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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 12 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 7 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 17 |
| 1862 | 5 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 44 |
| 1877 | 31 |
| 1878 | 15 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 10 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 30 |
| 1884 | 30 |
| 1885 | 59 |
| 1886 | 28 |
| 1887 | 21 |
| 1888 | 20 |
| 1889 | 72 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 47 |
| 1892 | 115 |
| 1893 | 93 |
| 1894 | 140 |
| 1895 | 164 |
| 1897 | 4 |
| 1898 | 7 |
| 1899 | 23 |
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| 1903 | 43 |
| 1904 | 19 |
| 1905 | 2 |
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| 1908 | 7 |
| 1909 | 32 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 7 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 12 |
| 1917 | 15 |
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| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1 |
8 stories matching duti
- Feared Lost in the Wellington Avalanche, a Newport Operator Writes Home
City Clerk Britton's brother was reported missing after the deadliest avalanche in U.S. history. He was actually in an Everett hospital and has returned to duty.
- The Man Who Went to Canada to Make a Fortune in Wheat — and Came Back Broke
A local settler sold everything, hauled his plows and harvester north, and paid duty twice for the privilege of staring at an empty prairie. The lesson: the acres of diamonds were at home all along.
- The Wealth Test for Justice
A new statute restricting jury duty to 'taxpayers' effectively excludes the working class from serving as peers in legal proceedings.
- A Northport Lawman Killed in a Doorway Ambush
J. D. Diedrick, a 14-year marshal and deputy sheriff, was shot through a closed door while answering a disturbance call. The gunman, Martin Klose, killed himself as a posse approached.
- The Sheriff Under Arrest
In a bizarre legal tangle, the King County coroner arrests the sheriff for failing to enforce slot machine laws.
- The Great 1910 Census Padding Scandal
Across Washington state, towns are inflating their populations with ghosts, hobos, and unborn children to secure their status.
- A Judge Tells Spokane's Restaurant Men Their Strike Injunction Is Worthless
Judge J. Stanley Webster refused to restrain the cooks' and waiters' union, upheld the right to strike and to publish 'union house' cards — a rare courtroom win for organized labor in 1910.
- The Woods Are Tinder: Fire Crews Battle Blazes Across the Pend Oreille Valley
With the forest dry as tinder, deputy fire wardens, lumber crews and ranchers scramble to contain dozens of small fires — while a landowner's brush burn kills two people near Colville and lands him under arrest.