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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 8 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 9 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 17 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 7 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 24 |
| 1876 | 149 |
| 1877 | 103 |
| 1878 | 76 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 30 |
| 1882 | 26 |
| 1883 | 146 |
| 1884 | 72 |
| 1885 | 139 |
| 1886 | 97 |
| 1887 | 109 |
| 1888 | 83 |
| 1889 | 216 |
| 1890 | 34 |
| 1891 | 186 |
| 1892 | 408 |
| 1893 | 391 |
| 1894 | 480 |
| 1895 | 571 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 21 |
| 1898 | 42 |
| 1899 | 82 |
| 1900 | 11 |
| 1902 | 6 |
| 1903 | 167 |
| 1904 | 135 |
| 1905 | 19 |
| 1907 | 13 |
| 1908 | 63 |
| 1909 | 197 |
| 1910 | 41 |
| 1911 | 14 |
| 1912 | 9 |
| 1914 | 39 |
| 1915 | 36 |
| 1916 | 68 |
| 1917 | 35 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 17 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 7 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 5 |
4,459 stories matching could
- The Water Famine on Kenton Hill
Residents get water only about three hours a day while Seattle’s two council houses argue over pumps, sprinkling schedules and fire hose.
- The Ship That Could Be Scraped With Fingernails
A Port Townsend jury acquitted a sailor who refused duty on the bark Caroline Reed after the vessel was shown to be dangerously rotten.
- The Pacific’s Lesson: Floating Decks and Real Sailors
A correspondent proposes turning steamer decks into life-rafts—and blames the wreck of the Pacific on owners who replaced seamen with freight handlers.
- The Divorce Consultation That Did Not Go As Planned
A determined woman visits a Seattle attorney seeking help to evict her husband, only to be told that the law does not work quite the way she imagined.
- A Civil Engineer's $200,000 Plan to Drain the Calispel Valley
A Newport civil engineer proposes canals, dikes and lock gates to reclaim a lake bed, irrigate the gravel slopes and stop the Pend Oreille from swallowing the valley's farms.
- A Spokane Man's Grisly End Aboard the Steamer Nelson
G. H. McDermott was traveling home to visit his family when he was caught in the machinery on Kootenai Lake, so badly mangled that only fragments of his skull could be recovered.
- Late Night Intruder Frightens Local Resident
A Kennewick woman discovers someone tampering with her telephone wires in the dead of night.
- The Train That Didn't Whistle
A Seattle teamster loses a leg at a blind railroad crossing, and the Washington Supreme Court weighs whether his failure to stop and listen bars his claim against the Northern Pacific.
- The Great Cow-Rescue of Finley
A local farmer’s silo mishap turns into an absurdist tall tale involving a swimming cow and a bucket of milk.
- The 'Endless' Deportation Loop in 1889 Seattle
A federal judge struggles with a legal absurdity where Chinese laborers, ordered out of the country, find themselves trapped in a cycle of failed deportations and re-arrests.
- The Laundry War: When Seattle Tried to License Away the Chinese
A historic court battle reveals how the City Council once used 'discretionary' licensing to target Chinese-owned laundries, prompting a landmark defense of property rights and constitutional liberty.
- Fairhaven Organizes for Fire
Twenty-five citizens meet to fund hose, carts, and a bucket brigade ahead of the city's formal incorporation.
- Waterville Pitches the Great Northern for a Branch Line
A Douglas County town argues that a fifty-mile spur through the Moses Coulee and Foster Creek country would open twenty-five townships of homestead land — and bring the trade to Seattle.
- Saws Mangle a Mill Worker's Arm at Newport's New Fidelity Mill
Charles Storms was rushed to town after his left arm was caught in the edger at the new Fidelity mill, losing heavy blood before he could get medical help.
- Minors Gain Right to Own Land in Port Angeles
Federal ruling confirms that young people can hold title to government land, ending a ten-week legal standoff.
- Masterminding the Sammamish Valley
Property owners petitioned county commissioners to form a drainage district, hoping to transform miles of 'sluggish' swamp into productive farmland.
- Duck Club Loses Fight Over Calispel Lake Homesteads
A Spokane land office ruling sided with settlers who argued that marshy ground at the upper end of Calispel Lake could be drained and farmed.
- Could Washington Become a Rice Producer?
A Japanese agricultural expert suggests that the soil and climate of Eastern Washington are perfectly suited for rice, tea, and silk production.
- A Call for Protection
Residents express alarm after multiple women are accosted in the residential district, raising questions about police staffing.
- The Struggle Over Seattle's Early Park System
City commissioners argue that selling the centrally located City Park could fund a sprawling, water-front recreation area on Lake Washington.
- A Political Uproar at City Hall
Fairhaven Democrats storm City Hall to protest a federal appointment, signaling deep fractures within the county machine.
- Seattle’s Hotel Crunch: A City Desperate for Room
A reporter tours Seattle’s hotels in 1883 to see if the 'Queen City' can house the incoming tide of immigrants, only to find packed rooms and frustrated proprietors.
- A Night of Terror at the Salvation Army Hall
An unidentified man suffered a violent psychiatric episode during evening services, prompting a dramatic intervention by local police.
- The Ferryman's Folly on Puget Sound
A squall catches an inexperienced sailor and sends a local ferryman’s sloop to the bottom of the Sound.
- The City that the Railroad Built—and Abandoned
A scathing editorial on Tacoma's dependence on the Northern Pacific and the desperate need to diversify its transportation links.