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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 |
1,571 stories, the 400 most mentioned
People 259
- Judge Arntson190927
- Judge Easterday190925
- Mayor Linck190919
- McGregor190916
- Theodore Roosevelt190911
- Chief Duley190911
- Commissioner McGregor190910
- Justice Long19099
- Jim Hill19098
- Governor Hay19098
- Turnbull19098
- Lynn19097
- Samuel Gompers19097
- William Howard Taft19097
- Judge Chapman19097
- Stambaugh19097
- Dr. Sargentich19097
- Giblett19097
- Wilkeson19097
- Coroner Shaver19097
- Andrew P. Nelson19097
- Jamieson19096
- John Mitchell19096
- Ole Hanson19096
- Acting Governor Hay19096
- M. E. Hay19096
- Joshua Klein19096
- Rankin19096
- Nelson Bennett19095
- Reed19095
- Bell19095
- Stiles19095
- Armstrong19095
- Gov. Hay19095
- Hawley19095
- D. O. Smith19095
- Nichols19095
- J. L. McMurray19095
- Duley19095
- Doud19095
- Hawthorne19095
- Josua Klein19095
- Dr. Phillips19095
- Dr. J. T. Phillips19095
- F. C. Krause19095
- A. L. Ries19095
- Edward Britton19095
- Sheriff Merritt19095
- James J. Hill19094
- Frank Morrison19094
- Judge Carey19094
- Marshall K. Snell19094
- Dimmock19094
- Arntson19094
- Dora Culbertson19094
- McAlevy19094
- Judge Shackleford19094
- A. P. Gillies19094
- G. D. Shaver19094
- Hogberg19094
- J. H. Schively19094
- F. A. Blackwell19094
- Dr. Boudwin19094
- Mayor Appel19094
- Fred L. Wolf19094
- Hynes19094
- Clair Hunt19094
- C. A. Fiedler19094
- Marshal Mills19094
- Louis Kirchan19094
- Williams19093
- Judge Hanford19093
- Peter Sandberg19093
- Baker19093
- Stewart19093
- Wiley19093
- Dr. Armstrong19093
- Bennett19093
- Dr. Wilson19093
- E. P. Marsh19093
- Sheriff Graham19093
- Albert E. Mead19093
- Geary19093
- John H. Schively19093
- Charles Drury19093
- Speaker Meigs19093
- John W. Linck19093
- Judge Stiles19093
- Francis W. Cushman19093
- George Neff19093
- Martenis19093
- Judge Sullivan19093
- D. H. Carey19093
- Judge Clifford19093
- Lauzon19093
- Coroner Snyder19093
- Van Voris19093
- McMurray19093
- Oliver Hopper19093
- Dora Sauvageot19093
- Councilman Doud19093
- John Ohrstrom19093
- Justice Graham19093
- P. C. Warwick19093
- George Botts19093
- A. S. Read19093
- William Crehan19093
- B. Bertleson19093
- Amos West19093
- Oscar Larson19093
- John J. Duffy19093
- Slayden19093
- William Fackler19093
- Joe Cannon19093
- Major Kutz19093
- Martha Christian19093
- Anna M. Nelson19093
- H. J. McGregor19093
- J. A. Mitchell19093
- James A. Frace19093
- Sam H. Nichols19093
- Ortis Hamilton19093
- George Hynes19093
- J. P. Berneck19093
- Attorney Sherlock19093
- A. Ray Williams19093
- L. E. Jesseph19093
- F. E. Lehmkuhl19093
- G. W. Sutherland19093
- M. J. Costello19093
- Sidney W. Rogers19093
- Postmaster Towle19093
- S. J. Appleman19093
- H. H. Jones19093
- Prosecuting Attorney Kirkpatrick19093
- Charles Johnson19092
- John D. Rockefeller19092
- Lee19092
- John Johnson19092
- Samuel H. Piles19092
- Peterson19092
- Ferguson19092
- William Jones19092
- Charles Wilson19092
- King19092
- Hayes19092
- Caldwell19092
- George H. Jones19092
- T. J. Kelly19092
- George Miller19092
- Rowland19092
- Senator Graves19092
- C. E. Smith19092
- Judge Snell19092
- Ben Hart19092
- Miles Poindexter19092
- Tillie Freeman19092
- Hazel Campbell19092
- Julia Moody19092
- S. S. Beggs19092
- R. A. Thayer19092
- Mrs. Rogers19092
- Samuel G. Cosgrove19092
- John S. Baker19092
- Rev. M. A. Matthews19092
- J. W. Cusick19092
- M.J. Gordon19092
- Owen R. Lovejoy19092
- Henry Hewitt19092
- E. W. Taylor19092
- Councilman Hawley19092
- Gillies19092
- Ernest Kuehl19092
- Cushman19092
- Dan Noonan19092
- Mrs. Cox19092
- H. G. Kirkpatrick19092
- E. E. Cushman19092
- Manager Dimmock19092
- Congressman Cushman19092
- Charles Bedford19092
- City Engineer Davis19092
- John Hill19092
- Dr. McCreery19092
- Judge Hinkle19092
- Captain Read19092
- James Garvey19092
- Jarland19092
- City Electrician Lauzon19092
- Officer Brady19092
- Meads19092
- Robert Spaulding19092
- Bessie Hunter19092
- Detective Ashby19092
- Huckaba19092
- Senator Cotterill19092
- Hebblethwaite19092
- Bessie Powers19092
- Mrs. De Voe19092
- Mayor Fawcett19092
- Senator Stevenson19092
- Councilman Rankin19092
- Rose Karasek19092
- Jack Norell19092
- Councilman Wilkeson19092
- J. E. Frost19092
- Arthur W. Charlson19092
- John R. Ohrstrom19092
- Mabel Thorp19092
- Ernest Grant19092
- Arthur Charlson19092
- John Fitzgerald19092
- Representative Bell19092
- Councilman Jamieson19092
- Senator Rosenhaupt19092
- A. O. Burmeister19092
- A. L. Miller19092
- Chief of Police Duley19092
- Ralph Woods19092
- Tom Morris19092
- Edward Stubley19092
- John M. Bell19092
- Detective Milone19092
- Senator Paulhamus19092
- Falconer19092
- James Milone19092
- Don D. Wheeler19092
- Grosscup19092
- Bedford19092
- Sargentich19092
- Schively19092
- Charles McArter19092
- Ricksecker19092
- Boutelle19092
- Justice Card19092
- Charles Lawrence19092
- W. H. Hollinshead19092
- Dorando19092
- Arthur Kuhl19092
- Alvin R. Lehmann19092
- Daniel Buck19092
- Calvin W. Stewart, Jr.19092
- W. W. Seymour19092
- G. Dowe McQuesten19092
- Fred Phillips19092
- Patrolman Andrews19092
- W. H. Hawkins19092
- H. C. Nutt19092
- Sheriff Hodge19092
- George Milton Savage19092
- John Jacobson19092
- J.H. Schively19092
- Senator Ruth19092
- Judge Canfield19092
- Richard A. Ballinger19092
- William Booth19092
- H. A. Fairchild19092
- Representative Campbell19092
- T. A. Cox19092
Organizations 141
- Tacoma City Council190945
- Everett Trades Council190936
- Northern Pacific Railway190926
- Great Northern Railway190924
- Northern Pacific190922
- Commercial Club190917
- American Federation of Labor190916
- Northern Pacific Railroad190915
- Washington State Legislature190914
- Great Northern190913
- Washington State Senate190913
- Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad190912
- The Labor Journal190910
- Great Northern Railroad19099
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company19099
- Anti-Saloon League19098
- Fidelity Lumber Co.19098
- Pend Oreille River Navigation Co.19098
- Northern Electric Co.19097
- Panhandle Lumber Co.19097
- Tacoma Times19096
- Idaho Washington Northern19096
- Newport Town Council19096
- The Miner19096
- Northern Idaho Montana Power Co.19096
- Chamber of Commerce19095
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce19095
- Fannie Paddock Hospital19095
- St. Joseph's Hospital19095
- City of Tacoma19095
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition19095
- Twelfth Street Improvement Club19095
- Idaho Washington Northern Railroad19095
- Stevens County Commissioners19095
- Idaho & Washington Northern19095
- Newport Commercial Club19095
- Newport Telephone Co.19095
- Union Pacific19094
- Tacoma Land Company19094
- Shingle Weavers' Union19094
- Carstens Packing Company19094
- Building Trades Council19094
- State Federation of Labor19094
- Y.W.C.A.19094
- Tacoma School Board19094
- Grant Smith Co.19094
- Security State Bank19094
- Newport City Council19094
- General Land Office19093
- Tacoma Police Department19093
- National Bank of Commerce19093
- First National Bank19093
- Washington State House of Representatives19093
- Milwaukee Railroad19093
- Central Labor Council19093
- Ferry Museum19093
- Everett City Council19093
- Washington Supreme Court19093
- Shingle Weavers19093
- Tacoma Railway and Power Company19093
- Elks Lodge19093
- National Child Labor Committee19093
- United States Steel Corporation19093
- United Hatters19093
- National Women's Trade Union League19093
- Industrial Workers of the World19093
- State Board of Health19093
- Tacoma Tigers19093
- Stevens County19093
- Puget Sound University19093
- T. R. P. Company19093
- Milwaukee Railway19093
- Pure Food Council19093
- South End Improvement Club19093
- Western Engineering Company19093
- Stevens County Board of Commissioners19093
- Town of Newport19093
- Fidelity Lumber Company19093
- Newport town council19093
- Newport Washington Land Co.19093
- Bonner County19093
- Calispel Indians19093
- Diking District No. 219093
- H. M. Byllesby Co.19093
- Inland Portland Cement Co.19093
- Fidelity Trust Company19092
- W.C.T.U.19092
- Salvation Army19092
- Congress19092
- Sampson19092
- County Commissioners19092
- Grand Hotel19092
- Southern Pacific19092
- Baptist Church19092
- Secretary of the Interior19092
- Board of County Commissioners19092
- State of Washington19092
- Puyallup Tribe19092
- Washington State House19092
- Tacoma Fire Department19092
- Pierce County Commissioners19092
- Washington State Supreme Court19092
- The Tacoma Times19092
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company19092
- Bureau of Labor19092
- Oroville Weekly Gazette19092
- Okanogan County Commissioners19092
- Statesman-Index19092
- Royal Arch19092
- United States Supreme Court19092
- Northern Pacific railway19092
- Machinists' Union19092
- Riverside Argus19092
- Tacoma Theater19092
- Stone & Webster19092
- Switchmen's Union19092
- Northern Pacific Railway Co.19092
- Washington State Grange19092
- Milwaukee Road19092
- State Historical Society19092
- T. R. P. company19092
- Tacoma Eastern19092
- Tacoma Board of Education19092
- National Realty company19092
- Tacoma Gas Company19092
- Peniel Mission19092
- Tacoma Light Department19092
- Spokane Chronicle19092
- Younglove Grocery company19092
- North Shore Lumber Company19092
- City Club19092
- Pure Food Council of Women19092
- Seattle Automobile Club19092
- Tacoma Boosters19092
- McCoy & Spear19092
- Metropolitan Park Board19092
- Tacoma Park Board19092
- Historical Society19092
- Vancouver Beavers19092
- Knoell Brothers19092
- Western Engineering company19092