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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 9 |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 2 |
| 1893 | 7 |
| 1894 | 9 |
| 1895 | 5 |
34 stories
- An Ellensburg Merchant's Stock Goes Up in Smoke
A mysterious blaze gutted E. K. Fugarty's mercantile store, destroying one of Central Washington's finest stocks and leaving a heavy, still-uncalculated loss.
- The Normal School Was Cleared. The Unpaid Workers Weren’t.
A legislative committee investigating the Ellensburg Normal School found no corruption among trustees—only changed plans, discounted emergency scrip, and laborers left chasing a contractor.
- The Trial of the Roslyn Bank Robbers
Accused men maintain their innocence as their attorney accuses authorities of seeking rewards rather than justice.
- The Willow Switch Verdict
After a hardware store burglary, an Ellensburg marshal opted for a public whipping over a court trial for the suspects.
- The Man Who Turned His Bicycle Into a Railroad Car
Vancouver editor G. E. Beeson converted his bicycle into a rail velocipede to cross the strike zone—and found Ellensburg packed with troops, passengers, and dwindling sugar.
- A Populist Makes the Case for Paying Kittitas County's Debts
A letter from Ellensburg argues that the county's voters rejected repudiation and urges Eastern lenders not to confuse populism with default.
- The Butter Wars: Kittitas Dairymen Fight to Keep Their Good Name
Farmers near Ellensburg built a first-class creamery industry from scratch — and now they're objecting to their prize butter being sold in Seattle markets under the name 'Yakima' or 'Eastern Washington.'
- The Primary That Ended in a Chokehold
In Ellensburg, a fight over a supreme court nomination turned a Populist primary into a brief, violent farce—and threatened to split the party before the fall election.
- The High-Stakes Bet on the Great Northern Railway
Two Ellensburg men wagered a horse and a city lot on the specific location of the future Great Northern railroad crossing.