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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 10 |
| 1858 | 5 |
| 1859 | 16 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 22 |
| 1862 | 20 |
| 1863 | 12 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 21 |
| 1876 | 118 |
| 1877 | 79 |
| 1878 | 75 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 28 |
| 1882 | 30 |
| 1883 | 192 |
| 1884 | 121 |
| 1885 | 173 |
| 1886 | 92 |
| 1887 | 83 |
| 1888 | 84 |
| 1889 | 243 |
| 1890 | 41 |
| 1891 | 178 |
| 1892 | 404 |
| 1893 | 283 |
| 1894 | 348 |
| 1895 | 486 |
| 1897 | 10 |
| 1898 | 47 |
| 1899 | 92 |
| 1900 | 15 |
| 1902 | 13 |
| 1903 | 151 |
| 1904 | 164 |
| 1905 | 13 |
| 1907 | 6 |
| 1908 | 80 |
| 1909 | 227 |
| 1910 | 45 |
| 1911 | 27 |
| 1912 | 7 |
| 1914 | 27 |
| 1915 | 43 |
| 1916 | 64 |
| 1917 | 39 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1919 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 18 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 11 |
45 stories matching peopl
- The Fight for Direct Democracy
Labor journals lobby for the Initiative and Referendum to bypass legislative corruption and ensure the people have the final say on state law.
- Mukilteo residents protest Japanese labor at Crown Lumber Company
A local improvement club organizes a mass meeting to demand the hiring of white workers, marking the start of an anti-Japanese campaign in the region.
- The Push for Direct Legislation in Washington
State Federation of Labor President Charles R. Case advocates for direct democratic processes to curb corporate control of the state legislature.
- Mukilteo Workers Refuse Japanese Labor
A town committee clashes with the Crown Mill company over the employment of Japanese workers, signaling rising anti-immigrant tensions in the region.
- The Reservation Divided: A Land Rush on Yakima Ground
Federal appraisers prepare to open 1.2 million acres of the Yakima Indian Reservation to homesteaders, a transfer North Yakima hopes will bring a stampede of settlers.
- The Booster's Case: Why Newport Was Betting on Itself
After a premature boom and a painful readjustment, Newport's paper argued the town's future was assured — citing $200,000 from the Idaho Washington Northern, $140,000 from the power company, and a new Great Northern depot built for a city of ten thousand.
- The President's Kid-Glove Law
Everett’s labor press tears into President Taft’s Lincoln Day address, arguing the administration’s talk of 'business confidence' is a betrayal of the working class in favor of the trusts.
- The Tyranny of the Injunction
An editorial critique of the judiciary's increasing reliance on court orders to break labor strikes and circumvent legislative power.
- The Brewery Moves On After Everett Goes Dry
Local industry shifts its sights from local taps to the export market following the city's prohibition vote.
- The Railroad's Traveling Salesman for the Whole Northwest
A Great Northern exhibition car of grains, grasses and fruit photographs drew hundreds in Newport — and will head east again to sell the Pend Oreille valley to the nation.
- Newport Saloon Owners Ban Women from Barrooms
In a move to curb 'trouble,' local saloon operators agree to prohibit women from entering bars to solicit drinks or loiter.
- Forced Expulsion of Japanese Workers
Citizens in Darrington organize to forcibly remove immigrant laborers from town.
- "Will You Help to Build the Fence?"
The Washington Children's Home Society launches a billboard teaser campaign to raise a $500,000 endowment — a novelty in the Northwest — likening itself to a fence that keeps children from falling over a cliff.
- Poindexter's Manager Claims the Farmers and Working Men Are His
Rufus R. Wilson returns from a statewide swing insisting the Progressive Republican League has 96 newspapers and 80 percent of Yakima farmers behind Miles Poindexter for Senate — against a field of millionaires.
- Domestic Tragedy Ends in Murder
A confession reveals a deadly conspiracy and a motive rooted in marital strife.
- Labor Groups Mobilize Against Japanese Workers in Mukilteo
Everett labor leaders join forces with local clubs to push for the exclusion of Japanese employees from the Crown Lumber Company plant.
- Judicial Bias Against Organized Labor
The Labor Journal clashes with a federal judge over his interrogation of naturalization applicants regarding their union ties.
- A Killing Confessed: The Rancher, the Wrecked Home, and the Man Who Waited by the Barn
Arthur C. Ash admits he waylaid James Boone near Sprague — and says he meant to kill a second man too.
- Snohomish County Grange Flexes Political Muscle
The regional Grange movement establishes a rigorous questionnaire for legislative candidates, demanding positions on suffrage, direct democracy, and railroad reform.
- The Anti-Saloon League Plots Its Hottest Campaign
Bert P. Doty of the Anti-Saloon League of Washington lays out a three-part legislative push — county option, shipping restrictions, and the power to shut down breweries — and predicts the fight of 1910 will be the hottest in state history.
- Billy Sunday Draws a Crowd
Over 1,000 hopefuls packed Jamieson’s Opera House for the evangelist's visit, but most were left in the cold.
- Mukilteo Residents Petition to Remove Japanese Mill Workers
The 'All-American League' of Mukilteo launches a campaign to pressure the Crown Lumber Company to replace 175 Japanese employees with white citizens.
- The Fight Against 'Consumption' Hits Lynden
Community leaders rally to address the tuberculosis epidemic with education and open-air tents.
- The City That Waited for a Comet
Halley's Comet was predicted to bring doom, but Everett's residents found the celestial visitor to be a massive letdown.
- Federal Land Grab Ends in Washington
Four million acres of national forest land are set to be returned to public entry, marking a shift away from restrictive forestry policies.