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| 1854 | 7 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 3 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1872 | 6 |
| 1876 | 30 |
| 1877 | 35 |
| 1878 | 45 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 5 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 15 |
| 1884 | 5 |
| 1885 | 27 |
| 1886 | 18 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 13 |
| 1889 | 32 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 34 |
| 1892 | 67 |
| 1893 | 76 |
| 1894 | 68 |
| 1895 | 86 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 11 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 21 |
| 1904 | 20 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 15 |
| 1910 | 5 |
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- Search Underway for Missing Fifteen-Year-Old
A Puyallup teenager has vanished, and police suspect she may have run off with a young man.
- Fatal Scuffle at the Bohemian Bar
A local man dies of infection following a rough dispute in a saloon.
- The 'Jack-the-Hugger' Who Put Tacoma's Schools on Edge
An unknown young man ambushed girls near school lavatories, hugging them and running off—a harassment scare the era's press described with unsettling whimsy.
- Domestic Dispute Leads to Assault Warrant
A leader of the Puyallup tribe is sought by police after a violent altercation with his nephew.
- The Price of Five Cents an Hour
A labor organizer’s fiery speech in Everett challenges the exploitation of women workers and demands legislative protection for their health.
- Proprietor of Rainier Valley Record dies after fiery explosion
Richard Nash, a Seattle newspaper proprietor, succumbs to burns after a gasoline tank he was repairing exploded, igniting his office.
- The Palouse State Bank Fails, Leaving a $30,000 Hole
A receiver is appointed after the bank reports $170,000 in liabilities against $140,000 in assets, with many notes described as practically worthless.
- The Perilous First Ascent of Mount Meany
Three daring climbers have successfully reached the summit of the notoriously rugged peak in the Olympic Mountains after facing life-threatening conditions.
- The Phantom Wheat That Fooled Seattle's Banks
A forger sold bankers on warehouse certificates for Ritzville wheat—and walked away with tens of thousands before the paper trail caught up with him.
- The Grand Hotel Suicide and the Two Men Who Weren't There
Carl Eggert's letters, translated after his death, describe imaginary pursuers, a son lost to suicide and a small estate divided with jarring practicality.
- The Gray-Haired Con Man Who Left Newport's Saloons Holding Bad Paper
Posing as a copper-company man with money in local banks, William Andrew cashed worthless checks across Newport and Sandpoint—then vanished before anyone could collect.
- The 'Stall-Fed Lawyer' and the City's Vice
A local newspaper calls out a deputy sheriff for failing to raid gambling joints while posturing as a reformer in the city council.
- Newport's Petition to Expel the Kalispel
In 1909, a petition circulated by a local captain asked Congress to move Calispel families off their Pend Oreille Valley lands—using smallpox and timber fires as arguments for removal.
- Stevens County Votes Itself Dry, Two to One
On November 9, 1909, the precincts outside every incorporated town in Stevens County went to the polls on a single question — liquor or no liquor — and closed the saloons by 1,419 votes to 814.
- Three Chicago Banks Vouch for the Company Buying Newport's Power
As the Northern Electric Co. takes a 60-year franchise on local water power and electric light, the Miner prints its references — and a Chicago bond man cheerfully describes the firm 'invading your territory.'