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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

436 stories, the 140 most mentioned

People 84

Carroll B. Graves1923–19258
C. V. Savidge1924–19257
J. C. Scott1923–19257
J. C. Lloyd1922–19257
James Shepherd1923–19256
Roland H. Hartley19256
F. J. Bonn1922–19246
D. S. Wilkinson1922–19256
John McFee1923–19255
Sam Allard1923–19245
Fred M. Weil1922–19245
Calvin Coolidge1924–19295
John Burke1923–19244
Edmund Anderson19234
H. E. Robinson1923–19244
O. B. Gwin1922–19234
C. H. McCready1922–19244
George O. Beardsley1923–19254
D. A. Scott19254
Dr. Spaulding1924–19254
Jay Smith1922–19244
Edmond S. Meany19233
George Turner19233
James Allen1923–19253
John Morrison19233
R. J. Roberts1923–19243
Charles M. Sanford1922–19243
Homer T. Bone19243
David Zerwekh1922–19243
McCord Taylor1922–19233
Ford Johnson1922–19253
Roy C. Robinson19233
E. L. French19243
Robert Nichols1923–19243
Arthur Anderson1923–19253
C. W. Clausen1923–19253
Henry J. Pierce19233
J. C. Syfford1923–19253
E. W. Steffen1923–19253
Representative Johnson19293
Lee M. Lampson19242
M. B. Haynes19242
W. J. Kincaid1922–19242
Judge Rudkin19232
Miles Poindexter1923–19252
Fred Gilhuly1924–19252
Harry Coleman1923–19252
W. D. Mackay1924–19252
C. O. Young19292
M. S. Meeks19242
Louis F. Hart19242
C. E. DeBow1922–19232
Dr. French1922–19232
Guy Taylor1922–19232
Roy Taylor1922–19232
A. S. Goss19232
Adolph Swanson1923–19252
Robert Nitzsche1923–19252
R. B. McMurry19232
R. R. Woods1923–19242
Dingfelder19232
Mrs. U. S. Agnew19232
L. A. Hunt19232
Max Priebe1923–19242
Dr. Paul A. Turner19232
Viola Dawson1923–19242
F. L. Brown1923–19242
Oliver Dawson1923–19242
H. J. Pierce1924–19252
W. J. Barden1924–19252
S. H. Andrews1922–19242
Edward Clifford1922–19242
J. Grant Hinkle1924–19252
Charles English19252
Amos Burg, Jr.19242
Franklin Beyers1924–19252
W. Lon Johnson19252
P. H. Carlyon19252
E. M. Gillette19242
John W. Langdon19242
J. R. Schwartze19242
F. H. Moses19242
A. C. Cherry19242
José Rizal1928–19292

Organizations 56

State College of Washington1922–192513
University of Washington1923–192910
American Legion1923–192510
General Electric Company1923–19256
Washington State Legislature1923–19256
State Federation of Labor1922–19245
First Bank of White Bluffs1923–19245
Washington Irrigation Development Company1923–19255
The Filipino Forum1928–19295
Interstate Commerce Commission1922–19244
American Federation of Labor1922–19294
Dallas McGlothlen Post1922–19244
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Exchange1922–19244
Federal Power Commission1923–19254
Black Rock Power Irrigation company1923–19254
Filipino Forum1928–19294
Burgos Lodge No. 101928–19294
Seattle Post-Intelligencer19293
Northern Pacific Railroad1923–19243
Northern Pacific1922–19253
Perham Fruit Company19233
White Bluffs Warehouse Company19233
Seattle Daily Times19293
University Filipino Club19283
Seattle City Council1924–19292
Great Northern Railway1922–19242
Seattle Star19292
Y.M.C.A.1928–19292
Milwaukee Railroad1923–19252
Benton County Commissioners1924–19252
Grange19232
Washington State Federation of Labor1922–19232
Bleakley Fruit Company1924–19252
Woman's Club1923–19242
White Bluffs High School1923–19242
Hanford High School1923–19242
State Department of Agriculture19242
Northwestern Fruit Exchange19232
Priest Rapids Valley Progressive League1922–19232
Land Settlers Association19232
Washington State Grange19232
Dam Brothers19232
Department of Conservation and Development1923–19252
C. M. Kopp Company19232
Washington Irrigation and Development Company1923–19252
Public Health League1923–19242
State Department of Health1923–19252
White Bluffs Community Club1923–19242
Priest Rapids Irrigation District19242
United States Bureau of Fisheries19242
Black Rock Power Irrigation Company1924–19252
Aberdeen Central Labor Council19232
Northwest Farm Market Commission19242
University Y.M.C.A.1928–19292
Filipino Navy Band19282
Seattle Central Labor Council19292