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| Year | Stories |
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| 1861 | 2 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 1 |
| 1877 | 5 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 9 |
| 1884 | 3 |
| 1885 | 4 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 4 |
| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 12 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 22 |
| 1893 | 18 |
| 1894 | 8 |
| 1895 | 13 |
| 1899 | 5 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 4 |
| 1904 | 4 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 12 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 2 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1924 | 2 |
7 stories matching explod
- Gas Engine Blast Injures Local Man
A gasoline engine exploded in Ralfe Anderson's face on a ranch near Mrs. R. D. Sapp, burning him badly.
- Exploding Oil Stove Levels Family Home at Hover
A visiting family loses their entire library and most of their possessions in a fast-moving house fire.
- The Motor Age Arrives in Kennewick
Gasoline and oil sales skyrocket as the local automobile population explodes, revealing a town transforming around the car.
- Bootleg Rings Thrived Under Washington's Dry Law
As Washington State’s 1916 'dry law' causes bootlegging to explode, local newspapers argue that criminalizing private habits only breeds corruption and crime.
- The Failed Recall of Benton County Commissioners
A political movement to unseat local officials fizzles out as residents and neighboring papers dismiss the effort as unnecessary discord.
- The Socialist Surge
Everett voters deliver a shock to the political establishment as the Socialist vote gains massive traction.
- A Mystery in the Garden Tracts
A Kennewick man is found critically wounded in his home garden, leaving police to speculate on a stray bullet from a nearby orchard.