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| 1854 | 1 |
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| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1872 | 1 |
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| 1877 | 19 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 2 |
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| 1882 | 6 |
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| 1885 | 19 |
| 1886 | 11 |
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| 1889 | 31 |
| 1890 | 7 |
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| 1892 | 77 |
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| 1894 | 60 |
| 1895 | 78 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 18 |
| 1900 | 2 |
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| 1903 | 37 |
| 1904 | 16 |
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| 1910 | 7 |
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7 stories matching ill
- 443 Votes, Horse-Drawn Turnout, and a Suffrage Preview
Newport’s school election drew a crowd, brought women into the campaign, and ended without ill feeling—just a hint of what Washington might see once women could vote.
- The First Death in Metaline
A young mother dies within hours of falling ill, and a brand-new village buries its first resident — by steamer, across the water, to the cemetery at Ione.
- The Pride of the Union City
Eight years after its dedication, the Everett Labor Temple stands as a monument to local union solidarity and the struggle for a space of their own.
- A Forged Plea Sent a Tacoma Woman to a Gig Harbor Road—and to Her Death
A letter claiming her sister was seriously ill drew Mrs. Henry Schulz to an isolated road near Gig Harbor. Days later, bloodhounds found her body, and suspicion settled on her son-in-law.
- Solidarity in the Face of Sickness
When a local shingle weaver fell ill with tuberculosis, his union brothers stepped in to ensure his care at a state sanatorium.
- A Desperate Shot, and a Family That Had Tried to Prevent It
Mrs. Henry Vossberg, in poor health and despondent, shot herself with a .22 rifle west of Tweedie; doctors had warned the family she was suicidal and the ammunition was supposed to be gone.
- The Battle for the LeClerc Creek Homesteads
After years of legal uncertainty, the Secretary of the Interior rules in favor of settlers against the Forest Service.