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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 8 |
| 1858 | 17 |
| 1859 | 12 |
| 1860 | 8 |
| 1861 | 23 |
| 1862 | 23 |
| 1863 | 6 |
| 1864 | 6 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 5 |
| 1872 | 39 |
| 1876 | 209 |
| 1877 | 205 |
| 1878 | 140 |
| 1879 | 17 |
| 1880 | 49 |
| 1882 | 41 |
| 1883 | 202 |
| 1884 | 102 |
| 1885 | 218 |
| 1886 | 124 |
| 1887 | 116 |
| 1888 | 134 |
| 1889 | 365 |
| 1890 | 53 |
| 1891 | 279 |
| 1892 | 585 |
| 1893 | 491 |
| 1894 | 520 |
| 1895 | 657 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 10 |
| 1898 | 51 |
| 1899 | 142 |
| 1900 | 22 |
| 1902 | 12 |
| 1903 | 255 |
| 1904 | 219 |
| 1905 | 26 |
| 1907 | 14 |
| 1908 | 92 |
| 1909 | 278 |
| 1910 | 101 |
| 1911 | 45 |
| 1912 | 12 |
| 1914 | 52 |
| 1915 | 61 |
| 1916 | 105 |
| 1917 | 72 |
| 1918 | 9 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 37 |
| 1924 | 17 |
| 1925 | 8 |
| 1928 | 6 |
| 1929 | 6 |
6,310 stories matching day
- The Boss’s Math Lesson
A worker asks for a raise and receives a bizarre, exhaustive breakdown explaining why he supposedly never works a full day.
- Local cooks and waiters fight for a six-day work week
Everett's Cooks and Waiters' union moves to shorten the work week, aiming to align local conditions with Seattle's standards.
- A Nephew, a Vault Key, and the Missing Deeds
B. F. Day says his nephew by marriage talked him into recording a deed in the younger man's name—then used a key to the safe-deposit box to make the proof of ownership disappear.
- Boosters Lobby for a Holiday to Celebrate Tacoma Day at the Fair
Tacoma business leaders meet to discuss declaring a half-holiday so residents can attend the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle.
- Japanese Sailors to March in Tacoma's Memorial Day Parade
In a historic first, Japanese naval regulars will march alongside U.S. troops during Memorial Day ceremonies in Tacoma.
- Labor Day as a Site of Struggle
An Everett editorial reflects on the political weight of Labor Day, the threat of injunctions, and the imprisonment of labor leaders.
- The Eight-Day Juror Walkout
After eight days on a murder trial, a group of Tacoma jurors refused their meager $1-a-day pay, protesting the economic injustice of the state's compensation laws.
- A Poisoner Stalks Newport's Dogs
At least fifteen canines dead in ten days as someone laces meat with strychnine — five in a single day on the South Side.
- Seattle Bricklayers Push for a Nine-Hour Day
The city's bricklayers' association counted 29 members and commanded $5 a day—more for top hands—as workers eyed shorter hours without a pay cut.
- The Great Northern Cut Wages—and the Unemployed Took the Jobs
Car cleaners and repairers at Interbay quit rather than accept cuts to $1.50 and $1.25 a day. The company had a full replacement crew before the day was over.
- Labor Day at Madison Park—and a Boycott Aimed at Minneapolis
Seattle union delegates planned a citywide Labor Day celebration and answered a flour-mill wage cut in Minneapolis with a boycott.
- The Six-Day Skate-Off
Two local professional skaters prepare for a grueling week-long endurance test on the Glide Rink floor.
- Tragedy at Samamish Slough
A mother’s desperate attempt to save her child ends in a heartbreaking loss.
- Full-Time Work Returns to Northern Pacific Shops
South Tacoma railway workers see their hours increased as business picks up at the regional repair facility.
- The Pioneer's Divorce Scandal
After forty-three years of marriage, a Seattle pioneer faces a contested divorce suit that alleges intimacy with a younger woman.
- The Fight for the Ten-Hour Day on the Puget Sound
A historic, voluntary move by the Puget Mill Company to limit the workday sparks a push for better labor conditions in the mills.
- The Quarter-a-Day Skim: County Surveyor Accused of Shorting Road Crews
In 1891 Olympia, affidavits alleged the surveyor billed taxpayers $2.50 a day for chainmen but paid the crews $2.25—so Thurston County commissioners sent the matter to the county attorney.
- The Great Statehood Jubilee: Washington Takes Its Seat at the Table
As President Cleveland signs the admission bill on Lincoln’s birthday, Seattle celebrates the end of the territorial era and the dawn of sovereign self-governance.
- Election Day in 1880 Seattle
A report from the polls captures a day of intense political fervor, quiet order, and the early counting of ballots in the frontier city.
- A Shift in How Seattle Punished Public Intoxication
A new administrative system for municipal court fines turned a $1 penalty into a three-day jail sentence.
- Olympia's Legislative Marathon
New lawmakers end the tradition of weekend breaks, mandating a full six-day work week while lobbyists keep the capitol's social scene fueled.
- Shingleweavers Push for Living Wages and Health Protections
Organized labor in the Pacific Northwest votes to standardize mill pay and fight predatory company-mandated insurance schemes.
- The Four Days James McCutcheon Was Someone Else
A Roy butcher vanished on Sunday and reappeared near Auburn with no memory of where he had been—an early-twentieth-century case of “dual personality.”
- The Execution of Robert Day
After a failed suicide attempt and legal appeals reaching the State Supreme Court, the murderer of Thomas Clinton Beebe faces the scaffold in Kalama.
- The First Labor Day Parade in Seattle
Thousands of Seattle workers marched through the downtown streets on September 2, 1889, in the city’s inaugural celebration of the labor movement.