
- Montezuma Mining Company19042
- Columbia Improvement company19042
- Northern Pacific railway19042
- Secret Service19042
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul19042
- Olympic Club19042
- The Times19042
- City Federation of Women's Clubs19042
- White River Power Company19042
- Tacoma School Board19042
- Carman Manufacturing Company19042
- Scandinavian Social Reform Society19042
- Tacoma Railway & Power company19042
- South Tacoma Steam Laundry19042
- Tacoma Tigers19042
- Pleiades19042
- Tacoma Railway Power Company19042
- Standard Oil19042
- Williamson & Williamson19042
- Longshoremen's union19042
- Tremont19042
- Tacoma Merchants19042
- Riding and Driving Association19042
- Walla Walla Athletic Club19042
- Sixth Addition Improvement Club19042
- Pacific Manufacturing Company19042
- Tacoma Assembly Social Club19042
- Northwestern Gas and Electric Company19042
- Tacoma Eastern19042
- Independent Telephone company19042
- Ladd Tilton Bank19042
- Washington Match Company19042
- Burnside19042
- Walla Walla Commercial Club19042
- Henry Failing19042
- St. Paul mill19042
- The Ranch19042